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Man Sues Police and DA’s Office in 2015 Wrongful Arrest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2019
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Man Sues Police and DA’s Office in 2015 Wrongful Arrest

Complaint Documents Lies by Informant, and Knowledge and Conspiracy by Police and Investigators and the I ...

Complaint Documents Lies by Informant, and Knowledge and Conspiracy by Police and Investigators and the Intentional Use of Fabricated Statements to Obtain Warrant In the fall of 2015, the Yolo County ...

April 23, 2019
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Unique Motion Filed in Felony Criminal Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 23, 2019
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Unique Motion Filed in Felony Criminal Case

By Adrian Lopez A unique motion was filed today in the trial readiness conference of defendant Daniel Man ...

By Adrian Lopez A unique motion was filed today in the trial readiness conference of defendant Daniel Manuel Lopez, who is charged with threatening to commit a crime and is set to go to trial on the c ...

April 23, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County

Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney general is not suffi ...

Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney general is not sufficient to produce proper oversight. In the Orange County jailhouse informant scandal, a case th ...

April 22, 2019
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Closing Arguments for Child Abuse Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
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Closing Arguments for Child Abuse Case

by Esmeralda Mendoza The People v. Margarito Alvarez reconvened with closing arguments by both parties. T ...

by Esmeralda Mendoza The People v. Margarito Alvarez reconvened with closing arguments by both parties. The jury has been sent to deliberate after a four-week jury trial regarding the alleged sexual a ...

April 22, 2019
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Defendant in Child Sexual Abuse Case Denies Incidents in Court Testimony

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|Date: April 19, 2019
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Defendant in Child Sexual Abuse Case Denies Incidents in Court Testimony

By Danielle Silva and Lauren Zaren Defendant in Child Sexual Abuse Case Testifies, Following Child Welfar ...

By Danielle Silva and Lauren Zaren Defendant in Child Sexual Abuse Case Testifies, Following Child Welfare Workers By Danielle Silva A defendant in a child sexual abuse case claims that he did not com ...

April 19, 2019
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11-Year-Old Victim Testifies in Rape Case

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|Date: April 19, 2019
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11-Year-Old Victim Testifies in Rape Case

By Sufi Sadati “Que no,” a phrase in Spanish used to figuratively underline a strong “no,” is what the al ...

By Sufi Sadati “Que no,” a phrase in Spanish used to figuratively underline a strong “no,” is what the alleged 11-year-old victim told Ms. Lepe during her Multi-Disciplinary Interview (MDI) about whet ...

April 19, 2019
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Witness Attempts to Clear Brother’s Name in Firearm Possession Case

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|Date: April 18, 2019
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Witness Attempts to Clear Brother’s Name in Firearm Possession Case

By Lauren Jaech Conflicting statements abounded in court today during the trial of the People v. Pereida. ...

By Lauren Jaech Conflicting statements abounded in court today during the trial of the People v. Pereida. David Madrid Pereida is facing charges of firearm possession after a previous felony convictio ...

April 18, 2019
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Two Witnesses Heard in Sacramento Man’s Preliminary Hearing

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|Date: April 18, 2019
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Two Witnesses Heard in Sacramento Man’s Preliminary Hearing

By Kelsey Stewart What started out as an ordinary Monday night in 2018 ended with Larry Darnell Ross spit ...

By Kelsey Stewart What started out as an ordinary Monday night in 2018 ended with Larry Darnell Ross spitting out 15 baggies of cocaine during a strip search at the Yolo County Monroe Detention Center ...

April 18, 2019
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Man Arrested after Illegal Possession of a Firearm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
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Man Arrested after Illegal Possession of a Firearm

Blankets can cover a shotgun, but not a felony. By Carly Gunn A man who had previously committed a felony ...

Blankets can cover a shotgun, but not a felony. By Carly Gunn A man who had previously committed a felony was found in possession of a firearm. On October 19, 2018, David Madrid Pereida committed a se ...

April 17, 2019
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Large Quantity of Heroin and Meth Found in Two West Sacramento Homes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
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Large Quantity of Heroin and Meth Found in Two West Sacramento Homes

Drugs or Diabetes? By Lauren Zaren Eight people were identified and detained on the evening of February 2 ...

Drugs or Diabetes? By Lauren Zaren Eight people were identified and detained on the evening of February 21, 2018. Officers approached two houses on the same property on Solano Street with a search war ...

April 17, 2019
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Shopping Spree with Boss’ Money

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|Date: April 14, 2019
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Shopping Spree with Boss’ Money

By Esmeralda Mendoza The preliminary hearing for Sandra Louise Verdugo was held April 12 and two witnesse ...

