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Bessolo-Marsh Finds His Plea Agreement in Jeopardy as He Faces Charge of...
It was a high profile case where the Yolo District Attorney made regional headlines accusing 21 year old Jeremiah Bessolo-Marsh of human trafficking. But Mr. Bessolo-Marsh, who had no priors, plead...
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Testimony Continues in Child Abuse Case
by Bryce Gaston and Sufi Sadati Testimony About Physical Assault of Daughter by Yolo Bus Drive By Bryce Gaston On Tuesday, the child abuse trial against Ronnie Earnest continued with the prosecution...
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Three Strikes Defendant Released on own Recognizance Due to Fatal Brain Cancer
By Kristen Tuntland Defendant with fatal brain cancer but also threes strike was released on his own recognizance despite Honorable Judge Reed’s great reservations. The Preliminary hearing of Kenneth...
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Closing Statements Wrap up Child Abuse Case
By Pedro Maturana The trial of Ronnie Earnest resumed Wednesday with the prosecution calling a final witness before both sides rested their case. Ronnie Earnest is being charged with child abuse and...
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Closing Arguments Completed in Alleged Child Abuse Case
By Esmeralda Mendoza The trial of Ronnie Earnest resumed Thursday with the defense’s final closing arguments and the prosecution’s rebuttal, and then the jurors were sent to deliberation. To recap,...
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Auditor Report Finds Yolo Subsidized ORR Juvenile Detentions to the Tune of...
Holly Cooper speaks in front of Bel Aire in Woodland in March 2017GE-Protest-2 In a report came out this week, California State Auditor Elaine Howle found that Yolo County “has substantially subsidized...
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Man Allegedly Uses RV as a Deadly Weapon
By Pedro Maturana The preliminary hearing for Kevin Arthur Wilson began on Friday. Wilson is being charged with infliction of corporal injury, assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism after he...
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Judge Keeps Bermudez, Accused of Murder, in Juvenile Court
By Lemuel Herg On the Friday afternoon in Department 11, the Honorable Timothy L. Fall heard the closing statements on the defense’s motion to transfer the plaintiff, Martin Dario Bermudez, to a...
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Judge Denies Violation of Probation in Bessolo-Marsh Case
By David Greenwald and Kristen Tuntland Judge Dave Rosenberg, in a hearing that went most of the day on Monday, determined that Jeremiah Bessolo-Marsh was not responsible for a bullet found on his...
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Husband of 28 Years Points Shotgun at Wife’s Face
By Kristen Tuntland On February 12, 2019, Mr. James Sled pointed a shotgun at his wife’s face and yelled threats for no determinable reason, which lead to his arrest. His preliminary hearing of one...
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Shots Fired, Male Accused of Firing a Gun
By Esmeralda Mendoza The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office is charging Sok Cheat Pin with illegal possession of a firearm and its improper use. The trial of Mr. Pin began today, the 5th of March,...
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Footage Shows Man Firing a Gun. No Weapon Found
By Pedro Maturana The trial of Sok Cheat Pin resumed Wednesday with the prosecution calling more witnesses to the stand. Pin is being charged with possession of a firearm. Deputy District Attorney...
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Jealous Boyfriend Pours Gasoline on Man and Lights Him on Fire, Victim Testifies
By Linnea Patterson “If she was gonna leave, she was gonna leave with someone ugly,” was the justification a man made for throwing gasoline and lighting another man on fire in his home in August 2018....
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Real Gun or Toy Gun?
by Elizabeth Griffiths The trial of People v Sok Cheat Pin resumed today, and one witness was called to stand which was followed by closing statements. Mr. Pin is being charged with possession of a...
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Man Set on Fire – What Happened?
By Linnea Patterson, Shaden Cortez and Bryce Gaston Testimonies Continued on the Man Caught on Fire Case By Linnea Patterson and Shaden Cortez The trial of the People vs. Robert Glen Coe resumed on...
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A Minor Alleges that Her Father Figure Uncle Raped Her
By Lemuel Herg “SG,” the victim and complaining witness, alleges that when she was 14 years old, her uncle spiked her drink and raped her. Jose Luis Garcia faced his preliminary hearing on March 6,...
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Court Withdraws Plea Agreement after Hearing Victim Impact Statements
By Kristen Tuntland Friday, March 8 was a regular morning in Department 9 of the Yolo County Superior Courthouse. The Honorable Sonia Cortés presided over plea agreements, continuances, sentencing,...
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Family and Supporters Hopeful for an Evidentiary Hearing on Ajay Dev
Ajay Dev in 2017 with his two sons Family and supporters are still hopeful they can get an evidentiary hearing on Ajay Dev’s now decade-old case. Mr. Dev was convicted and sentenced to 378 years in...
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Defendant Charged with Setting a Man on Fire Testifies
By Danielle Eden C. Silva Defendant Robert Glen Coe is facing four charges including attempted murder, aggravated mayhem, arson causing great bodily injury and threats to commit a crime. He is...
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Evidence of Four Controlled Substances Found in Truck
By Bryce Gaston Defendant Ou Ching Saefong is facing charges after officers allegedly found evidence of four types of controlled substances inside his truck. Deputy Jose Pineda testified that just...
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