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Posts published by “McEwen Bruce”

Beware The Gravitron

The trial for Jose Carmona ended last Friday after lengthy testimony from an eight-year-old girl, Jane Doe, who says the operator of the Gravitron (Carmona) exposed himself to her last June at the fair in Ukiah. El pervo was subsequently charged with two counts — annoying or molesting a child under 14, and indecent exposure. At the time of this writing, the jury was still deliberating his innocence.

Boonville’s Fiery Fourth

Juan Alarcon and his wife went to the brewery in Boonville to celebrate the Fourth of July at the beer bar. Mr. Alarcon works at the Boonville Brewery and drinks the beer he helps make…

Bang-Bang Maybe You’re Dead

It’s not just cops who can confuse real guns with toys, and last week a crafty defense lawyer used a toy gun to get serious gun charges against his client thrown out of court. On…

Three Tragedies

Three tragedies were in court last week. The first was Sparrow Browne-Steel who got four years and eight months for the vehicular manslaughter of her cousin and her dearest friend she killed driving drunk out…

Helping Out Disabled Senior Citizens

Crystal Aikens had her day in court, a bunch of days that took up most of last week. The old girl seemed to revel in being the center of attention, although she was doing it…

Mommy Dearest

Last Tuesday, July 28th, in what might be called a local sign of the apocalypse, joint child molesters, Charles Griswould and Jacqueline Vanbezooyen-Scarlet, were both, at long last, put away at the end of a…

The Right To Bear Arms

Danilo Zacapa-Diaz was living happily ever after in Anderson Valley after a felony bust 10 years ago. He had a wife and family of three kids and another on the way. He provided for his…

Shepherds & Pot Growers

Mrs. Witt sounded a little like Zsa Zsa Gabor in Green Acres, a 1970s parody of a rich couple who moved from a penthouse to a hardscrabble farmstead. It sounded ridiculous that Ms. Witt didn’t know what her husband of three years did for a living or what kind of farmer he was.

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