Articles by Rhonda Parker
April 2022
Plea From Mother of Bear River Murderer Delayed; Can She be Charged as an Accomplice in Humboldt if She Didn’t Learn About the Crime Until They Reached Shasta?
TODAY in COURT: Fieldbrook Kneeland Murder Suspect Says He Wants to Hire His Own Lawyer
Kneeland Homicide Suspect Transferred Back to Humboldt, Will Be Arraigned Next Week
Ettersburg Killer Ryan Tanner Sentenced to 39 Years, but Will be Released Earlier; Friends, Family Members Testify
Second Suspect Must Stand Trial in Hoopa Valley Roadside Murder, Judge Rules
Ulisses Rodriguez Sentenced to Life in Prison for the Murders of Jeremy Kuemmel and Tiffany Ellebrecht
March 2022
Sentencing Delayed for Man Who Bit Off Arcata Officer’s Thumb; Judge Decides to Wait For Out-of-State Mental Health Records
CHRISTIE CASE: Rancher Battling Cancer as Second Trial Looms
TODAY in COURT: Eureka Murder Suspect Jason Miller has New Charges Added at Arraignment; Moore Trial Date Set
TANNER CASE: Judge Drops Arson Charge Against Suspect in Ettersburg Homicide, but the Trial on Kidnapping and Murder Charges is Scheduled to Start Monday
TODAY in COURT: Man Convicted of Rio Dell Murder May Finally be Sentenced Next Month; Alderpoint Murder Suspect Scheduled for Preliminary Hearing
MILLER PRELIM: Murder Suspect Can Stand Trial, Judge Rules, Despite the Fact That No Body Has Been Found
MILLER PRELIM: Witnesses Say Suspect in Eureka Murder Showed Them Victim’s Body, Confessed to Dismembering and Burying Her
Thumb Biter Found Guilty on All Counts; Judge Declines to Jail Defense Attorney for Poor Behavior During Trial
‘He Brought the APD to its Knees,’ Boasts Defense Attorney Of Client Who Bit Off Officer’s Thumb; Jury Begins Deliberations
February 2022
Testimony Wraps in Case of Arcata Man Accused of Biting Off Cop’s Thumb; Defense Attorney Reprimanded For Mocking Officers
Bear River Triple Murderer Gets 150-to-Life Sentence as Relatives of the Deceased Speak Their Truths; Killer Can Apply For Parole in 25 Years
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Guilty On All Charges, Says Juror; Convicted Double Murderer Could Face Life in Prison
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Jury Still Out After First Day of Deliberations
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Defense Lays Out Alternative Theory of the Double Murder as the Case Goes to the Jury
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Defense Calls First Witness, Who Cast Some Doubt on the Question of Whether a Previous Witness’s Nickname is ‘Baretta’ or ‘Berrara’
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Medical Examiner, Other Evidence Specialists Testify to Manner of Victims’ Deaths
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: More Witnesses Testify to Suspect’s Actions in Wake of Double Murder; Language Barrier Causes Complications
January 2022
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Text Messages Suggest SoHum Murder Suspect Was Planning to Rob His Own Grow Operation, Prosecution Argues
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Accused Murderer Spent the Days After Killing Searching for New Cars and Reading About the Crime, Investigator Testifies
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Detective Describe How They Tracked Down Double Murder Suspect and a Witness
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: Terrified Witness Describes Being Forced to Handle Bodies at Gunpoint
RODRIGUEZ TRIAL: First Testimony in SoHum Double Murder Trial Describes How the Burning Vehicle and Bodies Inside Were Found
TODAY in COURT: Two Local Murder Cases Moving Forward
Teenage Driver in Fatal Hoopa DUI Collision Released From Jail With No Charges Filed Yet
CHRISTIE CASE: Judge Shoots Down Arcata Rancher’s Motion to Throw Out Evidence, Dismiss Animal Cruelty Charges
TODAY in COURT: Bear River Triple-Murderer’s Sentencing Delayed; Double-Murder Trial Over SoHum Couple’s 2018 Deaths Scheduled to Start Next Week
Parolee Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ of Attempted Murder of Police Officers in Car-Ramming Case; Bail Set at More Than $1.5M
TODAY in COURT: Eureka Robber Sentenced to 10 Years; Hearing for Highway 96 Murder Suspect Rescheduled Due to Lack of Courtroom Space
Friends and Family of Alderpoint Murder Victim Pack Courtroom as Suspect is Arraigned
CHRISTIE CASE: Defense Presents Aggressive Case for Charges to be Dismissed, Based on Allegations of Police Evidence Tampering
December 2021
CHRISTIE CASE: Judge Rules That Local Deputy Acted Properly When Photographing Dead or Dying Animals During Federal Search of Rancher’s Property
TODAY in COURT: Manslaughter-by-Fentanyl Suspect Declines to Show Up for Hearing; Suspect in Package Thefts Released on Own Recognizance
TODAY in COURT: Fortuna Man Gets Year in Jail For Shooting at Kids Allegedly Harassing Him
TODAY in COURT: SoHum Murder Suspect Gets Trial Date for Separate Kidnapping Case; Man Convicted of Rio Dell Murder Will be Tried For Welfare Fraud Allegedly Committed While in Jail
November 2021
TODAY in COURT: Eureka Man Sentenced to 12 Years For Old Town Knife Slaying
Jurors in Ray Christie’s Second Trial Will Get to Hear About the Hundreds of Carcasses Found on His Properties, Judge Rules
Mom of Bear River Murderer and Her Boyfriend Charged With Being Accessories After the Fact
Judge Gives Four-Year Sentence to Man Who Killed Good Samaritan in Burre Center Skateboard Attack, but With Time Served He Could Be Out in as Little as a Year
McKinleyville Woman Who Drove Through Black Lives Matter Protest Gets Informal Probation, Community Service, $79 Fine
October 2021
McKinleyville Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Shooting a Man in the Groin, Then Kidnapping His Own Wife
GUILTY: Teenage Suspect in Bear River Triple Murder Pleads to Three Murder Charges, Will Be Sentenced in January
Fortuna Man Pleads Guilty to Assault in ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ Case in Which a Kid Was Shot in the Leg
Convicted Pig Slayer Gets Three Years For Other Crimes Committed While Released From Jail
Crooked Humboldt County Building Inspector Sentenced to a Year in Jail
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