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Kyle Wesely Jamar Williams, age 40, passed away

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Victim/witness program accepting volunteers

MOHAVE COUNTY – The victim/witness advocate program administered by the Mohave County Attorney’s office is always looking for citizen volunteers to support its mission throughout northwest Arizona. Advocates frequently assist those who experience tragic loss or are victimized by crime. “We walk into people’s trauma at the worst time in their lives. One of our jobs is to understand and recognize that trauma and help the victim through it,” said Tiffany Barker, Volunteer Coordinator. “These are the very people who’ve been held at gunpoint, robbed, raped, assaulted, kidnapped and murdered. So there’s a human side to this.” Barker said another…

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Soltz acquitted in molestation case

KINGMAN – A man accused of sex offenses involving his underage stepdaughter at separate homes in Kingman a few years ago was fully acquitted at trial in Mohave County Superior Court. The jury deliberated less than an hour Thursday before returning not guilty verdicts in the case against Wallace Soltz, 37. Soltz was charged with a total of seven counts of child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor. The alleged victim, now 13, testified that Soltz would molest her while her mother was working over a two-year period ending in December, 2017. “It felt really uncomfortable,” the girl told…

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ReportIt is free to the public to deter crime

Create your personal property inventory list Mohave County Sheriff’s Office recommends online system to help citizens keep track of valuables Mohave County Sheriff’s Office encourages all residents to use a free online system that will help keep track of personal property. ReportIt is a free, secure online service allowing citizens to record serial numbers and upload images for phones, electronics, and other valuables. Should those items ever be stolen, having the information will go a long way in accurately and quickly identifying your property. Citizens can access the site at reportit.leadsonline.com. Sheriff Doug Schuster had this to say about the…

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Ohlemacher takes plea in drug case; faces five years

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman resolving her drug case through a plea agreement will be going to the Arizona Department of Corrections for five years. The punishment for Destiny Ohlemacher, 27, is prescribed in the deal entered Thursday in Mohave County Superior Court in Kingman. Prosecutor Jacob Cote told Judge Rick Lambert that Ohlemacher was a passenger in a vehicle from which one pound of methamphetamine was seized following a January 30 traffic stop in the 600 block of Highway 95. “The defendant admitted trading methamphetamine for heroin,” Cote told the Court. Defense attorney Gregory Pridham took some…

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Kingman Municipal Court closed February 28

KINGMAN – The Kingman Municipal Court will be closed for software implementation on Friday, February 28, and will resume normal business hours Monday, March 2. If you have a payment due that day, please pay prior to, or online, at either www.mohavecourts.com, or www.azcourtpay.com. If you need an order of protection on that day, Kingman Cerbat Justice Court is open and can hear those cases. Any other business, please email kingmanmunict@mohavecourts.com.

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