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Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”

A Willits Business Dinner

Going back a few weeks to the preliminary hearing for the three defendants from Oakland accused of a Willits home invasion robbery early last July…

Assault at the Sunrise

The homeless camps in Ukiah are not far off the beaten path. The beaten path, for those who have never been homeless in Ukiah, goes…

Home Invasion Season Opens Early, Or…

Rural sharpies could easily lure young city dudes to Mendoland using a cache of last year’s unsold marijuana as bait, pull out a gun at the right moment (say, when the buyer complains about the freshness of the product), get the drop on the city boys, take their money then sic the police on the suckas by calling 911 and yelling, “We were just robbed by home invaders.”

Cat Lady Syndrome, Equine Division

“Are you from the newspaper?” “Uhmhumn, I am.” “Hello, I’m Anne Delaquadra.” “Nice to meet you.” “Are you with the Ukiah paper?” “No, the one…

Hello Severity, Good-Bye Leniency

Mendo’s new Public Defender Jeffery Aaron has yet to make his debut at the courthouse in Ukiah, but the place has been running smoothly without him, and the District Attorney told us that he, David Eyster, had already met Mr. Aaron and thoroughly approved of the choice. 

When It Came To Blows

Scott Rhodes and Pablo Gonzales shared an apartment at 234 Clara Avenue, Ukiah, until March 21st, when they got into a fight, allegedly instigated by…

What To Do With Mr. Vega

Rodolfo Vega-Carrillo, 30, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia since childhood, but he’s got other health problems too, life-threatening ones, and needs dialysis soon or he…

Millions For Mental Health Services, But…

Luke Stanford McCrae was arrested for assault on a peace officer on July 18th around 10:30 pm in the 300 block of Leslie Avenue, Ukiah.…

The Ruoff Sentencing

Last Friday’s judgment and sentencing of Joshua Ruoff for the murder of Timothy Sweeting brought to the fore all the courtroom drama necessary to make…

Caleb Silver Sentenced

“Nasty, brutish and short”—the Hobbesian view of life, has been replaced with “a long life of clean living” for one Caleb Silver, 28, sentenced to…

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