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Grassie arrested for shooting at man

Police arrested a Kingman man after responding to a report of a shooting late Saturday. Officers were dispatched to the 3400 block of N. Diamond St. at about 10:50 p.m. after they were advised that a man was down in the street and that a vehicle had fled the scene. “Officers arrived to find a 42-year-old man lying in the street, alive but unresponsive,” said Deputy Police Chief Rusty Cooper. “It was later learned that the man had not been shot, but possibly passed out after being shot at.” Cooper said officers made contact with David Lyndon Grassie, 28, after…

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Manker to undergo mental health evaluation

A severely disabled Mohave Valley man pleaded guilty July 3 in the shooting death of his girlfriend of eight years. There is no dispute that 29-year-old James Manker killed 56-year-old Tina Stimmell, but Manker told the Court that he had difficulty pleading guilty to second degree murder for what he believes was a mercy killing. “So much of me wants to plead not guilty because I don’t feel like it was murder. It was assisted suicide,” said Manker, who maintains Stimmell was suffering from stage 4 kidney failure. “I put her out of her misery as I see it. I…

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Citizens asked for comments regarding Court Commissioner position

Citizens have a one week window to provide comment regarding the two attorneys who are selected finalists for the new full time Mohave County Court Commissioner position. Superior Court administrator Kip Anderson announced Monday that the job contenders are local attorneys Megan McCoy and Ryan Esplin. Esplin heads up the Civil Division of the county attorney’s office while McCoy has prosecuted criminal cases for the office for nearly 13 years. The Mohave County Committee on Special Judicial Officer Appointments has recommended that Presiding Judge Charles Gurtler hire McCoy or Esplin. Judge Gurtler will be taking written comments regarding his appointment…

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Eight years and lifetime probation for Shaw

A prison term was ordered Friday for a Las Vegas resident who was charged in an undercover law enforcement operation targeting men who prey upon minors for sex. Durell Shaw, 33, is among nine men indicted after engaging in sexually oriented communication with a Mohave County Sheriff’s detective who was posing as a teenager. Prosecutor Greg McPhillips said each of the defendants responded to social media posts by the detective before the detective diverted the communication to text messages while posing as 13-year-old “Sabrina.” Shaw was intercepted by officers last October when he drove to Kingman to meet Sabrina. Judge…

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Mohave County court system conducting more trials

More and more trials are being conducted in the Mohave County court system. Court Administrator Kip Anderson said 89 trials were conducted in the just concluded fiscal year compared with 58 in fiscal year 2017-18, an increase of roughly 30%. “These numbers represent juries scheduled and called to appear,” Anderson said. “Other trials were set and then canceled.” Presiding Judge Charles Gurtler explained that there are occasions where jurors are summoned but trials are not conducted because cases are resolved or rescheduled at the last minute. Gurtler said increasing criminal case filings are driving up the trial numbers. “Criminal filings…

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Romero has plea deal rejected

A local judge has rejected a plea agreement proposed for a Bullhead City resident charged in separate assaults. Judge Billy Sipe said the deal requiring a 3.5 year prison term for 26-year-old Luis Romero was too lenient. “I just simply cannot accept this limitation,” Sipe said during a Tuesday hearing in Kingman. Sipe said Romero deserves more prison time for separate attacks last year; one involving a girlfriend and the other a man who was beaten inside and outside of a vehicle in the 2000 block of Highway 95. “This is a case where the defendant severely beat the victim…

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