Category: Court News

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…

KINGMAN – A serial arsonist entered a plea agreement during a Tuesday settlement conference in Kingman. 40-year-old Charlie Balluff decided to take a deal after Judge Billy Sipe explained he was looking at a 30- to 100-year prison term if convicted of 22 criminal charges at trial. Deputy Kingman Police Chief Rusty Cooper said Balluff had been connected to more than 400 Kingman area arson incidents dating back to 2013 when he was arrested last June. No one was hurt in the fires, most of them involving dumpsters or brush. The plea deal dismisses 11 arson-related charges, five reckless burning…