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Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”

Mr. Gonzales’s Dope Wagon

Miguel Gonzales, of La Quinta, was talking on his cell phone while driving and got pulled over by Deputy Craig Walker. Mr. Gonzales was high…

Coke Machine Bandito Rides Again

Joseph Wayne Mork, a face perennially in the booking logs, made fresh and urgent news over a year ago when he and his lame lookout,…

It Could Never Happen Here

The murder trial last week for Steven Ryan, 64, ended with a “lesser-included” verdict, hugely favorable to the defendant even though an eyewitness said the…

Commence Firing!

The sensational factionalism at the Ukiah Gun Club finally arrived in court last week, and some of the more shocking and lurid aspects of the…

Silver Convicted

The second week of the third trial for Caleb Silver ended in Silver’s conviction for the murder of Dennis Boardman. But the week started out…

Caleb Silver, Take Three

When Caleb Silver’s murder trial started last week — his third trial, the first two having ended in mistrials — we had a better idea…

What The Heck Really Happened?

Last week a jury found Jose Carrasco guilty of count two domestic abuse by causing corporal injury to his girlfriend, Ana Hernandez, and count three vandalism, the breaking her phone.

Courthouse Notes

The case of Mathis, Mathis and Norbury — no, it's not a law firm — it's the defendants, Penny Mathis, Jack Mathis and Audie Norbury, the love triangle senior citizens accused of embezzling from the Ukiah Gun Club along with some gun charges.

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