Bullhead City

Jan Brewer to Speak at Dedication of New Shooting Range Because, Um, Guns

Governor Jan Brewer, the chief executive of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver State™, will be spending her Wednesday morning speaking at the dedication of the scared ground known as the Tri-State Shooting Park.Somehow, folks in Bullhead City have survived 13 years without a public shooting ... More >>

Jonathan Lane Made It All the Way to Florida Before Discovering He Wouldn't Be Having Sex With Wheelchair-Bound 14-Year-Old

Bullhead City resident Jonathan Lane had this one in the works for more than a year -- he was going to have sex with someone he met on the Internet.Finally, Lane got a plane ticket to Tampa, Florida, and landed at the airport early Sunday morning.Lane, 33, was then arrested by the authorities, becau ... More >>

Four Hells Angels Found Not Guilty of "Rioting" Charges From 2009 DPS Operation

Four members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were found not guilty of charges of "rioting" and assisting in a criminal street gang.The four acquitted, Rudolfo "Rudy" Martinez, Gerald Smith, Dale Hormut, and Stephen Helland, were among seven bikers arrested by an Arizona Department of Public Safe ... More >>

Helen Flint, 74, Found Out Being the Cat Lady in Bullhead City Is Illegal

​Bullhead City resident Helen Flint seems to have a penchant for cat collecting.After Bullhead City police served a search warrant on Friday at the 74-year-old's mobile home, they discovered more than 40 cats inside -- not including the nine dead ones in a trash can that were described by police a ... More >>

Eleven Members of Hells Angels' Rival Motorcycle Gang Vagos Arrested, Six of Them Repeat Customers to DPS Task Force

​Eleven members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested today by an Arizona Department of Public Safety gang task force in connection with several violent crimes around Bullhead City.Six of the 11 arrested during "Operation Catch 22" are repeat customers to the DPS tas ... More >>

No Death Penalty For Bullhead City Couple Accused of Killing Newborn During "Brutal" Sexual Attack

​A story we wrote a few years ago about a Bullhead City couple accused of killing their newborn baby during what's described by authorities as a "brutal" sexual attack has been getting a lot of attention as of late -- and we have no idea why.Regardless, we figured we'd provide an update on the cas ... More >>

Marijuana Legalization Opponent Richard Valdemar Tells Cartel Vs. Hippies Tale That Seems to Support Need for Legalization

Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Office Deputy Richard Valdemar, who now lives in Arizona, says that legalizing marijuana won't hurt drug cartels.​ Richard Valdemar believes the central character of his medical-marijuana story would be executed by a Mexican drug cartel if he was named, so he refe ... More >>

Mental Illness Hasn't Stopped Chris Shelton from Becoming a World-Class Boxing Historian

Mohave County Prosecutor Says He Dropped Case Against Female Informant Following Allegations of Sex Abuse by Tribal Cop; Woman Filed Federal Complaint

  ​A Mohave County prosecutor tells New Times today that he dropped meth charges against a woman working as an informant following allegations that a police officer sexually abused her. As we reported on Friday, Erika Solem of Bullhead City is suing Mohave County and the ... More >>

Bullhead City Woman Claims Tribal Detective Sexually Assaulted Her During Work as Drug Informant

  ​A Bullhead City woman who worked as an undercover informant claims in a federal lawsuit that she was sexually abused repeatedly by a Fort Mohave Tribal Police detective. Erika Solem alleges in her 46-page federal complaint that after being caught with 14 grams of crystal me ... More >>

Bullhead City Man, 78, Cited for Killing Blue Heron With Golf Club. Tells Police He Shouldn't Have Done it in Front of "Bird Lovers"

www.wikipedia.com​If you plan on killing a blue heron with a golf club, don't do it in front of "bird lovers." That's some advice from a 78-year-old Bullhead City man who was cited last week by the Arizona Game and Fish Department for doing exactly that.

Eight Members of Hells Angels' Rival Motorcycle Gang, Vagos, Arrested in "Operation Sand Castle"

www.agingerbel.com​Eight members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested yesterday in a massive roundup of alleged motorcycle gangsters -- dubbed "Operation Sand Castle" -- believed to be involved in a July brawl at Rio Lomas Beach in Bullhead City.On July 18, police r ... More >>

Bullhead City Couple Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering and Sexually Assaulting Their 6-Week-Old Son

Police believe Staci Lynn Barbosa and Jonathan Edward Vandergriff brutally raped their one-month-old son​A Bullhead City couple accused of "brutally" sexually assaulting and murdering their six-week-old baby pleaded not guilty to murder, and several other charges related to the boy's death, ... More >>

Bullhead City Couple Arrested After Their Newborn Baby Dies From "Brutal" Sexual Attack

