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ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR COURT SYSTEM WORKS---------a giant clogged drain......     

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DEADLY.......If you have kids in school, you need to read this!

The EPA, Keeping Chemicals Secret Since 1976

ATTEMPTED MURDERER BENNIE MASTERED CAPTURED IN CALIF.

 

TROY ELLIS GAYER CAPTURED

 

CAPTURED! Kurt Louis Oxos Jr.

 

VICTIM SUFFERS HEART ATTACK AFTER DISCOVERING THEFT

 

ROBERT COTA ARRESTED

 

SEPTIC COMPANY NAILED


CAT would like to thank these individuals for attending or speaking at our previous meetings:

 
Allen Palomino Assistant Chief Probation officer with Mohave County Probation Dept, for a detailed explanation of the workings of the Probation Dept.
Terry Flanagan, Chief Investigator for the County, for the very informed talk and power point presentation on Identity theft.
The Honorable Judge Robert Moon who gave us a very informed talk on our court system.
Trish Groe, State Represenative and her husband Frank,
Constable Jean Bishop Spoke on the duties of Constable.
Tim Baumgarten, ARIZONA GAME AND FISH, Law Enforcement.
ERACE Team enforcement officer, Sonny O'Hara. "Enviromental Rural Area Cleanup and Enforcement"
Jack Ehrhardt Planning and economics development director for Hualapai Nation and candidate for Supervisor.
Dana Hlavac, Public Defender and candidate for Superior Court Judge Division 5. 
Bill Shade, MOHAVE INSURANCE 
RON WEAVER, Enforcement for Davis Camp and Candidate for MOHAVE COUNTY SHERIFF
Susan Williams, Project director for MCTUPP. 

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

 

$2000.00 REWARD   

Mohave County Sheriff’s Office and the Arizona Department of Livestock are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the person or persons involved in butchering a steer west of Wikieup and south of Yucca. 

            The incident occurred Friday (3/5) between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. where someone killed a steer at a ranch in the area of Alamo Road between Planet Ranch Road and Chicken Springs Road.  The suspects(s) entered the corral area by cutting the barbed wire fence and shot a steer to death.  The suspect(s) opened the gate allowing the remaining cattle to leave the corral. 

Apparently, the suspect(s) involved in this crime left the scene in a hurry traveling in a vehicle in a wash and into the desert.  MCSO believes someone may have passed by during this incident and may have not known a crime was being committed.  If anyone has any information, please contact Sergeant Barbara Larsen at the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 753-0753 or Silent Witness at (888) 227-8780. 

Mohave Livestock Association is offering $1,000 and the Ranch Owner is also offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the shooting of the steer. 

 

 

Photo caption:

Butchered steer located Friday (3/5) at a ranch in the area of

Alamo Road between Planet Ranch Road and Chicken Springs Road. 


 

MOHAVE COUNTY

SILENT WITNESS TIP of the MONTH

MARCH 2010

Every year, thousands of consumers lose money to telemarketing con artists.  Telephone con artists will say anything to try to cheat people out of money.  They may call you and imply that they work for a company you trust, or they may send direct mail or place ads to convince you to call them.  Consumers should watch out for telemarketers who: Pressure you to act immediately, Refuse to send you written information, Use scare tactics, Demand that you send payment by wire or courier, Demand that you pay taxes, custom fees or mailing fees to claim a prize, Request your financial account numbers, Promise to recover money you have lost in another scam for a fee, claim that you can earn money by working from home, Refuse to stop calling when you say you are not interested.

Things Your Burglar Won't Tell You:

If decorative glass is part of your front entrance, don't let your alarm company install the control pad where I can see if it's set. That makes it too easy.
 
A good security company alarms the window over the sink. And the windows on the second floor, which often access the master bedroom-and your jewelry. It's not a bad idea to put motion detectors up there too.

 

It's raining, you're fumbling with your umbrella, and you forget to lock your door-understandable. But understand this: I don't take a day off because of bad weather.

I always knock first. If you answer, I'll ask for directions somewhere or offer to clean your gutters. (Don't take me up on it.)

 

Do you really think I won't look in your sock drawer? I always check dresser drawers, the bedside table, and the medicine cabinet.

 

Helpful hint: I almost never go into kids' rooms.

