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Posts published by “Matt LeFever”

Candidate James

Democracy is alive and well in Mendocino County. On Monday afternoon, in the eleventh hour, former Mendocino County law enforcement officer Trent James formally registered as a write-in candidate for the sheriff of Mendocino County,…

No Cover-up Here

Trent James is a former Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office deputy and a former officer with the Willits Police Department who left the county and has gone on to create the YouTube channel Confessions of an…

A Husband Gone, A Life Turned Upside Down

Judy Valadao has lived in Fort Bragg for sixty years. She and her late husband Ronald raised their kids there, made their home there, and lived their lives there. Ronald began to suffer medical complications…

Mendo Treasurer Retires Early

Sheri Schapmire currently serves as Mendocino County’s Treasurer-Tax Collector. Serving in the elected position for the last fifteen years, and the County of Mendocino for forty, Schapmire’s knowledge of county finances is extensive.  Schapmire’s office…

Thunder the Wonder Dog, Saga of

Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster’s attempt to challenge the controversial ruling of Judge Clayton Brennan in the well-known Thunder the Wonder Dog trial has been struck down at the Court of Appeal for the…

‘It Was Lonely’

William Evers, known as the Redbearded Burglar, is a 40-year-old man who knows what awaits him in the coming months. After nearly a year in the wilds of Mendocino County burglarizing rural homes, fleeing from…

Fire In Ukiah, Crews Gaining Control

Scanner traffic starting at 3:11 p.m. indicated two structures are on fire along Highway 101 between Perkins Street and North State Street exits...

Bruggeman Found Dead

Potter Valley man Ronald “PJ” Bruggeman, Jr, has been found deceased according to Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Captain Greg Van Patten. Last night, at approximately 7:30 p.m, a friend located his body…

I Survived, My Spouse Didn’t

Jayme Garden and Jamie Wilcox met in 2013 while shopping for buns in an Oregon bread store and within two years the young men were married. In August 2017, the couple took a chance and…

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