Trial likely in machete homicide
KINGMAN – The man who admitted killing his wife in Kingman while traveling to California will likely stand trial.
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Havasu crash probe continues
LAKE HAVASU CITY – Intoxication is a factor suspected in the investigation of a vehicle-motorcycle collision that seriously injured a teenager just north of Lake Havasu City.
Colorado City men guilty in federal court of sexual abuse conspiracy
COLORADO CITY – Horrific details of the sexual exploitation of children continue to unfold in the prosecution of a dozen defendants linked to a child bride culture rooted in a remote north Mohave County where polygamous lifestyle has drawn law enforcement and press attention for decades.
Teen faces up to five years in prison
KINGMAN – A Golden Valley teenager charged in a vehicular pedestrian fatality faces probation up to five years in prison after entering a plea agreement Friday, Sept. 27. Dehaven William Shafer, 19, admits operating a vehicle that struck and killed a man in Golden Valley at about 7:41 p.m. on Jan. 2.
Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responding to the scene located the victim in the roadway in the vicinity of Chino Drive and Adobe Road in Golden Valley. James Douglass McDaniel, 69, Golden Valley, was dead at the scene.
Parents arrested for endangerment
BULLHEAD CITY – Parents high on drugs were arrested when discovered asleep in a vehicle with their young children in Bullhead City. Police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said officers responded to a to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked at a business in the 2300 block of Miracle Mile at 10:40 p.m. on Sept. 26.
“The adults in the vehicle were unresponsive due to being under the influence of drugs,” Fromelt said. “Officers had to yell and bang on the vehicle windows to wake up the parents.”
Fromelt said three children (ages three, six and six years old) were sleeping in the back seat.
Teen arrested in BHC for school threat
BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City police report the arrest of a student who perpetrated a hoax in an effort to get a day away from school.
