Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A Bullhead City man charged in an episode of violence evades a possible prison sentence under terms of a plea agreement entered in Mohave County Superior Court on August 13. Terms of the deal require Judge Rick Lambert to place Tyler Ziilch, 38, on probation at a September 9 sentencing hearing. Judge Lambert also has discretion to order up to a year in the county jail and up to $20,000 in restitution. Bullhead City Police Spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said the May 31 incident occurred at the victim’s home in the 1900 block of East Robson Circle. She said…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man complained of unfair treatment, but nonetheless encouraged a judge in Kingman to approve the plea agreement that sends him to the Arizona Department of Corrections for a decade. The ten-year prison term is mandated in the plea deal convicting Kevin Goc, 51, of two counts of attempted possession of dangerous drugs for sale. Defense attorney Jon Gillenwater told Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert that his client is apologetic for his illegal conduct, but Goc told the court he is getting a raw deal. “Your Honor, I feel like the injustice is…

BULLHEAD CITY – A local judge has declined a prison option but ordered a 120 day jail sentence for a Bullhead City man who was impaired when he crashed his vehicle through the glass front doors of a convenience store, injuring a patron a year ago. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle placed Alexander Molnar on probation during an August 15 sentencing hearing and ordered the 70-year-old to perform 80 hours of community work service. “Not the way I pictured my life ending,” Molnar said, when asked if he’d like to address the Court. He apologized for harm and…

MOHAVE VALLEY – A Mohave Valley man told a judge last Friday that he killed his girlfriend early this year to end her suffering. Mohave County Superior Court Judge ordered a 13-year prison term for James Manker, 28. It was revealed during the sentencing hearing that Manker was severely disabled when he drove drunk and crashed a vehicle when he was a teenager about a decade ago. His friends told the Court that Manker struggled to live a normal life after the accident and his loneliness led to his relationship with Tina Stimmell, 56. Manker’s confession to law enforcement authorities…

LAKE HAVASU – Three Lake Havasu City residents had their criminal matters resolved during hearings last Thursday at the Mohave County Courthouse in Kingman. The harshest punishment came in three drug cases involving Michael-Shawn Boultinghouse, 37. Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle sent Boultinghouse to prison for 8.5 years. He was convicted of 2 narcotic drug related counts in a plea agreement that dismissed a mix of other charges. Prosecutor Amanda Claerhout said Boultinghouse possessed singed foil with heroin residue when arrested in December, 2018 at 3101 London Bridge Road. She said Boultinghouse two months later sold 1.5 grams of heroin…

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City Police arrested Devin Gene Monreal, 23, on a temporary felony warrant for attempted homicide for his involvement in Monday’s shooting at Lowe’s. According Bullhead City Police Department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt, on Monday, August 19 at around 4:40 p.m., Monreal was reportedly inside his white Saturn station wagon in the Lowe’s parking lot, in Bullhead City when four men in a white Dodge Dakota pulled up next to him. It was reported that the two parties did not know each other. Fromelt said that Monreal and the four men got into a verbal argument. All four…