Category: Court News

A former detention officer who delivered drugs and tobacco to her boyfriend and another inmate at the Mohave County jail was given a two year prison term on June 14. Judge Billy Sipe rejected Ashley Aquino’s request to be placed on probation. The former Bullhead City resident now living with her mother in California said she was 12 weeks pregnant and that she was hoping to put her criminal behavior in the past to focus on her job as a machinist and her future as a mother. “I’m remorseful for what I did and I’m learning from my mistake,” Aquino…

A Kingman man charged in the alleged beating of his teenaged son with multiple instruments has subsequently been charged with the sexual abuse of his 15-year-old niece. Kingman police announced the April 4 arrest of Kenneth McIntire after a school resource officer began investigating lower body injuries suffered by a 13-year-old boy.  Deputy Police Chief Rusty Cooper said McIntire allegedly struck the boy with a belt, a section of PVC pipe and metal broom handle. The boy was placed in the care and custody of the Department of Child Safety.  Cooper confirmed the second criminal case after McIntire pleaded not…

A Bullhead City man who was impaired when he crashed his vehicle through the glass front doors of a convenience market and injured a patron has entered a plea agreement that could send him to prison. 70-year-old Alexander Andrew Molinari pleaded guilty to a drunk driving related charge, aggravated assault and criminal damage for the August, 2018 incident at the Beyond River Mart off Highway 95. Prosecutor James Schoppmann said Molinari’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit for driving when his pickup truck struck the store entrance and a 55-year-old woman who was injured. “It caused the victim…

A Bullhead City woman who robbed a man she met at a Laughlin casino has entered a plea agreement that requires a six year prison term. An unrelated organized retail theft case is dismissed in the deal convicting 33-year-old Misty Dyer of armed robbery. Prosecutor Jeff Haws said Dyer and the victim spent a good part of the day together at the casino on November 25 of last year. He said she told him she had broken up with her boyfriend and that she needed a place to stay. Haws said they left the casino and ended up at the…

A third Bullhead City resident has entered a mandatory prison plea agreement for his involvement in the abduction of two people who were later transported to a remote location where they were shot and killed. Lucas Shankles, 23, faces at least ten years in prison under terms of the deal unveiled Friday. Prosecutor Jaimye Ashley said Shankles wielded a wrench and an axe when 51-year-old Mona Carter and 22-year old Daryl Ward were threatened and interrogated in the bedroom of a Bullhead City home in January, 2018. She said Ward was stripped naked and had his genitals super glued while…