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Witnesses Testify in Gang-Related Murder Trial
by Kelsey Landon and Hannah Poploskie Gang-Related Murder Trial Continues with Witness Testimony By Kelsey Landon The jury trial for defendants Justin Matthew Gonzalez, Alexis Ivan Velazquez, and Ruby...
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Witness Testimony Concluded in Felony Stalking Trial
By Kelsey Landon The jury trial for Benjamin Prowell, who is facing felony charges of stalking a Yolo County woman, continued Wednesday morning. The morning began with the continuation of Officer...
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Casa Del Sol Murder Trial Continues with Officer Testimony
by Clara Zhao and Edward Garcia Casa Del Sol murder trial resumes By Clara Zhao On Nov 29, the trial for the Casa Del Sol murder case resumed in courtroom 10 of the Yolo County Superior Court. The...
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Closing Statements in a Resisting Arrest Trial where Man Was Tasered
by Danielle Eden C. Silva and Alexandra Quilici Officers Testify on Recorded Arrest Concerning Tasering By Danielle Eden C. Silva Officers Ogden and Barrantes testified on their arrest concerning a...
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Closing Arguments Delivered in Stalking Case
By Kelsey Landon The twelve jurors and one alternate received their jury instructions Thursday morning as to how to conduct their deliberation in the case of Benjamin Prowell, a man accused of felony...
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Court Watch Briefs: Probation Violation and Stalking Trial
By Teja Dusanapudi and Fabiha Zaman Probation Violation Hearing Continues with New Testimony By Teja Dusanapudi On Thursday afternoon, the probation violation hearing for Jonathan Ruby briefly...
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Preliminary Hearing Details Corner Store Dust-Up
By Taite Trautwein Friday afternoon saw the reveal of details surrounding an October altercation after a corner store clerk had $10,000 stolen from him. Defendants Armando Abilez and Jessica Andrade...
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Prosecution and Defense Compromise in Preliminary Hearing for Bragg Case
By Jenean Docter The preliminary hearing for the case of Charles Bragg took place on the afternoon of December 1, in Department 10. Mrs. Janet Bragg, a codefendant represented by Jeff Raven, stepped...
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Tasered Man Found Guilty in Resisting Arrest Trial
By Edward Garcia In the absence of Eric Michael O’Connor, the jury delivered their verdict this past Friday afternoon which found O’Connor guilty of resisting arrest. O’Connor’s absence did not come as...
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Co-Defendant in Casa Del Sol Murder Trial Cuts Deal, Testifies for Prosecution
by Esmeralda Figueroa and Edward Garcia Casa Del Sol Murder Case Continues By Esmeralda Figueroa On Monday morning the case resumed for Alexis Velazquez and Justin Gonzalez. Shortly after the jury...
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Fullerton Takes Misdemeanor Plea in Marijuana Raid on His Business
It has been around 20 months since Yolo County conducted a raid on the business of Paul Fullerton, Lil Shop of Growers, in Woodland. The former UC Davis fire captain runs a gardening business, but...
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Arresting Officer Unable to ID UCD Student Arrested at Milo Yiannopoulos...
By Crescenzo Vellucci and Jamier Sale Yolo County Superior Court Judge Paul Richardson Monday split the proverbial baby in half, ruling University of California, Davis, honors student Noah Benham must...
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Star Witness in Cross-Examination Claims Blackouts
by Danielle Eden C. Silva and Fabiha Zaman Star Witness Claims Blackouts By Danielle Eden C. Silva On December 5, 2017, the Casa Del Sol murder case resumed in Department 10 with a...
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Monsanto Woodland Protestors’ Chance to ‘Put Monsanto on Trial for Poisoning...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Ten activists arrested at Monsanto in Woodland – the largest bioseed facility in the world – last May 22 will have to wait until January to, as they have touted, “put Monsanto on...
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Closing Arguments Delivered in Burglary Case
By Kelsey Landon Both the People and the defense rested Wednesday morning in the trial for Nicholas Brian Berends. Berends is facing charges of two counts of burglary in Department 14 of Yolo County...
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Testimony Concludes in Casa Del Sol Case
By Esmeralda Figueroa On Wednesday morning, the jury trial for the 2016 stabbing death of Ronald Antonio reconvened. Alexis Velazquez and Justin Gonzalez are charged with murder and numerous gang...
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Grimes Held to Answer on Six Charges
By Teja Dusanapudi In a decisive move following expert testimony this Thursday afternoon, Judge David Reed moved the case of Cody Grimes to arraignment, after finding reasonable evidence to believe...
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Casa Del Sol Jury Trial Ends with Closing Arguments
by Kelsey Landon, Fabiha Zaman and Mary Nguyen Casa Del Sol Jury Trial Comes to a Close By Kelsey Landon The jury trial for Alexis Velazquez and Justin Gonzalez, who are being charged with murder and...
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My View: Why is Yolo Leading the Way in Per Capita Trials? Look No Further...
Back in September, in advance of a budget item on the public defender’s office, Yolo County put out some rather remarkable statistics – statistics that the Vanguard has actually been tracking for some...
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Prowell Sentenced to Serve 60 Days for Harassing Communication
By Taite Trautwein “Mr. Prowell, you didn’t get the message,” were the words out of the mouth of Judge Paul K. Richardson during Friday morning’s sentencing hearing. Defendant Benjamin Prowell was...
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