By Esmeralda Mendoza The preliminary hearing for Sandra Louise Verdugo was held April 12 and two witnesses were asked to testify. Sandra Verdugo is being charged with embezzlement, as she allegedly st ...

April 14, 2019
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Man Argues against Suspended License Charge, Citing Mental Illness History and Lack of Support

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 12, 2019
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Man Argues against Suspended License Charge, Citing Mental Illness History and Lack of Support

By Danielle Silva A defendant, Carlos Alberto Muñoz, who faces a charge of driving with a suspended licen ...

By Danielle Silva A defendant, Carlos Alberto Muñoz, who faces a charge of driving with a suspended license, shared his history with mental illness and the lack of support from the court, the Departme ...

April 12, 2019
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Man’s Second Burglary Trial Resumes

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|Date: April 11, 2019
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Man’s Second Burglary Trial Resumes

By Penelope Tsiopos and Kelsey Stewart Three More Witnesses Testify in Tanglewood Case By Penelope Tsiopo ...

By Penelope Tsiopos and Kelsey Stewart Three More Witnesses Testify in Tanglewood Case By Penelope Tsiopos On a peaceful evening at Tanglewood Apartments, a man who had been caught allegedly breaking ...

April 11, 2019
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Preliminary Hearing Held in Hit and Run Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 11, 2019
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Preliminary Hearing Held in Hit and Run Case

By Sufi Sadati Whether the result of an unexpected blown out tire or the product of adolescent recklessne ...

By Sufi Sadati Whether the result of an unexpected blown out tire or the product of adolescent recklessness gone wrong, Harrison Mahler Compton in a preliminary hearing today faced charges of a hit an ...

April 11, 2019
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Man Evades Grand Theft Charge, Remains the Suspect in Other Crimes

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 10, 2019
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Man Evades Grand Theft Charge, Remains the Suspect in Other Crimes

By Lauren Zaren The Best Western hotel in downtown Davis was burglarized on the morning of February 4, 20 ...

By Lauren Zaren The Best Western hotel in downtown Davis was burglarized on the morning of February 4, 2019. Officers said the suspect was a white male wearing a gray hoodie and tan pants. His face wa ...

April 10, 2019
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Man Faces Re-Trial in Burglary Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 10, 2019
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Man Faces Re-Trial in Burglary Case

A jury seemingly hung due to this simple, yet powerful word: “No.” Will it happen again? By Carly Gunn Ge ...

A jury seemingly hung due to this simple, yet powerful word: “No.” Will it happen again? By Carly Gunn Gerald James Elledge is currently facing a retrial in Yolo County’s Department 14 due to a hung j ...

April 10, 2019
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Three New Witnesses Testify in Child Sexual Abuse Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 08, 2019
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Three New Witnesses Testify in Child Sexual Abuse Case

By Penelope Tsiopos On the morning of April 5, the trial of the People v. Margarito Alvarez reconvened. T ...

By Penelope Tsiopos On the morning of April 5, the trial of the People v. Margarito Alvarez reconvened. Three witnesses were called to the stand. The first witness, a female sixth grader, was examined ...

April 08, 2019
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Ajay Dev Set for a Hearing April 24

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2019
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Ajay Dev Set for a Hearing April 24

A few weeks ago it seemed likely to occur, but now it is official – Ajay Dev, convicted of rape of his ad ...

A few weeks ago it seemed likely to occur, but now it is official – Ajay Dev, convicted of rape of his adopted daughter in 2009 and sentenced to 378 years in prison, will now receive an evidentiary he ...

April 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Doctor Testifies on Child Sexual Abuse, Notes Fallacies

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 05, 2019
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Doctor Testifies on Child Sexual Abuse, Notes Fallacies

By Danielle Eden C. Silva A clinical psychologist on child and adolescent psychology testified in a child ...

By Danielle Eden C. Silva A clinical psychologist on child and adolescent psychology testified in a child sexual abuse case as an expert, shedding light on the behavior of abused children. Mr. Margari ...

April 05, 2019
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Jury Trial on Sexual Battery at Cache Creek Casino Resumes

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|Date: April 05, 2019
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Jury Trial on Sexual Battery at Cache Creek Casino Resumes

By Lemuel Herg The Honorable Janene Beronio, in Department 10, presided over the second day of the jury t ...

By Lemuel Herg The Honorable Janene Beronio, in Department 10, presided over the second day of the jury trial of Lionell Jones.. Deputy DA David Robbins, representing the People, brought in the main s ...

April 05, 2019
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