Category: Court News

A Kingman man was arrested over the weekend for an axe attack that injured no one, but damaged a vehicle. Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responded Friday afternoon to a report of a disturbance at a home in the 2900 block of Spinner Bait Drive. The reporting party advised that a subject later identified as Ramon Trevino Ortiz, 45, was muttering about “unknown things” when confronted about crossing through his property. “The argument escalated and Ortiz produced an axe from his waistline and began swinging it around and lunged at the victim,” a news release said. “The…

A Kingman woman who allegedly threatened neighbors with a broken glass jar and a knife was taken into custody after scuffling with deputies late Sunday morning. Mohave County Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responded at 11:20 a.m. to the disturbance in the 3100 block of Northfield Avenue. Mortensen said the reporting party indicated that a woman later identified as Amanda Lynnette Barr threatened to kill multiple neighbors with a knife. “Deputies observed Barr, known to them from prior incidents, sitting on the porch of a nearby residence and Barr immediately began shouting obscenities at deputies,” Mortensen said. “Barr…

Involved attorneys and Judge Billy Sipe agrees that mystery clouds the case of a Las Vegas man who claimed to be on a religious pilgrimage when discovered completely naked on a Chloride hillside more than a year ago. Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the naked subject report on February 20, 2018. A sheriff’s office report said that 39-year-old Nicholas Lash did not comply with directives and struggled during an attempt to detain him. It said he made religious references when he told deputies they should not interfere. “He was the son of God and (deputies) had no right to…

Large quantities of an assortment of drugs were seized following a Monday traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Kingman. Mohave County Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said an ADOT Enforcement Division K9 responded to the scene to assist deputies. “The K9 alerted to the presence of the odor of narcotics inside the vehicle,” Mortensen said. She said a thorough search of the vehicle produced the confiscation of 9.8 pounds of cocaine, 2.5 pounds of heroin and 1.3 pounds of packaged counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected of containing fentanyl. Mortensen said the driver of the vehicle, a Mexican citizen identified as Marco…

Sticky fingers at work bring a felony conviction and jail time for a Bullhead City woman. Brianna Bushey, 30, pleaded guilty to theft of $5,924 worth of lottery tickets from the Desert Foothills Blvd. convenience store where she worked. Defense attorney Kenneth Beane said the four days Bushey spent in jail following her arrest served as a wake up call. “It scared me completely,” Bushey said during her May 29 sentencing hearing in Kingman. “I will never do it again.” The repetitive nature of stealing so many lottery tickets over a 17 day period last November compelled Mohave County Superior…

A Bullhead City man will spend the rest of his life in prison for viewing child pornography on his electronic devices. Michael Barrett, 42, was sentenced to 135 years in prison by Judge Billy Sipe on Tuesday, May 28. A Mohave County Superior Court jury deliberated only 20 minutes on April 3 before finding Barrett guilty of ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Sipe ordered consecutive 13.5-year sentences for each of the convictions. Sipe said the Arizona legislature passed a law requiring Judges to impose at least a decade in prison for each count. He said it was “disturbing…