Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A local man reportedly admitted committing an act of arson and using dangerous drugs after authorities responded to a residential structure fire in north Kingman. The January 11 fire in the 3600 block of Lum Avenue was reported at 11:22 a.m. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said witnesses saw a Hispanic man in the yard before responders first arrived on scene. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said video surveillance from a neighboring property showed that Gabriel Thomas Martinez, 31, was present when smoke began emanating from the residence he rents. Mortensen said Martinez entered the garage and fled…

KINGMAN – A confession is key in the case against two Kingman men arrested this week for the murder of another Kingman man whose body was found in a desert area behind the airport on January 14, 2019. Benjamin Dann, 24, and Alfred Talavera, 33, are charged with second degree murder in the blunt force trauma death of Kirklin Roach, 37. Court records reveal that Dann admitted abducting and killing Roach because he thought Roach was trying to have sex with his baby’s mother. Dann told detectives that Roach also admitted molesting his own children. A Probable Cause (PC) statement…

KINGMAN – A confession is key in the case against two Kingman men arrested this week for the murder of another Kingman man whose body was found in a desert area behind the airport on January 14, 2019. Benjamin Dann, 24, and Alfred Talavera, 33, are charged with second degree murder in the blunt force trauma death of Kirklin Roach, 37. Court records reveal that Dann admitted abducting and killing Roach because he thought Roach was trying to have sex with his baby’s mother. Dann told detectives that Roach also admitted molesting his own children. A Probable Cause (PC) statement…

KINGMAN – Two Kingman men have been arrested for a near year-old homicide. Benjamin Clark Dann, 24, and Alfred Martin Talavera, 33, are charged with second degree murder. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office said Dann and Talavera had been considered suspects in an ongoing investigation of the death of Kirklin Marcus Roach, 37. The body of the Kingman man who died of blunt force trauma was found in a desert area behind the Kingman Airport on January 14, 2019. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said Dann was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 7 for alleged probation violations while Talavera was contacted at…