Category: Court News

On May 22, at about 10:15 p.m. the Lake Havasu City Police Department responded to the area of Adobe Drive for a report of criminal damage where the victim’s vehicle had rocks thrown at it.The victim was able to follow the suspect vehicle, a tan colored GMC Envoy while reporting the crime.The victim lost sight of the vehicle, but officers quickly canvassed the area and were able to locate the suspect vehicle in the area of South Palo Verde Blvd. and Constellation Drive. A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle and contact was made with several juveniles inside the…

A Lake Havasu City man is a fugitive from justice after skipping out during the middle of trial before he was convicted on May 17. Richard Fender, 61, failed to return to the courthouse following the lunch break, and a warrant for his arrest was issued after he was convicted of transportation and possession of dangerous drugs for sale late Friday afternoon. Fender asked prosecutor Reed Weisberg if he would offer a better plea agreement Friday morning before the trial began. Weisberg said he wouldn’t accept anything less than a four-year prison term to resolve his case through a plea…

Long stole from school district program, elderly bank customer A 6.5-year prison sentence has been ordered for a Kingman woman who stole from her school district employer for nearly five years before she ripped off an elderly customer while working as a bank teller. Deborah Long, 44, was sentenced Friday by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle. Long was one of the first two employees hired when the Western Arizona Vocational Education (WAVE) district was established in 2009. She pleaded guilty to fraud and theft for stealing nearly $140,000 from WAVE from November 2011 to August 2016. The school…