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Posts published by “McEwen Bruce”

‘Prepare To Be Remanded’

Bronwen Hanes always looks good, keeps herself up, as they say. The much discussed Anderson Valley woman even manages to look elegant in the plain green cotton overalls of the general jail population with its…

Machete Man

Ricardo Garcia, rock thrower and slow-draw machete man, is lucky to be alive — that’s the consensus law enforcement opinion. Garcia had charged a patrol sergeant, Darren Brewster, with a machete.

Beetlejuice Plays Brooktrails

The victims, Matthew Dyer and his wife Angela of Modesto were right out of the movie Beetlejuice, every bit the strait-laced couple, the Maitlands, played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis in the 1988 Tim Burton film. The perp, Bryan Stencil, looked just like Michael Keaton’s character, Beetlejuice — same spooky hair-do, black-and-white striped clothing, maniacal grin, the works.

Zombie Log — From The AVA Ukiah Bureau

The occupant in the trailer next door has been selling meth since the AVA opened this bureau over a year ago. The following is a typical 24-hour period during mid-week. After a three-day tweaker party,…

Daylight Rape Near Hopland & A Gunshot To The Pills Near Covelo

When Allison Turner found herself stranded with a flat tire on a Highway 101 pullout near Hopland, little did she think some guy would come along and change her tire, then place her in his pickup seat and, as the cops say, proceed to "digitally penetrate" his victim.

Random Acts of Fshhhh & Swooof

James Allen Norton was enjoying himself immensely at the Evergreen Village shopping center in Willits on June 28th as he strolled through the parking lot slashing the tires of parked cars, chortling at each slash,…

Nothing Happened

The majority of local pot pharmas brought in by law enforcement are too young to qualify as part of the back-to-the-land demographic. Those old hippies have already made their bones, paid off their humble country…

Leap Frog In The North Sector

California Highway Patrol Officer Luke Adams was on patrol north of Willits on June 24th of '15 when he saw two vehicles in close proximity traveling at a high rate of speed. Officer Adams hooked a U-turn and lit out in hot pursuit, lights flashing, siren wailing, and was soon pulling a white Chrysler, over. Having stopped one speeder, Adams soon pulled over the second offender. But just as he was getting out to ticket the SUV driver, the Chrysler shot past.

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