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Mohave Community College offers active shooter response training region

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave Community Collegeand the ALICE Training Institute have teamed up to bring ALICE Instructor Certification Training to Kingman, on Thursday and Friday, February 20 and 21. The course will be held at the Mohave Community College, Neal Campus-Kingman, Building 200, Room 240. The cost for the two-day ALICE Instructor Certification Training is $695 per person.. This two-day Instructor Certification course is designed to teach proactive option-based strategies to increase survivability in a violent critical incident. The ALICE strategies empower individuals to participate in their own survival in the gap between when a violent situation begins and when…

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Public assistance requested to identify bomb threat suspect

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Over the past six weeks, detectives with the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit investigated two incidents that occurred on November 25, 2019, at two retail stores located at 100 Retail Centre Blvd in Lake Havasu City. The two stores, Home Depot and PetSmart, received a letter from an unknown person that contained threatening statements of an explosive device being placed at the business unless a ransom was delivered to a specific location. Surveillance video footage showed the vehicle and the male suspect entering and leaving from the two store locations. The suspect is…

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Be aware of phone scams

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department would like to make the community aware of two recent local scams that have been reported. In one of the scams, the caller indicates that your iCloud account has been compromised. The caller has you access your phone settings to turn certain functions off and on. The caller then asks you to access a specific website from your iPhone. This gives the caller access to your personal device and all of the information on your phone. In another scam, the caller alleges to be from “Apple” (or some other computer…

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Be aware of phone scams

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department would like to make the community aware of two recent local scams that have been reported. In one of the scams, the caller indicates that your iCloud account has been compromised. The caller has you access your phone settings to turn certain functions off and on. The caller then asks you to access a specific website from your iPhone. This gives the caller access to your personal device and all of the information on your phone. In another scam, the caller alleges to be from “Apple” (or some other computer…

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Mule deer poached

COLORADO CITY – The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking information about the recent poaching of two female (doe) mule deer near Colorado City. The deer were found in Game Management Unit 13A, north of Mohave County Highway 237 (Cane Beds Road) in the Cottonwood Canyon area. It is believed they were killed Jan. 5 or Jan. 6, when there was no open hunt for female mule deer. “Evidence was collected at the scene, but help from the public will play a critical role in finding those responsible,” said Tim Shurtliff, wildlife manager. “This is not the act of…

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Prison for robber who assaulted two employees

KINGMAN – A Parker man who committed violent robberies at two businesses in Lake Havasu City is being sent to the Arizona Department of Corrections for 8.5 years. The punishment imposed Thursday by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert was mandated in a plea agreement for Kerrigon Russell, 24. Russsell pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated assault for an April 29, 2019 incident at the Sally Beauty Supply store at 5601 Highway 95. Judge Lambert said court records show that Russell grabbed a female employee by the neck and pushed her down after entering the business. Lambert said Russell…

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