In response to assertions that the Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan is behind a controversial partisan website, Brannan today claimed that the ‘Quartzsite Bagger’ is not him. Nevertheless, Brannan avoided going to court about it by reassigning several cases to a special prosecutor after the clients’ attorney Michael Frame filed a motion asking the court to remove Brannan for conflict …

An attorney representing former Quartzsite mayor Ed Foster and two others in cases with the town of Quartzsite has written a cease and desist letter to Quartzsite town manager Alex Taft. Michael Frame’s letter says: From information and belief, certain Town of Quartzsite employee (s) have engaged in internet defamation, cyber bullying / intimidation, racist statements, offensive sexual comments of …

On Thursday, December 29, 2011 at approximately 11:28am, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation located a suspect wanted on numerous felony charges by multiple states. Officers of the Lake Havasu City Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office and members of the state gang task force (G.I.I.T.E.M.) assisted and the suspect, Danny Lee Warner Jr., was arrested without incident at …

Suddenlink customers in Arizona may not have access to KPHO (CBS 5 Phoenix) for much longer if the channel’s owner, Meredith Corporation, won’t drop its asking price. A Suddenlink media release says that the cable company, which serves the Parker area, is trying to negotiate a new contract with Meredith Corporation, which owns KPHO, but they are at odds over …

La Paz County Attorney Press Release On December 22, 2011, the Arizona Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of Michael Roth stemming from an incident at a Quartzsite Town Council meeting, on April 13, 2010, in which Mr. Roth was arrested by Chief Jeff Gilbert of the Quartzsite Police Department. On October 8, 2010, Mr. Roth was convicted of two …

Quartzsite resident and activist Michael Roth, who was convicted in 2010 of two counts of disorderly conduct, has had his convictions overturned in appeals. The convictions stemmed from an incident at Quartzsite Town Hall while the Council was in executive session in another room. Roth addressed the crowd with his complaints about the Council and Police Chief Jeff Gilbert. An …

An attorney representing several clients in Quartzsite cases has filed a 17-page motion to remove Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan as prosecutor in the cases. Michael Frame cited the website Jennifer Jones alleges is written by Brannan where Frame says he “attacks and intimidates defendants and political enemies”. This will force the issue of whether Brannan is the site’s author …

Quartzsite activist Jennifer ‘Jade’ Jones claims that an anonymous website which she describes as containing “extreme hateful and non- facts” is actually written by Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan. The site, called Quartzsite Bagger, contains many references to Jones, including “Jade, you ignorant s***” with a footnote saying, “Jade may or may not actually be a s***. The Bagger has …