The Arizona Department of Corrections reports an inmate took his own life at the privately operated state prison in the northwest Arizona community of Golden Valley. A news release stated that Dean L. Mills died Saturday from an undisclosed “apparent act of self harm.” Mills, 61, had been serving a five year prison sentence for an aggravated assault conviction out of Maricopa County. No further information was...
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The Department of Public Safety has released the name of the victim on a fatal traffic accident in the northwest Arizona community of Golden Valley. DPS said Kenneth Field, 61, a Golden Valley resident, was dead at the scene of the 6:49 a.m. accident on highway 68. The agency said Field was driving a 2006 Toyoto pickup truck that went off the highway, struck a culvert and overturned. The accident remains under investigation. The Kingman Unified School District confirmed that Field was on his way to Kingman High School for a substitute teaching assignment at the time of...
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The Mohave County Sheriff’s office is investigating a deadly altercation in the northwest Arizona community of Golden Valley. Agency spokeswoman Trish Carter said deputies responded at 2:40 a.m. Saturday, April 1 to a home in the 3500 block of N Magma Road. Carter said Matthew Joseph Ochoa, 27, Golden Valley, was dead at the scene. She said investigators believe Ochoa stabbed another man and that the unidentified subject shot and killed Ochoa. Carter had no information regarding the injury to the unidentified party or the nature of the dispute. She said the county attorney’s office will review the ongoing...
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A man wanted for sex crimes involving two young girls in Golden Valley has been arrested out of state. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office said Malakai Thomas Benta, 31, Golden Valley said Benta was a suspect in the ongoing sexual abuse of girls aged 12 and 14 at a residence in the 3200 block of Bryce Road. Benta was arrested by sheriff’s deputies in Inyo County, California on February 18. Benta was returned to Arizona on March 7 and was booked into the Mohave County jail on 3 counts of sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of...
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A plea agreement resolves misdemeanor charges filed against a woman who formerly operated the RUFF animal shelter in Golden Valley. Hillarie Allison, 60, has relocated to Roseville, California and her case was completed by attorneys in Justice Court on Tuesday, March 7. Allison is convicted of three counts of cruelty to animals. Court records and prosecutor James Schoppmann indicated the charges involved Allison’s neglect of three of her pet dogs. An effort involving many individuals, organizations and authorities resulted in placement of some 200 dogs and cats that were in limbo when Mohave County essentially ordered closure of the...
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