Category: Court News

BULLHEAD CITY – Court records indicate a Bullhead City man stabbed his mom in the chest so hard that the knife pierced through her chest. Details of the Sunday murder in the Colorado River community are laid out in a probable cause statement filed in Bullhead City Justice Court. The affidavit said that Bette Jean Vaughn, 74, was seated at the kitchen table in her Jasper Avenue home and was using a laptop computer when she was attacked by Travers Wesley Proulx, 43, at 4:15 a.m. Proulx reportedly used a large butcher knife, stabbing her in the chest two or…

KINGMAN – The death of an inmate at the Adult Detention Center in Kingman is under investigation by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said a detention officer began CPR after being alerted to an unresponsive inmate around 6:24 a.m. Tuesday. Resuscitation efforts failed and the inmate, Kim Maurice Monahan, 57, was pronounced dead. Mortensen said the medical examiner believes the death to be of natural cause and foul play is not suspected. Monahan was jailed in June and was awaiting trial for aggravated assault charges

BULLHEAD CITY – A Mohave County Superior Court jury has returned a guilty verdict in the case of a man charged with fondling a young girl in a Bullhead City motel room 13 years ago. The panel deliberated about 90 minutes on Wednesday, August 7 before convicting Jay Beatte, 44, of one count of child molestation. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jacob Cote said the victim was the daughter of Beatte’s girlfriend and that the illegal touching occurred in other states before the incident in 2006 when they were living in the motel. Cote said the girl was 10 or 11-years-old…

BULLHEAD CITY – A three-month long undercover operation targeting multiple drug traffickers in west Mohave County has resulted in multiple arrests and significant drug seizures. Ten pounds of methamphetamine and more than one pound of heroin was reportedly confiscated when officers searched homes in Bullhead City and the Fort Mohave area on August 8. A news release indicated that Paul Pierre Korab, 62, Fort Mohave, Eric Leigh Stock, 50, and Diana Maciel, 38, both of Bullhead City, were arrested and jailed for possession of dangerous drugs and narcotic drugs for sale. James Francis Marlow, 46, Bullhead City, was arrested for…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man stabbed his mother to death early Sunday, according to authorities. Bullhead City Police Department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said officers responded at 4:15 a.m. to a residence in the 1100 block of Jasper Avenue. “It was reported that Travers Proulx got into an argument with his mother and started stabbing her with a knife,” Fromelt said.  “Proulx’s brother woke up to the sound of his mother screaming and tried to get Travers out of the house.” Fromelt said Proulx, 43, fled on foot after threatening to kill his brother and step-father. Responding pararmedics reportedly…

A young woman from West Jordan, Utah faces a possible prison sentence after pleading guilty in a traffic accident that claimed the life of a ten year old girl. Merissa Sloan, 22, will be convicted of causing death by use of a vehicle under terms of the plea deal unveiled Tuesday. The agreement would dismiss a negligent homicide charge associated with the April 29, 2018 single vehicle traffic accident at mp 15 on highway 68. Prosecutor Jeff Haws said Sloan was driving from Bullhead City and into Golden Valley when witnesses indicated she swerved multiple times before the 2000 Saturn…