 

To report crimes anonymously call 753-1234 or 1-888-227-8780.  It pays to fight crime.

BE INFORMED BE AWARE BE SAFE

 

Silent Witness meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm

at the Kingman Police Department.   Please consider joining us.

 

Shirley Mathe

PRESIDENT

 

* Wednesday, February 10, 2010*

 Counterfeiting

The Kingman Police Department would like to make local merchant’s aware that in the last two days we have had two counterfeit attempts.  One attempt was at a local convenience store, yesterday at about 4:00pm.  A male subject in his early 30’s, 225 lbs. about 6’ to 6’3” tall with  dark hair slicked back wearing a “hoodie”, sweatshirt.  The suspect came into the store trying to purchase cigarettes, but the alert clerk noticed when she held  the bill up in the light the hologram was of Abe Lincoln, not Ben Franklin.  Attached are some photos of the counterfeit bills and you can see the hologram. 

 If you have any contact with someone trying to pass these bills contact the Kingman Police Department (928) 753-2191

 

Bosom bombers: Women have explosive breast implants

Authorities alarmed by possibility of surgically placed explosives

Posted: February 01, 2010
10:16 pm Eastern

© 2010 WorldNetDaily

 


Suicide bomber Iat Alacharas, 18

LONDON – Agents for Britain's MI5 intelligence service have discovered that Muslim doctors trained at some of Britain's leading teaching hospitals have returned to their own countries to fit surgical implants filled with explosives, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

Women suicide bombers recruited by al-Qaida are known to have had the explosives inserted in their breasts under techniques similar to breast enhancing surgery. The lethal explosives – usually PETN (pentaerythritol Tetrabitrate) – are inserted during the operation inside the plastic shapes. The breast is then sewn up.

Similar surgery has been performed on male suicide bombers. In their cases, the explosives are inserted in the appendix area or in a buttock. Both are parts of the body that diabetics use to inject themselves with their prescribed drugs.

 

 

The discovery of these methods was made after the London-educated Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came close to blowing up an airliner on Christmas Day with explosives he had stuffed inside his underpants.

Keep in touch with the most important breaking news stories about critical developments around the globe with Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence news source edited and published by the founder of WND.

Hours after he had failed, GCHQ – Britain's worldwide eavesdropping "spy in the sky" agency – began to pick up "chatter" emanating from Pakistan and Yemen that alerted MI5 to the creation of the lethal implants.

A hand-picked team was appointed by Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, to investigate the threat. He described it as "one that can circumvent our defense."

Top surgeons who work in the National Health Service confirmed the feasibility of the explosive implants.

In a report to Evans, one said:

"Properly inserted the implant would be virtually impossible to detect by the usual airport scanning machines. You would need to subject a suspect to a sophisticated X-ray. Given that the explosive would be inserted in a sealed plastic sachet, and would be a small amount, would make it all the more impossible to spot it with the usual body scanner."

Explosive experts at Britain's Porton Down biological and chemical warfare research center told MI5 that a sachet containing as little as five ounces of PETN when activated would blow "a considerable hole" in an airline's skin which would guarantee it would crash.


 WANTED

Jonathan Chris Coulon
Age: 21, White Male, 5'10 160 lbs
Blue eyes,  Brown Hair
Offense: Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Class 4 Felony
Date Of Warrant: 09/14/09

If you have any information on any of the individuals listed, DO NOT approach or attempt to apprehend.  Please contact the Mohave County Probation Department Absconder Apprehension Unit at 928-716-4402,

Silent Witness at  888-227-8780 or any area law enforcement agency.

 
WE THOUGHT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE THIS ONE....
According to AzDOC records he was just released from Florence Prison Dec 17th. Didn't take long for him to get back into his "profession".......  Hey Saunders, it might be time to look for a real job.... you are not very good at this one....
KUDOS TO THE HOTEL OWNER!

Suspect smacked around, held down until KPD arrives

KINGMAN - A robbery suspect was left with cuts and bruises after he was allegedly caught in the act by a local hotel owner.

James William Saunders, 41, of Kingman, is charged with robbery after he walked into a local hotel in the 3400 block of Andy Devine Avenue just after 6 p.m. Saturday and broke into the hotel's cash drawer behind the counter.

