Crime Watch

Bicyclist Tony Quinones had only just shaken hands with a fellow cyclist and wished him good luck in this weekend's community race in an Arizona mountain town when a truck sped into a crowd of bike riders.

Isaiah Benz, 16, of Canoga Park, California, has been identified as the deceased victim located on the lake bottom in the south basin of Lake Havasu on Monday, June 21.

Andrew William Welsh, 19, of Fort Mohave, was arrested on a charge of unlawful flight from law enforcement as well as two outstanding arrest warrants by Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies, the sheriff’s office reported in a news release.

It’s been one week since state, federal and county law enforcement officials descended on the community of Dolan Springs, and Mohave County Sheriff’s Officials say their investigation began with a reported rise in crime throughout the area.

One person was killed and 12 others injured in reported drive-by shootings over a 90-minute span Thursday in three cities west of Phoenix, authorities said.

Katlynn Marie, 38, of Phoenix, was arrested by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, June 17 after allegedly stealing more than a dozen lottery tickets at gunpoint at a gas station in the 14000 block of N. Pierce Ferry Road in Dolan Springs.

Seven months after the shooting of an unarmed Lake Havasu City man by police, an independent review by the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office has ruled the shooting to be justified.

The Kingman Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect or suspect vehicle reportedly involved in a theft of a wallet that occurred March 28 while the victim was shopping at a business in the 3300 block of N. Stockton Hill Road.

A Golden Valley man was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery on Thursday, June 10, by Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies.

The Kingman Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects reportedly involved in a stabbing-aggravated assault incident that occurred at a convenience store gas station in the 4000 block of N. Stockton Hill Road on May 31.

Dustin Clinton Thomas Jamison, 27, of Mohave Valley, was arrested by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, May 27 after reportedly giving deputies a false name during a traffic stop.

Kaleb Maclain Paxman, 30, of Salina, Utah was arrested by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, May 14 for allegedly assaulting a juvenile at a Boy Scout camp near a campsite on Bureau of Land Management lands in Littlefield.

A Bullhead City man was arrested Sunday on charges of sexual abuse with a disabled victim, after police say he attempted to engage in sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old coworker.

Brett Daniel Puett, 35, of Kingman, has been arrested by the Kingman Police Department for allegedly killing 64-year-old Debra Lynn Childers of the Kingman area and concealing her remains in a large duffel bag prior to placing it inside a storage container owned by the deceased.

Three Bullhead City residents were arrested by Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies on allegations of felony drug offenses and misdemeanor shoplifting.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Wednesday, May 26 in Golden Shores that resulted in the death of Michael Maletta.

Paul Alan Reilly, 43, of Bullhead City, was arrested by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, May 20 on suspicion of multiple felony drug charges stemming from a traffic stop.

Jim Douglas Mosier, 23, of Bullhead City, has been arrested by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of second-degree murder in a shooting at the Walmart in Fort Mohave on Wednesday, May 19.

An Arizona woman accused in the grisly slayings of her two children with a meat cleaver made her first court appearance Monday, where she denied harming them.

Two children were found dead Saturday morning in a suburban Phoenix apartment after a woman flagged down a police officer and said she was hearing voices telling her to kill her children, police said.

A judge has scheduled a May 21 hearing to consider a challenge to the DNA evidence against a nurse charged with sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a long-term care facility in Phoenix.

Prescott Valley, Arizona, Police Chief Steve Roser has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a personnel investigation into claims that he violated town policies, officials said.

Aaron Phillip Stosser and Sebastian Scott Nelson, both 18, of Kingman, have reportedly admitted involvement in a drive-by shooting that resulted in no injuries on Tuesday, April 27.

Marci Jean Herr, 57, of Kingman was arrested by the Kingman Police Department on Monday, April 26 after allegedly trying to forcibly take an infant from the back seat of a car parked at a gas station in the 3200 block of E. Andy Devine Avenue.

Court records have said one of three suspects in a Thanksgiving shooting spree that killed one and injured several others was found incompetent to stand trial last week.