A status conference in the fraud case of former Humboldt Creamery CEO Rich Ghilarducci scheduled to take place this week has been postponed. Ghilarducci, who faces a single felony charge of making false statements to an agricultural bank, is now
Shirley Bernice Rosa, 51, of Eureka stood before visiting Judge Robert Kaster and entered a not guilty plea to the single felony charge she faces in the case.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Ronald Brown rejected a local attorney’s bid to reduce a felony count in an unlawful land sales case to a misdemeanor on Friday.
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Gregory Beck has signed a voluntary waiver to have a parole hearing on Wednesday. Beck was convicted by a jury in 2002 of felony charges of torture, assault with caustic chemicals and corporal injury to his 32-year-old girlfriend, the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office stated Monday.
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office reported today that Robert Louis Huntzinger, 28, of Blue Lake, was sentenced on March 16, 2010, to a prison term of 7 years and 4 months, for multiple offenses
EUREKA — A 21-year-old Eureka man was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty earlier this week for allegedly killing a past girlfriend’s family dog and dumping it in Myrtletown.
The sentencing of Ryan Karr was postponed when his attorney asked for time to file a brief seeing a new trial. Karr was convicted of five felony counts of vehicular manslaughter in a 2007 Highway 101 crash that killed five members of a Windsor family.
The California Highway Patrol has issued a warning to drivers with a DUI felony or misdemeanor arrest warrant hanging over their heads. Turn yourself in before a special team of CHP officers turns up the heat.
A man arrested last July on suspicion of robbing U.S. Bank in downtown Crescent City was convicted in Del Norte Superior Court on Tuesday.
It took a jury about an hour to deliver a guilty verdict against Joseph Raymond Dugish, 48, who faced a felony charge of second-degree robbery for the incident in which he stole about $530 from one of the bank tellers.
Dugish now faces up to five years in prison, and is scheduled for sentencing on March 25.
“Crime doesn’t pay when you factor that in and do the math,” Del Norte County District Attorney Mike Riese said. “Five years for 500 bucks, no thank you.
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Detectives booked two men for murder over the weekend in connection with a case that was originally reported as a missing person. On February 15, 2009 a woman called the Sheriff’s Office to report her adult brother missing. She said she had not heard from him for about two weeks and it was very unusual for him to be out of contact with his family. The woman, who was calling from New York, was unsure of her brother’s exact address but believed he lived in a cabin on Three Creeks Road, off of State Route 299. Throughout the week, Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives interviewed the man’s roommates and acquaintances. Investigators began to believe the missing man was the victim of a homicide.
The investigation continued and Saturday a search warrant was served at the Three Creeks Road property. Sheriff’s Office personnel, together with a Deputy Corner, discovered human remains at the location. That same day, Sheriff’s Detectives booked two men for the murder of missing man: his roommate, Eddie David Lee, 21, and Limmie Greg Curry III, 19, of Arcata. Curry was also booked for being armed with a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of marijuana for sales.
The condition of the remains is being withheld at this time. Further forensic testing will be required to confirm the identification of the remains that were found, however, all evidence indicates they are those of the missing man. The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office will provide the identification of the victim when it is appropriate.
Being a lawyer, I tend to think about Abraham Lincoln from time to time. Lincoln is the American patron saint of lawyers (the actual patron saint of lawyers, per the Catholic Church, is Thomas More, another entry for another time).
San Joaquin Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox is taken from her courtroom on a stretcher after being attacked by David Paradiso, who was on trial on a murder charge.
The man accused of shooting and killing his alleged partner in a pot robbery after the two eluded police for 20 miles was held to answer on a murder charge and eight other felony counts in Humboldt County Superior Court on Friday.
A sting targeting unlicensed contractors netted an elder abuse suspect and a registered sex offender in Eureka Tuesday.
Bradshaw free on bail; Gregory still hospitalized, For five months, Crescent City resident Robert Gregory has been comatose and struggling to stay alive in the trauma unit at the UC Davis Medical Center while the man accused of putting him there, George Bradshaw, has walked free after posting a percentage of a $50,000 bail that was once set at $100,000.
