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Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”

Cho-Mo Or Freelance Child Healer?

Richard F. Kruse of Albion is charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor child, and he’s widely suspected of having been at it…

‘He Was Big & I Was Small’

The trial of accused Albion child molester Richard Kruse is finally getting underway after many delays and attorney changes. It's not looking good for Kruse…

Keeping A Poor Man Down

It was just possible to get 25-to-life for this poor guy by taking the strike offense and applying it creatively to the new charges, to stretch this latest crime to the limit.

Double Deuce

How many lawyers does it take to beat a DUI? At least three if you're the drunk lawyer. Mill Valley attorney Robert Praszker was charged…

Nasty School

In the past year, Kelisha Alvarez and Scotty Willis visited the Emergency Room at Ukiah Valley Medical Center 99 times.

Matt Graves, The Civil Case

Matt Graves, the well-known North County agriculturist, is back in court trying to keep his land from falling into his neighbors’ hands. Graves says he…

Two Little Trials

A couple of minor cases went to trial last week. How minor were they? Too minor to rate coverage, actually. Sure, they were important to…

The Little Ladies Of The Hatchet

The trial of MariCruz Alvarez-Carrillo ended ahead of schedule last week, but as of late Thursday the jury was still deliberating the verdict. Ms. Alvarez-Carrillo…

Fort Bragg’s Dominant Female

Last January, Fort Bragg residents were horrified at the spectacle of two young women, one with a chain, one with a hatchet, fighting gladiator-style at…

The Newspaper Did It

The AVA hit the tabletop like a flyswatter. Judge Moorman seemed to jump in her seat. To emphasize an un-filed motion, the youthfully demonstrative public…

Fingerprints Don’t Lie?

As the sun set on 2011, a flurry of paperwork obscured the murky gun theft from the Sanchez home on Mountain View Road, Boonville. The…

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