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Shaw takes plea for sex offenses at group home

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City woman who committed sex offenses involving a 14-year-old boy at a group home in Kingman has entered a plea agreement. Jamie Shaw, 40, will be convicted of sexually motivated aggravated assault, while child molestation and unlawful sexual conduct counts are dismissed in the deal.

Authorities said Shaw was working for Harbor house in the 1900 block of Pacific Avenue where the boy was lodged when the crime occurred on May 15.

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Bids out for Rancho Santa Fe Parkway project

KINGMAN – Five Arizona construction firms and another in Colorado have plan holder status and are in position to possibly submit bids to build an Interstate 40 traffic interchange (TI) in Kingman. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is scheduled on Sept. 6 to open bids for the Rancho Santa Fe Parkway TI.

The City has already paid the agency $48.3 million to administer project construction in northeast Kingman.

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Barlow spared from prison sentence

COLORADO CITY – A Colorado City man avoided a two- to five-year prison term during his August 14 sentencing hearing for a sex offense involving a 24-year-old girl. Delbert Barlow, 55, previously pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault.

Barlow allegedly groped the victim as she slept on the couch at a Colorado City home on South Hammon Street on Dec. 25, 2023.

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Sailley convicted of assault charges in domestic violence case

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man who took the witness stand with confidence Friday morning at his bench trial in Kingman unraveled hours later when the Court began convicting him of violence involving his former longtime partner and mother of his child. Kenneth Sailley, 29, appeared a mix of bewildered and agitated as Judge Doug Camacho articulated reasons he was finding him guilty of two aggravated assault counts, assault and kidnapping.

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Upgrades coming for Palo Christi school building

KINGMAN – A Scottsdale-based firm will breathe new life into the historic Palo Christi Elementary school in downtown Kingman. Sun Valley Builders has been awarded a $5.24-million bid to renovate portions of the building located at 500 Maple St.

“We are not changing any of the infrastructure of the main building, other than widening the doors and adding the ADA ramp and putting in sprinkler systems,”

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Head, Holmes stroll down memory lane as BHC’s anniversary party nears

BULLHEAD CITY – Rodney Head and Robin Holmes patrolled Bullhead City for the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) long before the Colorado River community incorporated 40 years ago in late Aug., 1984.

Holmes had a harsh introduction to the desert after moving from coastal California to work the Bullhead City district for the MCSO in 1976.

“It was so desolate and the wind was like 400 miles an hour and the dust flying everywhere,” Holmes recalled.

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