Articles by Rhonda Parker
January 2018
LIVELY TRIAL: Jury Hears Final Arguments in Shelter Cove Murder Case; Deliberations Begin
LIVELY TRIAL, CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Defense Attorney Rips Into District Attorney’s Case: Why Didn’t Prosecution Call Upon CHP Crash Investigators to Testify?
LIVELY TRIAL, CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Shelter Cove Murder Suspect Believed Victim Was Part of ‘Tweaker Network’ Always Stealing From Him, Says Prosecutor
Lasinksi Attorney Says State Should Be Held in Contempt for Making Her Client Wait So Long to Be Admitted to Mental Institution
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY ELEVEN: Victim Had ‘Toxic’ Levels of Meth in His Blood; Defense Rests
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY TEN: Defendant Spends Second Day on the Stand Denying Testimony of Police, Previous Victim, His Own Teenage Daughter
Psychiatrist Deems Accused Ferndale Cop-Shooter Mentally Incompetent; Prosecution Seeks Second Opinion
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY NINE: The Defendant Takes the Stand, in Tears; Says ‘I Wasn’t Looking for Any Trouble’
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY EIGHT: Accused Shelter Cove Murderer’s Ex Testifies He Was Abusive, Often Provoked Neighbors; Prosecution Rests
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY SEVEN: Jurors Hear About That Other Time Eric Lively Was Arrested For Attempting to Run Someone Over With His Truck
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY SIX: Police Testify That Fatal Collision Took Place in the Middle of the Road, Suggesting Victim May Have Been at Fault
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY FIVE: Police, Firefighter Testify About Victim’s Last Minutes, Subsequent Investigation
Judge Feeney Declines to Condemn Mentally Ill Arcata Man to Three Years in Prison
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY FOUR: Boss Testifies Accused Shelter Cove Murderer Said ‘He Might Go Kill His Neighbor’
Deer Poacher Shawn Hof Jr. Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Shooting at Game Warden
Blue Heron Arsonist Gets Two Years
Case for Ghost Storyteller Accused of Child Molestation Postponed; Two Judges Disqualified from Presiding
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY THREE: Trial Mysteriously Suspended, Jurors Sent Home
DA Seeks to File More Sexual Abuse Charges Against Former Cop Charged With Child Molestation
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY TWO: Daughter of Shelter Cove Murder Suspect Testifies, Says That Father Told Her Not to Call Police
Last Three Defendants in Manila Roadside Murder Plot Get Court Dates; Separate Trials to Begin in March
LIVELY TRIAL, DAY ONE: Shelter Cove Murder-by-Truck Trial Begins, With Prosecution and Defense Laying Out Dramatically Different Cases
Eureka Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stabbing a Guy With the Same Ex-Wife
Arcata Man With ‘Mental Health Issues’ Pleads Guilty to Felony Assault; In Exchange, Prosecutors Drop Over 150 Other Charges
Domenico Sentenced to Nine Years for Arson, Assault at Manila-Area Homeless Encampment Where He Lived
December 2017
Accused Ferndale Cop-Shooter Gets New Attorney; Preliminary Hearing Could Start as Soon as Next Week
Operator of Exploding Myrtletown Hash Lab Sentenced to 44 Months in Jail, Minus Time Served
Eureka Man Arrested For Vehicular Manslaughter, DUI Near Winco Thursday Out on Bail
November 2017
PG&E Gate-Crashing Suspect Skips Court Date; New Warrants Issued
‘Manila Five’ Suspect Flips: Fode Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter, Agrees to Testify Against Former Codefendants in Roadside Murder
Correctional Officer-Beating Suspect Arraigned on New Charge of Criminal Threats Against Different Deputy
McK DUI MURDER TRIAL: Judge Denies Defendant’s Request to Leave Jail to Move Motor Home
SoHum Man Gets 21 Years for Attempted Hammer Homicide
Judge Orders Embattled Public Defender to Answer For Attorney-Client Chaos in the Courthouse
Shelter Cove Murder Trial Likely Delayed While Suspect Waits on Insurance Settlement to Pay Accident-Reconstruction Expert
Trial of Marci Kitchen Put Off Until May 2018
Is Humboldt’s Public Defender Qualified for the Job? Visiting Judge Says She Will Issue a Ruling One Month From Today
McK DUI MURDER TRIAL: New Lawyer Exploring Different Defenses for Client Charged With Teenage Pedestrian’s Death; Prosecution Plans to Call Up to 40 Witnesses
Blue Heron Arson Suspect Pleads No Contest; Sentence Still to be Determined
Exonerated of Murder but Jailed Since 2015, Blue Lake Man Accepts Eight-Year Sentence for Vandalism, Drug Crimes
FODE FLIPS! Manila Murder Suspect Agrees to Testify Against Alleged Accomplice in Claros Killing
Hearing for Former Humboldt Correctional Deputy Accused of Molesting Children Pushed Back Until January
ANOTHER CONTINUANCE: Eureka Man Accused of Killing Roommate Has Preliminary Hearing Postponed
Oh Good. Nevada Law Enforcement is Gonna Come Pick Up Their Formerly McKinleyville-Based Triple Murder Suspect Soon
Plea Deal May Be in the Works For Accused Blue Heron Arsonist
October 2017
MORE COURT DELAYS: Hoopa, Shelter Cove Murder Cases Pushed Back
(VIDEO) Trial Delayed for McKinleyville Man Accused of Attempted Murder After Jammed Gun, Cash Register Tray-Wielding Clerk Thwart Eureka Liquor Store Robbery
Trial Delayed for Man Charged With Drunken Hit-and-Run Murder of 16-Year-Old McKinleyville Girl
McKinleyville Man Accused of Nevada Triple Murder is Still in Humboldt For Some Reason
Half of Accused Jail Deputy-Battering Duo Gets Trial Delayed, to the Evident Dismay of the Other Half
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