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Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”

Murders Most Foul

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…

Boonville or Bust

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…

When Mr. Mehtlan Came To Visit

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…

Justice Delayed & Delayed

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…

A Candidate For Deportation

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…

Mendo’s All-Time Chomo

Matthew McCarthy had been scheduled for jury trial seven times and always managed to get out of it because he was reluctant, to say the least, to have the two girls he’d been molesting take…

Maxstadt Gets Maxed

Ryan Maxstadt of San Jose was found guilty of attempted murder on a peace officer late Friday afternoon for taking two shots at CHP Officer Ty Lewis near the end of a high-speed pursuit from…

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