Category: Court News

Bullhead City residents await sentencing after entering plea agreements resolving their drug cases. Police reportedly seized 19 grams of heroin, five grams of methamphetamine and about 12 grams of marijuana during a search last August of a home that the defendants shared in the 2100 block of Swan Place. Ryan Newsom, 36, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a reduced charge of attempted possession of a narcotic drug for sale. Methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges are dismissed in the plea agreement. Newsom faces a two- to seven-year prison term when sentenced May 7. Co-defendant Desiree Castaneda, 23, also pleaded guilty to…

A Bullhead City man faces at least a century-long prison sentence following convictions at the first of his two sex offense trials. A Mohave County Superior Court jury deliberated 20 minutes Wednesday, April 4, before finding Michael Barrett, 42, guilty on all ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Law requires imposition of consecutive prison terms of at least ten years for each conviction at sentencing scheduled May 8. Prosecutor Jacob Cote told jurors that Mohave County Sheriff’s office detectives found 47 images of screen shots of child pornography downloaded from websites on Barrett’s cell phone in October, 2017….

A mandatory six-year prison punishment is mandated in a plea agreement convicting a Kingman man of trafficking stolen property and fraudulent use of a credit card. Robert Fox, 53, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 15 by Judge Billy Sipe. Prosecutor Jonathan Robinson told the court that the victim, when examining her bank records, discovered that her credit card was used by another party to effect about $1,400 in purchases at Kingman businesses including JC Penney, Big 5, Home Depot, Smiths and Walgreens last October. He said that Fox used the victim’s credit card to buy a gold crucifix…

The first of five defendants charged through an investigation of suspected drug sales from a home in Bullhead City avoided further jail time during a March 28 sentencing hearing in Kingman Thursday. Michael Furrow, 35, was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to perform 60 hours of community work service. Furrow was initially charged with possession of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia when he and four others were arrested when police executed a search warrant on December, 28, 2018 at a home in the 700 block of River Gardens Drive….

A Bullhead City man suffering from schizophrenia and gender identity disorders is being given a chance to get mental health treatment while on probation rather than be sent to prison. Mohave County Court Commissioner Billy Sipe placed Dean Randall, 30, on probation for three years when he could have imposed up to 14 years in prison during a March 29 sentencing hearing. Judge Sipe imposed a 170-day jail sentence and credited him for that many days spent in custody so that Randall could be released. Sipe noted that Randall pled guilty to indecent exposure for wearing a dress to a…

Crime was committed in Game Management Unit 18B  The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking information about the recent poaching of a mule deer near Bagdad, Ariz. The carcass, believed to be a buck in which only the hide and head were taken, was found March 21 in the Kitty Litter Mine area, about one mile from the Sycamore Trailer Park on Camp Wood Road near Bagdad.  “Evidence was collected at the scene, but help from the public will play a critical role in finding those responsible,” said Justin Espino, wildlife manager. “This is not the act of a…