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Posts published by “Bruce McEwen”

Marijuana & Mayhem

The voice mail said: “This is Terry. Something happened… I might not see you for a while. Anyway, I’m glad you weren’t here and didn’t have to see it.” Terry Cohen left that message on…

Peter Hoyle — Botanist

There's no recession in the dope business. A couple of Chicago mules recently appeared in Ukiah with $300,000. Cash. They were looking for Mendo Mellow to take back to the Windy City.

Convictions

You'd think she was Ma Barker the way the DA’s Office has ballyhooed the conviction of 68-year-old Nancie Henthorne of Covelo.

Courtroom Drama, 2009

On a cold dark night last winter in Fort Bragg as a chill wind whistled ashore over the chop, the cops swept into the living rooms of some of the Coast’s most conspicuous personalities, including…

Something Nice

A young woman suggested I write something nice for the holidays.

I said I'd try.

If the Key Fits

If it's action you want, Hoyle's your cop.

He's an action guy, what you call a polarizing figure, a strong personality of the old school lawman type. Thirty-three years on the thin blue line.

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