Last Wednesday, March 28th, Joseph Mantynen, 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to 26 years and four months in prison for the death of his wife, Mary Mantynen, a 23-year-old mother of two, also of Las Vegas, who was shot dead by police officers last December 21st at the Sunrise Motel on South State Street in Ukiah.
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In a coincidence of homicidal misogyny too malevolent to contemplate the implications of, two young local women have apparently been brutally murdered within a few days of each other — in unrelated horrors — right…
Mr. Bones, aka Jonathan James Wisbey, is a Youtube video producer at Mr. 420 Wholesalers. He has posted a series of videos entitled Diary of a Domestic Terrorist featuring a masked sleuth called Mr. Bones,…
A slow week at the county courthouse means we can indulge in a little lightening of the mood, perhaps get to know some of the new personalities who have taken over the center of attention,…
The courthouse in Ukiah has been festooned with yellow ribbons, each one with a rosebud pinned to it, a gesture by the family and friends of Autumn Smith, shot dead by Andrew Crowningshield early last…
Dominick Ventimiglia and his Elk Grove family were heading out to a Mendocino Coast beach house for Christmas. Mr. Ventimiglia (the g is silent) was driving a Chevy Tahoe with his wife, his mom, his…
Eric Wayne Mehtlan was acquitted of felony vandalism charges in a jury trial last week that was based, by and large, on a shopping list compiled by the innkeeper of the Economy Inn on State…
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Mr. Jason Ress, credit card counterfeiter and meth distributor, busted by a store detective at Freidman’s and subsequently arrested at a Fairfield Inn luxury suite with his pretty wife, who gave…
Last year local judges would tell defendants entering a guilty plea that they “could be deported” if they were not American citizens. Now they say, “You will be deported,” leaving no question in the mind…