Category: Court News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A prosecutor and a local judge blame the coronavirus pandemic, in part, for a plea agreement they agreed was an imperfect resolution of a Lake Havasu City child homicide case. The comments came during a Friday sentencing hearing in Kingman for 24-year-old Andrew Lamorie. Lamorie pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the blunt force trauma and starvation death of 27-month-old Gabriella Lamorie. Mohave County Judge Billy Sipe expressed reluctance to approve the deal, complaining it “handcuffed” him to impose no more than a 16-year prison term, which he did. Judge Sipe told attorneys he believes child homicide…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Seems no one was satisfied with the outcome of the case of a Lake Havasu City man given a 16-year prison term Friday for the January, 2018 death of his toddler daughter. It was the harshest sentence possible under terms of the plea agreement convicting 24-year old Andrew Lamorie of second-degree murder. An autopsy concluded that blunt force trauma and severe starvation claimed the life of Gabriella Lamorie who weighed just 17 pounds when she died at the age of 27 months. Judge Billy Sipe said it is disturbing that the victim’s father and mother, 27-year-old…

KINGMAN – A judge has broad range of punishment discretion in the case of a Golden Valley man who has entered a plea agreement in a drug case. Daniel Davis, 70, pleaded guilty on June 16 to separate possession and attempted possession of dangerous drug charges. Deputy Mohave County attorney Morgan Carstensen said 7 grams of methamphetamine was confiscated from the defendant’s home on south Tonto Road in Golden Valley in March. The prosecutor told the Court that the seizure occurred after deputies conducted a “knock and talk” due to intelligence about suspected drug dealing activity at the residence. Carstensen…

KINGMAN – A judge has broad range of punishment discretion in the case of a Golden Valley man who has entered a plea agreement in a drug case. Daniel Davis, 70, pleaded guilty on June 16 to separate possession and attempted possession of dangerous drug charges. Deputy Mohave County attorney Morgan Carstensen said 7 grams of methamphetamine was confiscated from the defendant’s home on south Tonto Road in Golden Valley in March. The prosecutor told the Court that the seizure occurred after deputies conducted a “knock and talk” due to intelligence about suspected drug dealing activity at the residence. Carstensen…

KINGMAN – A transient was arrested after using a chair to try to strike the door of a motel room in the 2000 block of Andy Devine Avenue Monday. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said 25-year old Braxton Legg had caused previous disturbances at the same motel. Cooper said Legg apparently suffers from “behavioral challenges.” He said Legg was not acquainted with the woman and nine year-old girl inside the room he tried to enter. Arriving officers contacted Legg as he walked away from the property. Legg was found to be in possession of a usable amount of methamphetamine and booked…

FT. MOHAVE – Authorities say they have identified and arrested two suspects who fled an attempted traffic stop Sunday in Fort Mohave after shots were fired at a Mohave County Sheriff’s deputy. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said gunfire erupted when the deputy tried to pull over a silver Toyota Rav4 just before noon in the vicinity of S. Calle Ranchita and E. Camino Viejo. She said authorities allege Casper James Homer, 35, was the driver and that David Thomas Delgado, 37, was the passenger. “Delgado leaned out the front passenger side window and fired multiple rounds at the deputy, striking his patrol…