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GRAND CANYON – Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Services Branch and U.S. Park Ra ngers, Thomas Grabarek, 71, of Flagstaff, Ariz., pled guilty on September 8, 2020 to misdemeanor violations for starting a wildland fire within Grand Canyon National Park. The Cottonwood Creek Fire ignited approximately 64 acres in the Inner Canyon along the Tonto Trail near Horseshoe Mesa. On October 27, 2019, while backpacking near Cottonwood Creek, Grabarek started a fire by lighting toilet paper in an attempt to incinerate it. High winds that day allowed the fire to quickly spread uphill,…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A drug dealer from Lake Havasu City has entered a mandatory prison plea agreement to prevent the longer sentence he would receive if convicted of all counts at trial. Scott Holdren, 54, pleaded guilty on Sept. 1 to possession of dangerous drugs for sale and misconduct involving weapons. Prosecutor Jacob Cote informed the Court that Holdren was the subject of a July 7 traffic stop on McCulloch Blvd., south of highway 95. He said officers confiscated a handgun from the vehicle and that Holdren was a prohibited possessor by virtue of a prior felony conviction. Cote…

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City council member Annette Wegmann plans to enter a plea agreement to resolve her pending criminal case short of trial. Details of the deal are not yet public, but they appear to reduce a felony theft charge associated with her former employment to a misdemeanor so Wegmann would be able to remain on council. Defense attorney Ken Sondgeroth, during a Tuesday hearing in Kingman, indicated Wegmann’s case would be transferred from one court to another for purpose of misdemeanor conviction. “My client has agreed to a plea agreement which is actually going to result in a…