Category: Court News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – An alleged drug dealer has been arrested following seizure of more than 31 grams of cocaine during a March 14 search of his home in Lake Havasu City. Police said they had been investigating suspected drug sales from the home in the 3300 block of Tomahawk Drive, where a search warrant was executed at 6:55 p.m.  “During the search, 31.3 grams of cocaine were located along with numerous items of drug paraphernalia,” said police detective Chris Angus. “As a result of the investigation, 27-year-old Ricardo A. Duarte, a Lake Havasu City resident, was arrested and charged…

Family members including several grandchildren asked for leniency as a Mohave County Superior Court Judge sent a Bullhead City couple to prison on March 11. 61-year-old Dennis Childers and 52-year-old Julia Childers pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of attempted possession of dangerous drugs for sale for selling methamphetamine from their home on Los Flores Street. It was noted during the sentencing hearings that Mr. Childers had been using meth for more than 40 years and his wife had used the drug for more than 25 years. “This case is a classic example of what happens when people get addicted…

A probation guaranteed opportunity has evolved into a likely prison sentence for a Bullhead City man who failed to meet incentives contained in a plea agreement entered last month. Jonathan Hegge, 36, was required to make an initial restitution payment of $2,000 and attend his March 15 sentencing hearing in Kingman to earn probation in a benefit theft case. His failure to do so exposes Hegge to as many as 8.5 years in prison to resolve the same criminal matters. Hegge did not show for the hearing and his defense attorneys indicated that they could not explain his absence. Mohave…

A Mohave Valley man arrested following seizure of a cache of weapons and illegal drug making materials will avoid prison if a local judge accepts the plea agreement entered March 12 in Kingman. Mark MacAlpine, 54, pleaded guilty to misconduct involving weapons and manufacturing a narcotic drug. Authorities said 64 weapons and a marijuana wax production operation were confiscated during a Dec. 1, 2018 search of MacAlpine’s Mohave Valley home in the 7800 block of Green Valley Drive.  Prosecutor Rod Albright said MacAlpine’s weapons conviction is related to his prohibited possession of an AR-15 rifle illegally modified with a sawed-off barrel….

A six year prison term has been ordered for a Lake Havasu City man who shot the neighbor who picked a fight with him nearly two years ago. The sentence imposed on March 14 for Andrew Bullard, 32, was on the low end of a 5- to 15-year prison range contemplated by Mohave County Court Commissioner Billy Sipe. A trial jury convicted Bullard of two aggravated assault counts last December but could not reach a verdict on an attempted murder charge that has subsequently been dismissed. Attorneys involved in the case agreed that the shooting victim Dustin Halliday, 41, was…

A former Bullhead City resident who roughed up his girlfriend last month will be placed on supervised probation through a plea agreement entered March 14 at the Mohave County Courthouse in Kingman. Nicholas Alfonso Heredia, 32, can still be ordered to serve up to one year in the county jail when he is sentenced next month. Bullhead City police said Heredia’s live-in girlfriend sustained a serious injury to her face when a Feb. 18 argument escalated into an altercation in the 1700 block of Highway 95. “He knocked her to the ground and started choking her from behind, leaving abrasions…