Defendant skips out at trial lunch break
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…