Bullhead City Police Department Police believe Staci Lynn Barbosa and Jonathan Edward Vandergriff brutally raped their one-month-old son.​A Bullhead City couple was arrested yesterday after their 1-month-old baby died as a result of what police are calling a "brutal sexual assault."Bullhead ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 10, 2010

Suicide Fail: Man Fails to Die After Crashing Explosive-Packed Car Off Cliff in Mohave County; Then he Got Arrested

Mohave County Sheriff's OfficeThis car is packed with explosives, which, thankfully for James Pierson, never went off.​A Washington man apparently tried to kill himself this morning when he crashed his car -- packed with all sorts of explosive materials -- off a cliff near Oatman.Seemingly to his ... More >>

Hot Links: Motorcyclists Killed, Mesa Arts Center, and Boats

​Three people were killed yesterday when a dump truck hit a group of motorcyclists in north Phoenix. Eight motorcycles were stopped at a red light near 27th drive and Carefree Highway when the dump truck hit them from behind, pinning three people under the truck. Six more people were taken to the ... More >>

Arizona House Approves Bill Allowing Residents to Own Guns Without Registration With Feds

www.motivatedphotos.com​ So far this session, the Arizona Legislature has considered or partially approved legislation that would allow people to build their own guns and ammo, allow university faculty to bring guns into the classroom, and allow anyone with a gun to conceal his or her ... More >>

Seven Hells Angels Busted in Felony Assault Roundup Could Be Charged as Gang Members Thanks to Recent Court Ruling

​Department of Public Safety officers, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, carried out one of the final stages of "Operation Quiet Riot" last night, arresting seven members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for a series of violent assaults in Northern Arizona ... More >>

Hot Links: Legal Immigration, The Grand Canyon, and Kiddy Porn

​A new survey by a Washington-based publisher puts Gilbert and Surprise among the safest cities in the country. The cities were ranked 24 and 27 by CQ Publishers. The group calculated FBI crime rates for 2008 and found both cities to have some of the lowest in the country... The ... More >>

Hot Links: Bald Eagles, Brush Fires, and Local Dog Stars

​The Arizona Diamondbacks fell 2-9 to the Washington Nationals yesterday. The game marked the Nationals' eighth consecutive victory and a three-game sweep against the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks open a three-game series at home against the New York Mets tonight...Arizona's bald eagle population ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 16, 2009

What Happened in Vegas...

Clients nationwide are entrusting private financial information to a Tempe anti-identity-theft firm that’s based on a bluff

Send in the Clowns

Don't bother, they're here. After a decade of voter-mandated reform, the Arizona Legislature is as out of touch as ever

Trouble in the Sac

Nevada's wastewater is causing sex problems in fish. But will Arizona get screwed by the solution?

House Hold

The dearth of affordable housing has reached the crisis stage

Hollow Points

State requirements for a concealed weapons permit are hit or miss

Babbitt's Secret Growth-Control Plan

While the state and the Sierra Club jockey to curb urban expansion, the Secretary of the Interior is quietly pushing his own proposal. We've got the maps.

"This Has Wrecked My Career"

Jack Rose was a golden boy, a precocious businessman and political insider. Then he ran into a buzz saw at the Arizona Corporation Commission.

The Best Laid Plans of Nikki Lynn

Somewhere in a nondescript Kingman subdivision, a mother and wife is poised to ascend to pornographic heights

Suspects of Convenience

The sting targeted stores selling over-the-counter medicines that could be cooked into meth. But the cops warned major retailers to stop the sales while throwing the book at mom-and-pop shops, most of which are owned by Arab immigrants.

Flashes

Methology - Part II

Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.

DPS: Department of Political Safety

The state police force is riven with dissent over the governor's politicization of the department. Leading the list of complaints are rapid advancement of unqualified Symington cronies, the governor's misuse of the DPS plane, and scarce resources for crim

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlatans

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

HOMELESS ON THE RANGE

GOP leaders want local governments to run social programs and charities to assume more of the burden. Neither idea is working in Kingman, where no good deed goes unpunished.

SEARCHING FOR AMERICAN SUPERSTARS

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA, AND CLINT'S WELL, ARIZONA, YOU MIGHT FIND THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE '90S. ROGJT.

SNOWBIRDS OF PREY

ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER, WINTER IS OPEN SEASON ON POLITICIANS

GILA BENT HAS SUFFEREDLIKE JOB BUT WITH MORE COMPLAINING

RATS! SNITCHING FOR TH SLEAZIEST COPS IN THE STATE ISN'T GOING TO LOOK GOOD ON YOUR RESUME!

COPS TAKE A COURT BEATING

BRUTALIZATION OF PARAPLEGIC COSTS BULLHEAD CITY $816,000

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE TOUGH PARAPLEGIC

FATE AND LOATHING IN BULLHEAD CITYLIFE'S EVEN MORE OF A CRAPSHOOT WHEN YOU'RE ACROSS THE RIVER FROM A CASINO