The owner of the hotel was not behind the counter but heard Saunders enter and saw him with a wad of cash in one hand and the cash drawer broken open.

The owner then fought with Saunders while another employee called police, said Sgt. Bob Fisk with the Kingman Police Department. The owner had Saunders pinned on the ground when police arrived.

Saunders received a laceration to his head in the scuffle but refused medical treatment before being booked into the Mohave County Jail. The owner was not hurt.

Around $200 taken from the cash drawer was recovered.

Fisk said police recommend that individuals call authorities rather than confronting suspects themselves, but added, "in this case the owner was lucky and it all worked out."

 


  

THE PHOTOS OF OUR CRIMINALS THAT HAVE BEEN ON OUR FRONT PAGE FOR A WHILE HAVE BEEN SENT TO OUR "MUG SHOTS" PAGE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUT THE MORE RECENT PHOTOS ON THE FRONT PAGE. AND THE "DEAD" FILES WILL BE PASTED ON THE MUG SHOTS PAGE. WE DO WANT TO KEEP THE PHOTOS ON THESE PAGES, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE ALL  THE CRIMINALS NEED TO HAVE THEIR PHOTOS PASTED ON OUR WEB SITE. TOO MANY OF THEM JUST KEEP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THEY WALK AROUND OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THEY ARE GOOD CITIZENS AND CONTINUE TO CHEAT, STEAL. SELL DRUGS AND CON THE GOOD CITIZENS OF MOHAVE COUNTY INTO THINKING THEY ARE "OK". WELL,.... CRIMINALS,.... "HERE'S YOUR SIGN" AND ITS A BIG ONE. YOU COMMIT A CRIME AND YOUR PHOTO WILL BE POSTED HERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE FOREVER, SO YOU CAN NO LONGER BE INVISIBLE.
 
Who will be next???
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Darald was arrested today, Jan 11, 2010 and rumored to be with a  little drama, like you know, ran and hid in the bathroom, (like thats gonna help), and with a little help from like: pepper spray, and maybe a couple of bean bags etc.......he was convinced to give himself up, oh but not until after he theatened to hurt himself with a knife, (he cut his arm a little), sorry about that Darald, I guess you shouldn't run....
CONGRATULATIONS DARALD WAYNE DREIER!............HERE'S YOUR SIGN...
 

UPDATED PHOTO AS OF 16 DEC 09
APPRENDED JAN 11, 2010

If you see this guy, hold on to everything you have because he is a thief, (among other things, as you can see.) I sure wouldn’t rent to him….

J-0801-FR-200900262

COUNT 1: BURGLARY 3RD DEG 03/27/2009

COUNT 2: THEFT 03/27/2009

COUNT 3: CRIMINAL TRESPASS 1S DEG 03/11/2009

COUNT 4: TRAFFICKING IN STOLEN PROPERTY 03/27/2009

J-0801-FR-200900562

COUNT 1: CHILD/VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE 05/29/2009

COUNT 2; CHILD/VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE 05/29/2009

COUNT 3: CHILD/VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE 05/29/2009

COUNT 4: CHILD/VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE 05/29/2009

 M-0841-CR-200801444

COUNT 1:THEFT-OBTAIN BY MISREPRESENT 03/11/2009: GUILTY

COUNT 2: VIOLATION OF PROMISE TO APPEAR 03/11/2009: GUILTY

 M-0841-CR-200801430

COUNT 1: THEFT-OBT SERVICE W/OUT PAYING 03/11/2009 COURT DISMISSAL

COUNT 2: CRIMINAL DAMAGE-TAMPER UTIL 03/11/2009 COURT DISMISSAL

BURGLARY/TRESPASSING/TRAFFICKING STOLEN PROPERTY/THEFT – KINGMAN

STORY AND ARREST REPORT BELOW:

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
FROM KINGMAN DAILY MINER:
Victim suffered a heart attack after he discovered theft.

KINGMAN - The dream of a summer home in the Hualapais has turned sour for one Lake Havasu City couple.

Ila and Eugene Scheller have worked on renovating a little stone cottage on 20 acres of property in the Hualapai Mountains for the last four to five years.

"We live in Lake Havasu, but we've always had a place in the Hualapais for the summer and for a few days in the winter," Ila said.

