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Patrol units and a helicopter engaged in Tuesday’s slow speed pursuit of a bulldozer that was stolen from a Mohave County Road Department gravel pit in Golden Valley. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responded at 3:15 a.m. to a report that a bulldozer was tearing up asphalt on roadways in the vicinity of Bacobi Road and Shipp Drive. Mortensen said an attempted traffic stop was initiated once the bulldozer was spotted in the 3300 block of Bouse Road. She said the operator would not pull over. “As the bulldozer continued north on Bouse Road, it lowered the blade,…

A Bullhead City man who blew his chance for guaranteed probation will instead go to the Arizona Department of Corrections for six years. Jonathan Hegge, 37, was sentenced by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle last Friday (Ap. 26). Hegge entered a unique plea agreement in February that provided incentive for him to kickstart restitution payments on the more than $67,000 in benefits he and his wife stole over a 22 month period from the Arizona Department of Economic Security. He was guaranteed probation provided he paid back $2,000 up front and that he showed up for his March…

A Lake Havasu City man displayed a sense of humor Monday before a Judge imposed the near double-decade prison term mandated in a plea agreement resolving his criminal cases. The moment of mirth came when Judge Derek Carlisle addressed conflicting accounts of how much restitution Jesse Underwood, 37, is being required to pay. Judge Carlisle selected the lower of the two totals, resulting in an eight-cent reduction in restitution of more than $48,000. “It’s a small victory, but I’ll take it,” Underwood said prompting a mix of smiles and chuckles from the Judge, attorneys and the defendant’s mother. Four cases…