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A Bullhead City woman held on criminal charges will also be prosecuted for assaulting a corrections officer following a disturbance at the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility in Kingman. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the violence broke out last Friday at 10:20 a.m. Mortensen said Lisa Marie Jamison, 38, ignored a female officer’s directive to inmates to return to their cells. “Jamison began yelling at staff that she would not lock down, lunged at the staff member and a fight ensued,” Mortensen said. “The victim delivered fist strikes in an attempt to defend herself. A second officer responded and…

A Lake Havasu City man was arrested after police seized drugs during a search of his home in the 1100 block of Rolling Hills Drive. Police said a two-month investigation of suspected drug sales from the residence led to the March 21 search at 10:20 p.m. “Usable amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana were located, along with items of drug paraphernalia and a firearm,” a news release stated. 54-year-old Herbert Kuerner was arrested and charged with possession of dangerous drugs, possession of narcotic drugs, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, weapons misconduct, and two counts of sale of dangerous…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The names of the defendant and the Judge, some dates and geographic references are omitted from this story in an attempt to preserve the confidential identity of a law enforcement informant. Revelation that the defendant he was about to send to prison had been working with law enforcement as a confidential informant for five years changed a local judge’s sentencing determination  at recent hearings in Mohave County Superior Court. “This is probably one of the most unusual sentencing hearings I have ever done,” the judge said. He said he began the proceeding thinking he would impose the maximum…