BULLHEAD CITY – A drug dealing ex-con from Bullhead City is returning to the Arizona Department of Corrections. A 5.5-year prison term was ordered Wednesday for Ty Wharton, 27.
Wharton pleaded guilty to sale of narcotic drugs for an April transaction involving heroin at 660 Highway 95 in Bullhead City. Defense attorney Ken Beane said drug addiction fueled his client’s criminal behavior and that Wharton wants to get clean.
Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert said that Wharton lacked interest in rehabilitation until threatened with extended incarceration. Lambert noted three prior felony and four misdemeanor convictions, probation failures and an assessment that he is a high risk to offend again.
- Dave Hawkins
