For two years a high-profile pot case against a Ukiah teacher hung in legal limbo. But an unexplained decision by DA Lintott to suddenly forge ahead with felony prosecution of teacher Jeff Burrell has shocked his family and friends and cast his teaching career in doubt.
by Bruce McEwen
The murder trials are piling up at the Mendocino County Courthouse almost as fast as the bodies are.
by Bruce McEwen
When I first heard from a confidential source that Terry Cohen, who’s accused of murdering 38-year-old Jason Piper, had overdosed, I was sworn to secrecy. But within the hour the defendant’s overdose was as public as the moon.
by Tim Stelloh
Volume is the first thing you notice about Joe Munson: He doesn’t seem to have much control over it. The hearing aids stuffed in his ears are next. They’re the result of being an alcoholic. More specifically, they’re the result of going on a bender in Pontiac, Illinois, of talking shit to a very large man, of receiving an asskicking so severe his jaw broke in three places and his hearing vanished.
by Bruce McEwen
Desperation is rippling through the north hill country of Mendocino County as land and pot partners turn on each other and ruthless bands of home invaders cruise the mud dirt roads from Branscom to Spy Rock to Alderpoint and points between.
by Tim Stelloh
This week, I wrote about “Oaky” Joe Munson–a former outlaw grower who “came down off the mountain,” went legit and made medical pot his mission. In the last half-decade, he’s been through the medicinal marijuana-criminal justice ringer in Mendo and beyond.
So far, every case against him has been dropped.
Below is a series of photos of [...]
by Bruce McEwen
The voice mail said: “This is Terry. Something happened… I might not see you for a while. Anyway, I’m glad you weren’t here and didn’t have to see it.”
Terry Cohen left that message on Jonathan Arnold’s voice mail. He’d been
calling Arnold and Tesha Bushnell’s cellphones every few minutes for over two hours. They lived in [...]
Some Mendocino County folks are gasping about the possibility of the shuttered Valley Oaks food and wine center in Hopland, once known globally for its magnificent organic gardens, becoming an RV park.
Some Mendocino County folks are gasping about the possibility of the shuttered Valley Oaks food and wine center in Hopland, once known globally for its magnificent organic gardens, becoming an RV park.
by Bruce McEwen
There’s no recession in the dope business. A couple of Chicago mules recently appeared in Ukiah with $300,000. Cash. They were looking for Mendo Mellow to take back to the Windy City.
