by reporter | Mar 5, 2024 | Kingman AZ, Latest News
WEAPONS OFFENSE- KINGMAN
MCSO PRESS RELEASE March 4, 2024
On Thursday (2/29) at approximately 7:17 PM, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a business in the 6000 block of E. Minerva Ln. east of Kingman in reference to a subject that was shooting a weapon from a motorhome in the parking lot. Deputies and Troopers surrounded the motorhome and began ordering the occupants out. A short time later a male subject, later identified as Keith Terrence Lamb (58 of Kingman), exited the motorhome, and complied with officers’ directions. Lamb was taken into custody without incident and found to be the only occupant of the motorhome.
The investigation revealed that a driver was parked in the parking lot sitting in the front driver seat of his semi-truck, when an object struck his driver-side windshield. The projectile struck the windshield at eye level, however did not penetrate completely through the windshield. The driver exited the truck and observed a male subject with a rifle leaning out the rear window of the motorhome, parked approximately twenty-five yards in front of him. At this point the driver realized that the subject had shot his windshield. The driver yelled over at Lamb about shooting the truck, at which time Lamb displayed a handgun and threatened him with it.
The driver contacted authorities and moved to a safe area. The rifle and handgun were recovered from the motorhome, where the rifle was found to be a bb-gun and the handgun was found to be a 9mm. Lamb admitted to shooting the windshield, stating that the truck was invading his territory and he was defending himself. Lamb also admitted to a similar incident that had been reported at the same location two days prior. Keith Terrence Lamb was booked into the Mohave County Jail for felony charges of Misconduct Involving Weapons and Criminal Damage
by The News Team | Feb 15, 2024 | Kingman AZ
This morning (2/15) at approximately 7:11 AM, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were called to a business in the 4600 block of E. Finance Way in Kingman reference a disturbance. Upon arrival, it was learned that a male subject, identified as Joe Michael White (62 of Kingman), left his place of employment after a verbal argument occurred.
Deputies were advised that as White left the property, he pulled a large knife from his vehicle and tried to instigate a fight with the employee who had escorted him off the premises. White then proceeded to stab a sign with the knife before leaving. White then phoned another male subject, identified as David Angel Duran (35 of Kingman), and advised that he was going to get a gun and come back and shoot the employee that walked him off the premises. Around that time, Duran allegedly advised White that Deputies were looking for him. The business was placed on lockdown due to the threats. White was later contacted and arrested for charges of criminal damage and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, and booked into the Mohave County Jail without incident.
After learning that Duran had advised White that Deputies were attempting to contact him, Duran was placed under arrest for hindering prosecution. A records check revealed Duran to have an outstanding warrant and was a prohibited possessor. A pat search was conducted, and Duran was found to have a 9mm magazine on his person. Deputies were informed that Duran had a backpack inside the business, and deputies located a loaded 9mm handgun, over 250 rounds of ammunition, and a large knife inside the bag. David Duran was additionally charged with Possession of a Weapon by a Prohibited Person, a felony. He was transported and booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility without incident.
by reporter | Jan 31, 2024 | Press Release
KINGMAN, Ariz. – A young woman just doing her job when she was killed: that’s what the family of 21-year-old Sarah Bingham said happened in Kingman on Jan. 26, when her car was hit by a person who was allegedly fleeing from law enforcement.
We reported on the incident involving 44-year-old Juan Javier Ortiz on Jan. 30. A DPS spokesperson said that detectives with their State Gang Task Force tried to contact Ortiz in Kingman on the night of Jan. 26 when the incident that led to Bingham’s death happened.
“As detectives approached the suspect vehicle, the suspect rammed two detective vehicles, at which point a trooper-involved shooting occurred,” read a part of the statement released by investigators.
Ortiz, detectives said, fled the area, and was later involved in a crash that killed Bingham. A portion of the incident was captured by a surveillance camera in the area.
Victim remembered as “the light of our family”
Bingham’s family said she was hard-working young girl who was looking forward to marrying her fiancee, Bella, this year.
“She was the life of the family, really. The light of our family,” said Bingham’s aunt, Sandy Brewer.
Brewer said Bingham was delivering pizzas and on the phone with her fiancee when the crash happened.
“[Bella] was talking to Sarah, and Sarah said she heard sirens, and then everything went, like, dead,” said Brewer, “Bella kept on saying ‘Sarah? Are you there? Is anybody there?’ And apparently that’s when the police picked up the phone and told us to go to the hospital, and all of us went to the hospital. They tried to revive her on the scene, but it was too late.”
The family came together in a recent vigil to grieve her sudden death, and remember her short life.
“We’re devastated,” said Brewer. “We loved her with everything we are, and we are going to miss her so much.”
Ortiz is accused of committing several offenses, including first degree murder, aggravated assault, and unlawful flight from pursuing law enforcement vehicle.