Eugene bought and collected more than $5,000 worth of new and used tools for the renovation.

The tools were stored in a garage on the property.

"When winter came, we locked everything in the garage and checked on it about every week," Ila said.

On Jan. 20, Eugene went to check on the tools with his aunt and uncle.

"As soon as I got out of the car, I saw that the doors to the garage were wide open. I thought, 'Did I leave the garage unlocked?' But I could see straight through the back (of the garage)," he said.

The thieves had pulled up a portion of the metal siding on the building, crawled through the hole and then snagged Eugene's bolt cutters off the wall.

They then crawled back out the hole, ran around to the front of the garage and cut the lock off the door. "They took everything, except for a little cement mixer," Ila said.

The tools missing include a Husky air compressor, a Chicago jackhammer, a Home Depot paint sprayer and more. Most of the tools were new, although there were some older tools that Eugene had collected over his lifetime.

"I hadn't even used some of them (tools)," Eugene said. "Some of them I just bought because they were on sale, and I knew that I would need them later."

"They knew just right were to go," both Schellers said.

"It just about broke our hearts," Ila said.

It did break Eugene's heart. He hiked up through the back of his property to the street behind and then back along the road to the front of his property in an attempt to determine how the thieves had gotten onto and left the property. The anger and stress from the hike caused Eugene to have a heart attack. Luckily, his aunt and uncle were with him. They were able to rush him back to Kingman Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Eugene underwent surgery to repair the damage caused by the heart attack and is now home. He suspects that the thieves were probably familiar with the property and thinks the burglary occurred between Jan. 10 and 20.

They knew just where everything was, Ila said. The bolt cutters the thieves used are not visible from any of the windows on the garage, Eugene said.

Monday, March 9, 2009     MOHAVE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT NEWS
Mohave County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Darald Wayne Dreier, 36,
of Kingman, Monday (3/9) afternoon for criminal trespassing, burglary,
trafficking stolen property and theft, felonies.  Detectives make an
arrest in an on-going investigation that began January 22, 2009, when a
residence was burglarized in the 1400 block of Hualapai Road in the
Hualapai Mountains.  The 70-year-old male victim reported more than
$5,000 worth of tools was stolen.  During the investigation, detectives
learned that Dreier had sold some of the reported stolen items to a
third party.  The victim was contacted by the third party and the victim
identified the items as his property.  On February 27, 2009, the victim
advised detectives that he located some of his reported stolen items at
a residence in the 1000 block of Lynette Drive.  Detectives responded to
the scene where the items were returned to the victim.  At about 2:00
p.m., detectives contacted Dreier at a residence in the 1000 block of
Lynette Drive where he was taken into custody.  He was transported and
booked into the Mohave County Jail.  This investigation continues.

 


 
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TROY ELLIS GAYER CAPTURED

 

CAPTURED! KURT LOUIS OXOS. JR.

 

VICTIM SUFFERS HEART ATTACK AFTER DISCOVERING THEFT

 

ROBERT COTA ARRESTED

 

SEPTIC COMPANY NAILED

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Tony stewart donates bulletproof vest to police dogs. 

 

Mohave County Animal Control, New Program

 

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio authorizes reward system to catch copper thieves.

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16 APRIL, 2008 KINGMAN METH DEALERS BUSTED!

M.A.G.N.E.T.
Operation “Picture Perfect”



On April 9, 2008, local law enforcement officers who make up the
multi-agency “M.A.G.N.E.T.” team executed 18 arrest warrants and 16
search warrants in an effort to dismantle a large methamphetamine drug
trafficking organization in Northwest Arizona.

M.A.G.N.E.T. (Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team) is
comprised of officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety,
Kingman Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Bullhead
City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, and the
Mohave County Attorney’s Office.

Kingman Police Department Captain Scott Wright, MAGNET commander, said,
“He especially wanted to acknowledge his team for being the core
members in making Operation Picture Perfect such a success!  MAGNET
Sergeants and Officers from all member agencies dedicated themselves to
this project by working countless hours in the planning stages and in
the actual execution of taking these criminals off the streets!”

According to Capt. Wright this operation thus far has netted 25
arrests.  Eight subjects were arrested on other non-related case charges
such as warrants, possession of dangerous drugs, etc...  Jose Rascone
and Bryan Baldwin are still outstanding.

