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Letter: Are You Watching What Our Current DA Is Doing?
DA Jeff Reisig by Jean Jackman Are you watching what our current District Attorney (DA) is doing? He is our most powerful elected official. He can decide who gets criminal charges filed against them,...
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Man Sentenced to 93 Years for String of Burglaries in Davis
Arguments Heard Regarding Character of Previously Convicted Davis Burglar By Jenean Docter Arguments regarding the character of Joseph Kaleimanu Hernandez were heard on the morning of March 16 in...
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ANALYSIS: Monsanto to Medina – Two Cases That Saw Defendants Walk Free, and...
by Cres Vellucci WOODLAND – Earlier this month, Judge Paul Richardson found 10 activists not guilty after they faced charges for protesting at Monsanto’s Woodland headquarters – but only following...
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Commentary: Should There Be Effective Life Without Parole in Non-Capital Cases?
Last week Judge David Reed sentenced Joseph Hernandez to 93 years in prison. That means the 26-year-old would effectively be 119 at the time his sentence expires, or 106 by the time he is eligible...
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Analysis: Evidence Mounts that Yolo County Coercing People into Committing...
In February, Jason Broadbent, who would be convicted of selling weapons and sentenced to more than 50 years in prison, would testify on his own behalf that the first weapon he sold was his own. He...
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Firearm and Drugs Found in High Risk Car Stop
By Danielle Eden C. Silva The opening statements and testimony in the case of Apondo Latrail White began in Department 13. Mr. White is charged with seven felonies from an incident on June 16, 2016:...
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Cell Phone Contents Verified for Drug Case
By Danielle Eden C. Silva The trial for Mr. Apondo White resumed in Department 13 with Judge Paul K. Richardson presiding. Mr. White is charged with several counts regarding the transportation and...
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Bank Teller Sole Prosecution Witness for Preliminary Hearing; Verdict in Drug...
by Danielle Eden C. Silva In Department 14, the preliminary hearing of Rodney Williams began and came to a close on Friday afternoon, the 6th of April. Mr. Williams is being charged with a felony...
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Domestic Violence Case Will Remain a Felony
By Setarah Jahid In Department 13 on April 9, 2018, the preliminary hearing commenced for Roger Allen Padilla. Mr. Padilla is being charged on three counts of domestic violence: two counts of...
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Closing Statements Delivered in Co-Defendant CVS Burglary Case
By Danielle Eden C. Silva Both sides of counsel offered their conclusions in the case against Andrew Joseph Ray and Phillip Harold Kempton. The Honorable David Rosenberg presided. Deputy Public...
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Faceless Burglary in Davis Apartment Laundry Room
By Nahima Shaffer In Department 11 on April 10, 2018, the trial of Justin Edward Murray began. The Honorable Timothy L. Fall delivered his pre-instructions to the jury, along with the alleged counts...
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Child Endangerment and Battery Trial Wraps Up
by Melissa Sanchez and Danielle Eden C. Silva Testimony in the Trial Against Ramon Contreras by Melissa Sanchez On the morning of April 11 in Department 14, the jury trial against Ramon Contreras...
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Sentence Finalized for Defendant from Davis Burglary Ring
By Danielle Eden C. Silva In Department 8, Joshua Anthony Givens, one of the three co-defendants found guilty of participating in a Davis burglary ring working during 2013, received his prison...
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Jury Trial Angers Jury, Gains Acquittal
The Vanguard learned from a juror that a trial held nearly two weeks ago ended in an acquittal and a hung jury. But the jurors became angry that the case went to trial in the first place and so...
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Judge Denies Motion to Strike Charges in Drug Case
By Adrian Lopez Proceedings heated up in Department 11 when a motion to strike charges was argued before a visiting judge, the Honorable S. William Abel, in People v. McAllister. Counsel for Donald...
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Preliminary Hearing Concludes for Stolen Tide Pods and Shrimp
By Danielle Eden C. Silva On Monday in Department 14, the preliminary hearing of Anthony Segura concluded. Mr. Segura is accused of stealing from the Woodland Walmart Neighborhood Market at the County...
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Six Months After Conviction for Honey Oil Manufacturing, Man Takes Plea Deal...
Will Be Free Man in 3 Months By Crescenzo Vellucci WOODLAND – It’s been a long road for David Ashley Froste, who was found guilty of manufacturing honey oil – an illegal type of concentrated marijuana...
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Sunday Commentary: Listening to Reisig, You Would Think He Was a Reformer
Unless something drastically changes, last Wednesday night will be the only time that the public will get to hear the district attorney defend his record. Most observers felt that the audience, large...
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Vandalism Counts Lowered to Misdemeanors with Burglaries Remaining as Felonies
By Danielle Eden C. Silva In Department 8, the Honorable David W. Reed presided over the preliminary hearing of a co-defendant burglary and vandalism case. Deputy District Attorney Michelle Serafin...
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Jury Selection Begins in Rizo Murder Trial
By Nahima Shaffer On the morning of April 25, 2018, jury selection began in the murder trial of Christian Rizo, with over 100 citizens called to court to serve in a trial which is set to take place...
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