Category: Court News

KINGMAN – On Sunday, October 20, at about 3 a.m., Kingman Police arrested Bryan Forbes, 25, of Modesto, Calif., on a felony charge of aggravated assault. According to a press release, officers responded to the 1700 block of Beverly Ave., regarding the report of a person having been stabbed. Officers observed Forbes in the area, holding a knife. The victim, a 27-year-old Kingman man, was located and treated for a stab wound to his arm. The victim reported Forbes chasing a woman, and that he attempted to intervene. During this time Forbes is alleged to have stabbed the victim in…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman choked back tears of happiness when she was acquitted of drug charges in Kingman Thursday afternoon. “I hope the newspaper reports this because I am innocent,” Christy Tyler, 41, quietly said to defense attorney Rhys Campbell. Campbell told the Mohave County Superior Court jury Thursday morning that Tyler should have never been arrested or charged in the case. He said that Michael Furrow was the target of the search warrant served at a home in the 700 block of River Gardens Drive following an investigation of suspected drug activity. Campbell argued that Tyler…

KINGMAN – A Mohave County judge has rejected a plea agreement for a man who stole property from a man who gave him a place to stay, beat his wife in Dolan Springs and fired bullets at sheriff’s deputies. Judge Billy Sipe last Thursday said the plea deal mandating a 15.5-year prison sentence for Wendell Odom, 37 was too lenient. Investigation began in late March when Vaughan Hargrave reported that a firearm had been stolen when Odom left his property. Deputies learned that Odom had abused his wife and they encountered gunfire when they tried to confront him on April…