The trial of Caleb Silver for the murder of Dennis Boardman in Fort Bragg in early January of 2016 finally got under way last week,…
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A bright and beautiful spring day in Ukiah found Suzanne Tuttle working in her garden when the man with no tattoos appears on the sidewalk,…
Last Friday, Oscar Alvarez-Carrillo was bound over for trial in the April 24, 2016 murder of Salvador Hernandez at the Toplak Apartments on North State…
Prosecutor Tim Stoen’s opening statement deftly described supporting testimony that has led to the indictment of Dr. Peter Keegan, Ukiah, for the murder of his…
The jury trial for Adam Michael Kendall, a New Jersey resident, for the attempted murder of another New Jersey man, Michael Monahan, will be in its second week by the time the AVA goes to press on Wednesday.
A jury convicted Justin Phillips last week of running down Donald Wagner. Phillips was drag racing his cousin, Luke Buzzard last, December 8th when he…
Weston Loren Riley auditioned for Gunslinger of the Year in Covelo on July 11th. According to the Sheriff’s Department terse Press Release: Deputies contacted a…
The preliminary hearing in the gang-murder of Laytonville pot pharmer Jeffery Settler last November got underway last Monday, but most of the first day was taken up with pleas from three of the seven defendants. Zachary Wuester, Gary “Giggles” Fitzgerald, and Said “Richie” Mohamed who each pled to nine years in the state prison for “robbery in concert” with the understanding that they would all have to waive credit for time served up until the date of sentencing, and the stipulation that they would not be labeled as “stabbers” in Mr. Settler’s gruesome murder.
Anderson Valley’s very own Atticus Finch (the character played by Gregory Peck in the Hollywood version of To Kill A Mockingbird), Jonathan Opet of the…