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A Lake Havasu City man charged in the death of his own baby appeared at a Monday status hearing at the Mohave County Courthouse in Kingman. While the proceeding was largely uneventful, Judge Billy Sipe made it clear that he expects attorneys to be ready for trial on November 5. Deputy county attorney Kellen Marlow appeared on behalf of Megan McCoy, the prosecutor who will try Andrew Lamorie, 23, and Brittany Rodriquez, 26, at the same time. Both are charged with first degree murder in the death of their daughter, Gabriella Lamorie. Marlow told Judge Sipe setting up interviews is…

Her new attorney told the court Monday that she might not be ready for the August 20 trial of the purported ringleader of alleged massage parlor prostitution operations in Bullhead City and Lake Havasu. Scottsdale attorney Jospehine Hallam appeared with Amanda Yamauchi, 47, before Judge Billy Sipe at a status hearing. Hallam takes over for defense attorney Brad Rideout who was allowed to withdraw from the case on April 22 when he informed Judge Sipe that he had a “breakdown in communications” with Yamauchi. Hallam told the Court that she has read about half of the voluminous discovery material and…

A local judge has rejected the plea agreement proposed for one of three men charged in an armed robbery spree of Kingman area businesses. Judge Billy Sipe said last Thursday that the deal was improperly structured for him to impose the 21-28 year punishment it required in the case against Francis Allison, 59. Judge Sipe also said the agreement was too lenient anyway and that he believes each of the three co-defendants probably deserve a life prison sentence. Allison originally faced 56 felony charges in ten cases. Seven of them, and 51 charges, were to be dismissed in the proposed…