Mental Health Diversion Archives

Trial Set for Woman Charged with Multiple Robberies and Bodily Harm

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: November 19, 2021
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Trial Set for Woman Charged with Multiple Robberies and Bodily Harm

By Ava Schwartzapfel & Gwynneth Redemann SACRAMENTO, CA- In a preliminary hearing here in Sacramento ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel & Gwynneth Redemann SACRAMENTO, CA- In a preliminary hearing here in Sacramento County Superior Court this week, multiple witnesses testified about incidents involving Azhana ...

November 19, 2021
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‘Desperate’ Defendant Offers Guilty Plea in Last Effort to Proceed with Case

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: November 08, 2021
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‘Desperate’ Defendant Offers Guilty Plea in Last Effort to Proceed with Case

By Ava Schwartzapfel RIVERSIDE, CA— After having been in custody for more than a year now, Jesus Beltran ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel RIVERSIDE, CA— After having been in custody for more than a year now, Jesus Beltran offered a guilty plea to the prosecution as a last ditch effort to move forward with his case, ...

November 08, 2021
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Positive and Less Positive Cases for One Judge – One Man Praised in Mental Health Program, and Another Pleads in Arson Case

Posted by Gabriel Eskandari
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Positive and Less Positive Cases for One Judge – One Man Praised in Mental Health Program, and Another Pleads in Arson Case

By Gabriel Eskandari SACRAMENTO, CA. – Judge Kevin McCormick dealt with a couple of cases—one with a posi ...

By Gabriel Eskandari SACRAMENTO, CA. – Judge Kevin McCormick dealt with a couple of cases—one with a positive outcome, and another not—here in Sacramento County Superior Court this week. During a ment ...

October 20, 2021
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Judge Orr Grants Mental Health Diversion for Veteran with Schizophrenia and PTSD

Posted by Gwynneth Redemann
|Date: October 08, 2021
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Judge Orr Grants Mental Health Diversion for Veteran with Schizophrenia and PTSD

By Gwynneth Redemann SACRAMENTO, CA - Taisha Nelson, a veteran who suffers from schizophrenia and Post Tr ...

By Gwynneth Redemann SACRAMENTO, CA - Taisha Nelson, a veteran who suffers from schizophrenia and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, was granted release from custody on a Mental Health Diversion to Telec ...

October 08, 2021
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Judge Denies Second Motion by Defense to Provide Mental Health Counseling

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: October 08, 2021
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Judge Denies Second Motion by Defense to Provide Mental Health Counseling

By Ava Schwartzapfel RIVERSIDE, CA - A motion for mental health diversion for Stevy Galvan was formally ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel RIVERSIDE, CA - A motion for mental health diversion for Stevy Galvan was formally denied by Judge Otis Sterling this Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Riverside County Su ...

October 08, 2021
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Prosecution Opposes Defense Request for Mental Health Diversion for Man Charged with Arson – Judge Grants Help

Posted by Angie Madrid
|Date: July 25, 2021
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Prosecution Opposes Defense Request for Mental Health Diversion for Man Charged with Arson – Judge Grants Help

By Angie Madrid and Marilin Ayon RIVERSIDE, CA— Although there was debate here in Riverside County Supe ...

By Angie Madrid and Marilin Ayon RIVERSIDE, CA— Although there was debate here in Riverside County Superior Court last week between all parties about whether Axel Christian Vera should be allowed me ...

July 25, 2021
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Judge Questions How Mental Health Factored into Crime of Felon Getting Gun to Protect Kids

Posted by Koda Slingluff
|Date: June 18, 2021
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Judge Questions How Mental Health Factored into Crime of Felon Getting Gun to Protect Kids

By Serene Chang, Tatiana Gasca, and Koda Slingluff WOODLAND, CA – Defendant Richard Alvarado Segura sat ...

By Serene Chang, Tatiana Gasca, and Koda Slingluff WOODLAND, CA – Defendant Richard Alvarado Segura sat in the crossfire of prosecution and his own public defender here this week in Yolo County Super ...

June 18, 2021
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Court – Finally – Gets Mental Health Diversion for Defendant; It Just Took a While

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: September 04, 2020
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Court – Finally – Gets Mental Health Diversion for Defendant; It Just Took a While

By Heather Hamilton SACRAMENTO – It may have taken a month, but in the end Nicholas Shadrick received the ...

By Heather Hamilton SACRAMENTO – It may have taken a month, but in the end Nicholas Shadrick received the mental health help he needed. It was a somewhat long and winding road. Charged with battery in ...

September 04, 2020
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Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 13, 2020
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Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with mode ...

By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with modern prisons being compared to asylums (Treatment Advocacy Center), the MacArthur Foundation has ...

February 13, 2020
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Witnesses Testify on Behalf of Inmate’s Mental Health in PC 1001.36 Diversion Hearing

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 03, 2019
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Witnesses Testify on Behalf of Inmate’s Mental Health in PC 1001.36 Diversion Hearing

By Esmeralda Mendoza On Friday May 31 a hearing was held for Jason Charles Jones, a man charged with batt ...

By Esmeralda Mendoza On Friday May 31 a hearing was held for Jason Charles Jones, a man charged with battery on a person, and two witnesses, which included a doctor and social services worker, testifi ...

June 03, 2019
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Joint Statement Regarding the Bomb Threats on September 20, 2023

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Trial Set for Woman Charged with Multiple Robberies and Bodily Harm

Trial Set for Woman Charged with Multiple Robberies and Bodily Harm

‘Desperate’ Defendant Offers Guilty Plea in Last Effort to Proceed with Case

‘Desperate’ Defendant Offers Guilty Plea in Last Effort to Proceed with Case

Positive and Less Positive Cases for One Judge – One Man Praised in Mental Health Program, and Another Pleads in Arson Case

Positive and Less Positive Cases for One Judge – One Man Praised in Mental Health Program, and Another Pleads in Arson Case

Judge Orr Grants Mental Health Diversion for Veteran with Schizophrenia and PTSD

Judge Orr Grants Mental Health Diversion for Veteran with Schizophrenia and PTSD

Judge Denies Second Motion by Defense to Provide Mental Health Counseling

Judge Denies Second Motion by Defense to Provide Mental Health Counseling

Prosecution Opposes Defense Request for Mental Health Diversion for Man Charged with Arson – Judge Grants Help

Prosecution Opposes Defense Request for Mental Health Diversion for Man Charged with Arson – Judge Grants Help

Judge Questions How Mental Health Factored into Crime of Felon Getting Gun to Protect Kids

Judge Questions How Mental Health Factored into Crime of Felon Getting Gun to Protect Kids

Court – Finally – Gets Mental Health Diversion for Defendant; It Just Took a While

Court – Finally – Gets Mental Health Diversion for Defendant; It Just Took a While

Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

Witnesses Testify on Behalf of Inmate’s Mental Health in PC 1001.36 Diversion Hearing

Witnesses Testify on Behalf of Inmate’s Mental Health in PC 1001.36 Diversion Hearing

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