As of April 14, 2008, the following items have been seized: 1 pound
(448 grams) of methamphetamine, $42,660 in cash, 43 weapons, 20
automobiles/trucks, 2 sea doo’s, 4 quads, 10 motorcycles, 1 dune
buggy, 15 big screens/flat screen televisions, 28 computers, and 7
surveillance camera systems.  All items are believed to have been
purchased from the proceeds of drug trade. 

According to Capt. Wright this is just the beginning of Operation
“Picture Perfect” as there are an additional 200 arrests and
indictments pending in this operation.

 

MAGNET

 PRESS RELEASE
April 9, 2008

Announces Results of Operation
“Picture Perfect”


On Wednesday April 9, 2008, local law enforcement officers who make up the
multi-agency “M.A.G.N.E.T.” team executed 17 arrest warrants and 17
search warrants in an effort to dismantle a large methamphetamine drug
trafficking organization in Northwest Arizona.

M.A.G.N.E.T. (Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team) is
comprised of officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety,
Kingman Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Bullhead
City Police Department, Lake Havasu City Police Department, and the
Mohave County Attorney’s Office.

In early 2007, an investigation was launched into a methamphetamine
drug trafficking organization in Mohave County.  Eventually the State
Gang Task Force (G.I.I.T.E.M.) and the D.E.A. were also brought in to
assist M.A.G.N.E.T. in the investigation and surveillance in this case.
Additional support was supplied by the DPS Financial Investigation
Resource Group (F.I.R.G.) which consists of personnel from the Arizona
Department of Public Safety, the Phoenix Police Department and the State
Attorney General’s Office.

The arrest warrants taking place on April 9 were served on the 17 upper
level suspects in this organization.  An additional 200 arrests and
indictments are pending.

The investigation showed the organization was based out of a Kingman
home belonging to Jose Juan Ochoa and his wife, Deaney Ochoa.  It
appeared to be a “top down” organization that supplied approximately
520 pounds of methamphetamine to the Kingman area per year.  It also was
a lucrative business.  Customers purchasing methamphetamine from this
group were spending more than $18 million per year for this product. 

* Friday, April 11, 2008 *

Further on “Operation Picture Perfect”

“Operation Picture Perfect” was made possible by the cooperation and participation of multiple agencies on the federal, state and local level.  The cost of an investigation of this size is substantial and can cause a severe financial strain on smaller local agencies.  The following are agencies that have been instrumental in the successful operation of the MAGNET task force and to the recent “Operation Picture Perfect”.

 MAGNET is funded in part by the Southwest Border HIDTA Arizona Partnership, through the Office of National Drug Control Policy.  HIDTA stands for High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas.  Their mission is to facilitate federal, state and local multi-agency partnerships to substantially reduce drug related crime and violence. 

 MAGNET is also funded in part by the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant which is administered by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC).

 Both the HIDTA and ACJC grant funding make it possible for the local MAGNET task force to function.  Funding provides resources for manpower, vehicles and office space.  Everyone in MAGNET was involved in the recent investigation.

 “Operation Picture Perfect” had unique and extreme costs associated with the multi-agency investigation.  Substantial funding was additionally provided by the Financial Investigative Resource Group (FIRG) of the AZ Attorney Generals Office, to off set these costs.

 These agencies and financial partnerships are crucial to the successful operation of MAGNET and future investigations.

 Attached photo shows seized evidence being packaged by investigators. See the video at KDM.COM

 

Jose Juan Ochoa

Deany Ochoa

All have been charged for:

Conspiracy to Sell Dangerous Drugs (Methamphetamine) CLASS II FELONY

 Possession of Dangerous Drugs for Sale (3 counts)

Possession of Dangerous Drugs (3 count)

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia          (1 count)

Bryan Irving Baldwin

James Brent Patterson

Renaldo Magana

Michael delgado Mayo

Sean Paul Blackwell

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John B Boone

Micki Lynn Castro

Tashua Havatone

Consuela Magana

Daniel Gonzalez Milea

 

Xavier Milea

Manuel Monteiro

Terrance Dean Roberts

why is he smiling???

Verenice Salazar-Escalane

William Stephen Smith


 


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