Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A plea agreement was stalled during a recent sentencing hearing when Judge Doug Camacho instead decided that the Bullhead City defendant should first undergo a full-blown mental health evaluation. Ethan Nelson, 29, had undergone an initial assessment but he will now get the more extensive evaluation under the Rule 11 provision that will determine if he is legally competent to stand trial. “Obviously your Honor, he is seriously mentally ill,” defense attorney George Hibbeler said during the March 18 hearing before Judge Doug Camacho in Kingman. He said Nelson possesses below average intellect and suffers bipolar, schizophrenic and…

TOPOCK – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jimmy Lloyd King Jr., 50 of Topock, for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon per Domestic Violence and Disorderly Conduct with a Weapon, both felonies. On Tuesday, March 17, deputies responded to a residence in the 4500 block of E. Linden Dr. in Topock in reference to a disturbance and were advised by the victim that King attempted to shoot him with a shotgun; that King had reentered the home and possessed several more weapons and rounds of ammunition. A standoff ensued; King exited the home but did not comply with deputies’…

KINGMAN – A Kingman man whose gunfire and erratic behavior prompted a public safety scare last spring is being sent to the Arizona State Hospital for psychiatric treatment. That’s a requirement of a plea agreement that finds Larry Bradshaw, 37, “guilty except insane” to a disorderly conduct with a weapon charge. Kingman police responded last April to a home in the vicinity of Wilshire and Beverly Avenue where officers determined a number of gunshots had been fired into the walls of a structure on the property. Deputy Police Chief Rusty Cooper said witnesses indicated that Bradshaw had been exhibiting behavior…

KINGMAN – A Lake Havasu City woman intends to testify against the man who fathered the child they’re accused of killing a little more than two years ago. Brittany Rodriquez, 27, and Andrew Lamorie, 24, both remain jailed awaiting trial involving the January 2018 death of 27-month old Gabriella Lamorie. An autopsy determined that Gabriella suffered blunt force head and neck trauma and her death was ruled a homicide. The girl was malnourished and weighed only 14 pounds when she died at a Las Vegas hospital. Public Defender Robin Puchek said he was recently informed that Rodriquez wants to testify…

KINGMAN – A 14-year prison term was ordered Monday for a Golden Valley teenager who pled guilty to armed robbery and negligent homicide in separate criminal cases. Marcus Blanchard, 18, was sentenced by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle. During a March 4 change of plea hearing, prosecutor Bob Moon told the court that Blanchard was 16 years old in March, 2018 when he tried to take a bag of marijuana from a person in a vehicle outside a party in the 3500 block of North Bonita Road. Moon said the victim suffered a fractured skull when Blanchard struck…