Defendants Held to Answer on Meth Charges
By Connor Kianpour On July 29, 2018, Jimmy Dee Teal and Jacqueline Noi Dennis were charged with violating California Health and Safety Code sections 11378 and 11364. The codes prohibit the possession...
View ArticleInmate Fight Results in Assault, Gang Charges
by K. Hall At a preliminary hearing in Department 14 of Yolo County Superior Court, Robin Johnson, the prosecuting attorney, called two Yolo County deputy sheriffs as witnesses to provide testimony in...
View ArticleWoodland Massage Murder Preliminary Hearing Finishes with Testimonies from...
By Danielle Silva The preliminary hearing for Rohail Sarwar was completed after testimonies from four detectives. Mr. Sarwar is charged with the murder of Junying Lu, a 51-year-old masseuse at...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Gang Charges in Jail Attack
On Tuesday morning following arguments by the various sides, Judge David Rosenberg upheld assault and battery charges against Vincente Marroquin and Fabian Martinez for their alleged role in an attack...
View ArticleTransient Charged in Assault
By Connor Kianpour A transient man from Woodland has been charged with assaulting an individual with a deadly weapon. On September 12, 2018, a man—hereafter, referred to as “TG”—was walking southbound...
View ArticleAmount of Narcotics in Defendant’s Possession Debated in Preliminary Hearing
By Danielle Silva Department 8 would end the afternoon session with the preliminary hearing of Terrence Lamar Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson was arrested and charged with possession of controlled...
View ArticleTransient Charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon
By Connor Kianpour A transient man from Woodland has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to commit bodily harm, and with vandalism. Involved in the same case, a...
View ArticleJudge to Determine Whether Marsh Gets New Trial as Juvenile
By K. Hall Today a new chapter in the case of convicted murderer Daniel Marsh began. In 2014 Marsh was convicted on the charge of double homicide and sentenced to spend 52 years to life behind bars....
View ArticleMarsh Transfer Hearing Resumes
Probation Officer Argues against Transferring Defendant to Juvenile Court By Danielle Eden Silva The Daniel William Marsh hearing resumed in Department 7, starting with two short witnesses before...
View ArticleVictims’ Family Expresses Disapproval of Double Homicide Case Returning to...
By Danielle Eden C. Silva The Daniel Marsh hearing in Department 7 paused on the testimony of a witness, to allow the family of the victims, Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin, to address the...
View ArticleExamining Behavioral Continuity: Prosecution in Marsh Case Scrutinizes...
Examining Behavioral Continuity: Prosecution in Marsh case scrutinizes defendant’s conduct both before and after incarceration. By K. Hall The evidence phase in the juvenile transfer hearing for Daniel...
View ArticleMan Charged with Second Degree Robbery for Stealing Pie
By Connor Kianpour It isn’t every day that somebody is charged with a felony for attempting to steal a four dollar cherry pie from a Walmart. On September 16, 2018, however, circumstances arose which...
View ArticleWitness Testimony Begins in Murder Trial for Missing Teens
By Tumaris Hone The trial of David Ashley Froste, suspect in the alleged kidnapping and presumed murder of Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore, resumed. Judge Rosenberg notified jury members that the court...
View ArticleMurder Trial for Missing Teens Resumes
by K. Hall and Connor Kianpour A “Cowboy Gun,” a Belligerent Witness, and a Heated Call for a Mistrial: The Froste Trial Resumes By K. Hall This morning in Department 14 of Yolo Superior Court, the...
View ArticleMother of Victim Delivers Tear-jerking Testimony; Individual Banned from...
By Gisele Arguello and Danielle Silva A Mother Recalls the Day Her Son Went Missing By Gisele Arguello This morning in Department 14, the mother of one of the missing boys, Enrique Rios, took the stand...
View ArticleMan Declared Competent by Court against Recommendations of Practicing...
by Connor Kianpour Competency is an important and seldom-discussed characteristic that every person bound up in the criminal justice system is meant to have. According to California Penal Code §1368,...
View ArticleLetter: Supervisor Saylor Announces His Support for Moreno in County School...
Melissa Moreno By Don Saylor I support Dr. Melissa Moreno for the Yolo County Board of Education (YCBOE), Area 2, based upon her professional background, life experience, and dedication to community...
View ArticleDaniel Marsh’s Testimony Continued
By Tumaris Hone Daniel William Marsh’s transfer hearing resumes once again with Deputy Public Defender Andrea Pelochino’s continuation of her direct examination. She began the day with a series of...
View ArticleClosing Statements for Defendant Charged with Arson
By Danielle Eden C. Silva Department 13 concluded a two-day trial on the charges of arson in a forested area, unlawfully setting a fire, and possession of narcotic paraphernalia. Last July, three...
View ArticleDA Dismisses Davis Child Kidnapping Case as Evidence of Innocence Emerges
Tough Questions Must Be Asked as the Case Hinges on Questionable Eyewitness Identification and Ignores Evidence of Innocence Authorities will need to answer for how it came to be that an apparently...
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