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Witness Testimony Concludes in Attempted Gang Shooting Cases
By Kelsey Landon The trial for Jason Michael Lopez and Stephon Jerome Ramirez resumed Thursday morning in Department 9 of the Yolo County Courthouse. Deputy DA Kyle Hasapes called the first witness, a...
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Closing Statements in Stolen Car Trial
By Danielle Eden C. Silva Closing statements were delivered in Department 11 for Mr. Guillermo Jose Villega’s charge of driving and receiving a stolen vehicle. Prior to the entry of the jury, the...
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My View: Defense Tells Story of Wrongful Prosecution in the KetMoRee Case
One of the big mysteries has been how we went from a six defendant murder case, to a case in which the charges against five of the defendants were dropped. Unfortunately the District Attorney’s...
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Cross Examination Heard in Alleged Methamphetamine Dealing Case
Consent of Police Search Questioned By Jenean Docter The case of Henry Melvin Hughey—a man accused of selling methamphetamine to a woman inside Cache Creek Casino—was heard in Department Nine on Friday...
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Closing Arguments Begin in the Ramirez-Lopez Trial
By Danielle Eden C. Silva and Samantha Romero Attorneys Debate Jury Instructions Prior to Closing By Danielle Eden C. Silva The scheduled closing for the trial of Jason Michael Lopez and Stephon Jerome...
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Charges Changed From Felonies to Misdemeanors
By Danielle Eden C. Silva In Department 11, the preliminary hearing for Victor Christian Quezada began and ended. Mr. Quezada is accused of two counts, the first count of corporal injury and the second...
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Motion to Compel Claims Yolo County Sheriff and DA Offices Withholding...
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Yolo County Sheriff and District Attorney continue to refuse to provide complete, possibly exculpatory, discovery to the defendants in the Monsanto protest case, a full nine...
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Former Visit Yolo Director Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
By Taite Trautwein Alan Scott Humason pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges Wednesday afternoon. As director of Visit Yolo for over seven years, Humason embezzled over $51,000. Humason acted as Chief...
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Trial in Alleged Gang Assault Case About to Begin
by Danielle Eden C. Silva and Teja Dusanpapudi Argument over Testimony of Gang Expert By Danielle Eden C. Silva In Department 13, a 402 hearing (Evidence Code section 402 on admissibility of evidence)...
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Closing Arguments Heard in Gang Trial
by Kelsey Landon Closing arguments in the trial for Jason Michael Lopez and Stephon Jerome Ramirez continued Thursday morning at Yolo County Superior Court. Deputy District Attorney Kyle Hasapes,...
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Knife Possession Case Has Preliminary Hearing
By Hannah Poploskie On Thursday afternoon a preliminary hearing for defendant Leonardo Galvan was conducted. The case against him includes felony charges for possession of a concealed dirk or dagger,...
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Preliminary Hearing for Assault with a Deadly Weapon
By Hannah Poploskie A preliminary hearing was held Friday afternoon in a felony assault with a deadly weapon case. The defendant, Roegarrius Bershawn Solomon, was also charged with a lesser count of...
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Gang Robbery Sentencing Hearing Postponed
By Fabiha Zaman On Friday afternoon in Department 14, Judge David Rosenberg presided over the scheduled sentencing hearing for Joshua Cadenaz-Lopez and Ricky Hernandez. The co-defendants were...
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Witnesses Testify in Gang Firearm Case
by Samantha Romero The jury trial for defendant Marco Antonio Medina began Monday afternoon, February 26, 2018, in Department 13. The first witness called by the People was a resident of the Greenery...
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Pretrial Coverage of Sexual Battery and Attempted Burglary Cases
by Fabiha Zaman Miranda Motion Heard in Sexual Battery Case By Fabiha Zaman On Monday afternoon in Department 8, Judge David Reed presided over a Miranda motion regarding defendant David Abraham. The...
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Analysis: Harassment Settlement Agreement Was against Yolo County
In early February, the media reported a settlement agreement in a harassment case against Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto. The settlement was $98,000 to former Deputy Victoria Zetwick under the...
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Opening Statements Given in Trial for Felony Charge
By Kelsey Landon Opening statements began Tuesday morning in Department 11 in the jury trial for David Ashley Froste. Mr. Froste is facing the felony charge of inflicting corporal injury on a...
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Opening Arguments in Sexual Assault Trial
by Danielle Eden Silva In Department 14, the jury trial for the People v. Rodwin Yamsone Vibat began. Deputy Public Defender Emily Fisher represented Mr. Vibat and Deputy District Attorney Ryan Couzens...
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Victims Accuse Davis Massage Therapist of Sexual Assault
by Jenean Docter and Danielle Eden C. Silva Citizen Witness Testimony Heard By Jenean Docter Further witness testimony in the case against Rodwin Yamsone Vibat, a Davis resident accused of sexually...
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Jury Finds Defendants Guilty in Gang Shooting
By Kelsey Landon The jury in the trial for Jason Michael Lopez and Stephon Jerome Ramirez came to a verdict Thursday afternoon. After the jury entered the courtroom of Department 9, Judge Janene...
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