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Posts published by “McEwen Bruce”

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 with two DUIs, so you got him and the senior…

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 owns the parcel. The neighbor, Mr. Abram, says he owns…

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 people involved, but then a tricycle mishap on the…

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 is charged with one count of assault and battery resulting…

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 intersection of Maple and Harold not far from the…

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 defender Andrew Higgins smacked my newspaper on the defense table,…

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 house was broken into and a variety of sporting arms…

Solo In Covelo

The court was waiting for the defendant, Ira ‘Redhawk’ Reyes. Reyes was on his way to the County Courthouse in Ukiah from his home in Covelo. We knew Redhawk was on the way because his…

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