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Teen charged with child molestation

KINGMAN – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) detectives arrested Michael Trey Hefner, 19, of Kingman, for molestation of a child. Detectives were contacted by Huntington Beach Police Department regarding a delayed report of child molest that occurred in 2017 at a home in the 1800 block of Hearne Ave. According to an MCSO press release, the female victim, who was 10 years old at the time of the incident, alleged that Hefner, her older stepbrother, forced her to engage in sexual acts on multiple occasions. Hefner allegedly admitted to engaging in sexual contact with the victim. During the course of…

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Man threatens store employees with iron rod

KINGMAN – On Monday, November 18, at about 10:00 p.m., Kingman Police arrested Roger Donald Denny, 54, of Kingman, on felony counts of aggravated assault and criminal damage. Officers responded to a restaurant in the 3200 block of Andy Devine Ave., for a report of a man wielding a large metal pole, threatening employees and damaging television monitors. According to a Kingman Police Department press release, Denny had left the store before officers arrived. Officers located him a few blocks away from the store. Denny allegedly had entered the store carrying a 6’ T-post (iron rod), threatened two employees (ages…

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Second suspect sought in BHC homicide

BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Police Department (BHCPD) is actively investigating a homicide, where one man was fatally shot and his wife was injured. Detectives are currently looking for Jonathan Arthur Wallace, 27, who is wanted for first degree murder. According to a BHCPD press release, it was reported that suspect Benjie Junior Nunez, 34, and victim Kevin Castro Hurtado, 24, had been involved in an altercation a couple of weeks ago. Nunez had reportedly arranged to meet at the Family Dollar Store parking lot in Bullhead City to physically fight on Sunday, November 17 at approximately 2 a.m….

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No injuries in two-vehicle crash

GOLDEN VALLEY – Golden Valley Fire Battalion Chief David Martin, Captain Boyd Lewis and firefighters from Station #11, along with DPS law enforcement, responded to a two-vehicle accident at 2:50 p.m., today, at the intersection of Highway 68 and Aztec Drive. When firefighters arrived on scene, they observed one vehicle was blocking the fast lane of westbound Highway 68 and the other vehicle was blocking the eastbound lane of Highway 68. According to officials on scene, the silver four-door Nissan was traveling eastbound on Highway 68 when the white four-door Ford traveling northbound on Aztec Drive failed to stop at…

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Homicide suspect turns self in

BULLHEAD CITY – On Sunday, Nov. 17, Bullhead City Police (BHCPD) put out an all-unit search for Benji Junior Nunez, 34, who was a suspect in a homicide earlier the same day. According to a BHCPD press release, at about 2 a.m., Nunez was involved in an altercation at Marina Blvd. and Clearwater Dr., that left a man deceased and a woman injured. Later that same day, Nunez turned himself into the Bullhead City Police Department. Detectives are actively working this homicide shooting investigation and conducting several interviews.

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Squatter charged with multiple felonies

KINGMAN – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrested Mark Gordon King, 48, of Meadview, for criminal trespassing, burglary, and two counts of theft/ control of stolen property, all felonies. On October 31, deputies responded to a residence in the 4200 block of N. Bond St. after receiving a call from the property owner, who advised that he does not live at the residence. According to an MCSO press release, when the property owner came to check on the property, he found a man living in the residence and several vehicles on the property. King allegedly told deputies he had…

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