by Bruce McEwen
Alex Hurtado, a juvenile, will be tried as an adult on charges of attempted murder. Details are sketchy because Assistant DA Paul Sequiera says he’s “waiting for more information.” The detectives working the case are expected to present the court with a number of Hurtado’s co-defendants. There’s been an outbreak of gang violence in recent [...]
by Bruce McEwen
Here in Mendocino County, intoxicant capitol of the United States, there’s a grape glut and there’s a marijuana glut, both caused by too many people on the production end of the product. There’s also a dummy glut at the Mendocino County Courthouse. We’ll get to it.Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 [...]
by Bruce McEwen
The woman all the bloodshed was over left the witness stand in tears last Wednesday morning, and Judge Richard Henderson called a recess to give her time to compose herself before cross-examination by the defense. Deborah Cano-Johnson had just related her eyewitness account of how her estranged husband, Marvin “Junior” Johnson, 33, and three other [...]
We all have distant relatives we wish were even more distant, like maybe a couple of galaxies away. The Hanes family undoubtedly wishes that Holly Phillips, “a distant relative,” was a galaxy or two distant. Last April, four methamphetamine users, brought to the Hanes Ranch by a very long distance Hanes cousin named Holly Phillips, [...]
by Bruce McEwen
On July 9th, Ira Bowes was walking along UP Avenue in Covelo, and as he passed the Hanover residence, he became the object of what spirited men refer to as “fighting words.” Being outnumbered three to one, Ira kept walking, apparently planning, as he walked, to get himself some reinforcements and return to the scene [...]
by Bruce McEwen
Judge Richard Henderson found enough evidence at a preliminary hearing last Wednesday to bind Xavier Francis over for trial for the theft of five rifles from the Tony and Kerry Sanchez residence on Mountain View Road above Boonville. Francis’s fingerprints were found at the scene of the crime, but he told Anderson Valley’s resident deputy, [...]
by Bruce McEwen
“This is the most repulsive case I have ever seen,” Judge Richard Henderson declared as he took up the sordid matter of Steven J. Henry, lately of Laytonville. Henderson, pushing 70, is the oldest judge in the Mendocino County Courthouse except for a few retired judges who fill in occasionally. “Even in all my years [...]
by Bruce McEwen
A couple of white women have beent busted for embezzling money from the ShoKaWa casino on the Hopland Rancheria. Roberta L. Reeder and Mary Ann Moore got caught overriding the jackpot payouts to the tune of $7,483 for Ms. Reeder and $4,615 for Ms. Moore. This happened back in July of ’08, but justice moves [...]
by Bruce McEwen
“This is one of those drinking and camping offenses,” public defender Linda Thompson said of her client, Dena Morris. “Drinking” means she had an open container, probably a can of beer, and “camping” is a euphemism for homelessness.Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 year. Rather pay with a check? No problem— [...]
by Bruce McEwen
Some of the sentencings couldn’t go forward this week because either the judges were missing or paperwork was late getting to the attorneys.Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 year. Rather pay with a check? No problem— e-mail and let us know. Or, sign in here if you’re already a subscriber.
