Mohave Daily News: Local

Daily News staff

FRAUD, BULLHEAD CITY - Police responded to a report of fraudulent use of a credit card on Friday at 1:15 p.m. The human resource manager at the Silver Ridge Village reported that the business credit card had been used to make fraudulent purchases three times at the same location. Police reviewed security cameras and another employee, Leondra Medina, 31, was seen making the purchases. Police arrested Medina on suspicion of fraud.

WEAPONS OFFENSE, BULLHEAD CITY - An employee of Papa John's Pizza reported that a two men in their mid-20s driving a red Ford Mustang stopped at the stoplight at the corner of Marina Boulevard and Highway 95 as the employee was holding a sign advertising Papa John's. The employee told police the male passenger yelled at him and pointed a blue steel revolver of an unknown caliber at him. The suspects continued west on Marina. Police are looking for the suspects.

WARRANT ARREST, KINGMAN - A Mohave County sheriff's sex offender registration officer arrested James Matthew Young, 45, of Bullhead City Wednesday morning on a fugitive from justice felony warrant issued out of San Angelo, Texas, for failure to register as a sex offender. Young came into the sheriff's office in Kingman to register as a sex offender. A record check showed Young to have the outstanding warrant, Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said.

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, BULLHEAD CITY - Police determined that a tan 1991 Toyota Camry found in the Colorado River near Balboa Drive shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday had been stolen from a residence in the 1300 block of Park Lane. The vehicle had been locked and was stolen sometime after 9:30 p.m. Friday.

SHOPLIFTING, BULLHEAD CITY - Around 9:30 Saturday morning two older male adults took a 6-piece Dewalt power tool set from Home Depot and fled in a white and gray Chevrolet van with the Arizona license plate 725ZJK.

SHOPLIFTING, BULLHEAD CITY - Michael Ray Newell, 29, and Thomas Allen Lackey, 44, were arrested Saturday evening on suspicion of shoplifting after employees at Target noticed contacted police regarding a shoplifting in progress.

Police learned the two suspects had cut the packaging on several electronics items and tried to conceal them. Police believe they are also connected to a Sept. 12 shoplifting incident at Target which was caught on surveillance video.

The two suspects were booked at the police station and released.

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, BULLHEAD CITY - Scott Lee Dropulic, 46, was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle after police contacted him at the Hilltop Hotel-Motel in the 2000 block of Highway 95. Police determined the tan 1990 Buick Riviera had been stolen from Lake Havasu City.

Unless otherwise indicated, the preceding information was provided from Bullhead City Police reports.