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Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”

Final Arguments

The check fraud case against Christopher Mulcahy continued to crawl through Judge Behnke’s court last week with all the drama of a snail’s progress through…

Bacchus v. Lucre

The story of Brutocao Family wine fortune — available on their website — follows the classic early immigrant trajectory of struggle over multiple generations until…

The Good News (And Bad)

Jesus Christ has made a rare appearance in the Mendocino County Courthouse. He’d been living a fairly unremarkable life in Ukiah, especially considering who He is, disguised as John Francis Sullivan Jr., until He realized He was the son of God Himself. Well, you say, we're all God's children, aren't we? Yes, but there's only one Jesus, the child God dispatched in a vain attempt to straighten us out.

‘Cut Away, Barrister!’

Eric Galloway crossed the double yellow line on the Coyote Valley Reservation north of Ukiah, giving Tribal Officer Greg Salisbury probable cause to pull him…

Pardon The Interruption

Charles ‘Max’ Sperling of Willits was facing a number of charges last week, and that was before he picked up a DUI driving to court…

Meet The Hornbooks

Kyle Stornetta is a scion of a prominent Point Arena family. Clay Brennan is a scion of a federal court judge whose convenient connections got him appointed to the Mendocino County Superior Court. DA David Eyster is the scion of David Eyster, long time local attorney. And there's Keith Faulder, Mendocino County ace criminal defense attorney, scion of America's confused drug laws, and a go-to guy if you're guilty and can afford him.

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