MCSO PRESS RELEASE April 27, 2022
On Monday (4/25) at approximately 9:21 PM, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) in reference to a one year old child with suspicious injuries. Detectives were contacted and assumed the investigation. The examination and investigation found that the child had injuries consistent with both severe physical abuse and sexual abuse.

The child was found to have been in the care of the child’s mother’s boyfriend, Matthew Nicholas Brown, 23 of Golden Valley, when the injuries were sustained. Matthew Brown is not the biological father of the child. At the conclusion of the investigation, Matthew Brown was placed into custody and transported to the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility where he was booked for felony charges of Aggravated Assault by Domestic Violence, Child Abuse by Domestic Violence and Sexual Conduct with a Minor by Domestic Violence. This investigation is ongoing.