Articles by Rhonda Parker
September 2020
Second Teenager Arraigned on Murder Charge, Held on $1M Bail for July 20 Slaying of Hoopa Man
Grieving Relatives Speak in Court Before Man Who Killed Their Loved One in Orick is Sentenced to 20 Years to Life
Second Teenager Arrested in Connection With Alleged Hoopa Murder
Teenager Will Stand Trial for Roadside Murder on Highway 96, Judge Rules
Eureka Man Will Answer For Murder Charges in 2018 Skateboard Attack on Good Samaritan
Judge Denies Jail Release for Man Accused of Attempted Murder Following Residential Robbery
Preliminary Hearing for Hoopa Murder Suspect Brought to Halt After New Witnesses Emerge
Teenage Witnesses Provide Conflicting Accounts in Hoopa Homicide Hearing
Bail Set at $2.4 Million For Hoopa Teen Accused of Murdering Man After Car Accident on Highway 96
August 2020
Hoopa Teen Charged With Murder, Potentially Faces Two Life Terms
Judge Sentences Arcata Man to 11 Years to Life for Attempted Murder, More Than a Year After a Jury Convicted Him of the Crime
Last of the ‘Manila Five’ Defendants Changes Plea to Guilty, Looks Set to Receive 13-Year Sentence for Carjacking
Orick Man Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder for Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend’s Boyfriend to Death
Orick Murder Suspect Accepts Plea Deal With District Attorney’s Office
TODAY in COURT: Date Set for Attorney’s Suit Against Judge for Alleged Abuse; Rio Dell Murder Suspect Heading to Trial Next Month
July 2020
Suspect in March Homicide Near Ettersburg is Sane Enough to Face Charges, Judge Rules
TODAY in COURT: Pig Slayer Ordered to Pay $4,000 in Restitution; Yet Another Murder Suspect Deemed Mentally Incompetent
Suspect in Rio Dell Murder Will Answer to Charges, Though Judge Calls Evidence Against Him ‘Not Strong’; Charges Against Man’s Girlfriend Dropped
AUBREY CASE: Judge Rules That Hoopa Man Who Shot, Killed Sister Was Insane at the Time of the Killing
Judge Denies City Councilmember’s Request for Restraining Order Against Hotheaded Critic
AUBREY TRIAL: In Closing Arguments, Lawyers Present Their Cases For or Against the Accused Murderer’s Sanity
AUBREY TRIAL: Testimony Ends With Second Doctor Testifying That Accused Murderer Was Legally Insane at the Time He Allegedly Shot His Sister; Closing Arguments Due Monday
AUBREY TRIAL, DAY TWO, PART TWO: Second Psychologist Says Suspect Was Insane When He Shot His Sister
TODAY in COURT: Trial Date Set for Man Accused of Stabbing Another Outside Arcata Bar; Latest on Rancher’s Animal Cruelty Retrial, Eureka Attorney Accused of Trafficking
AUBREY TRIAL, DAY TWO: Psychologist Testifies That Suspect Was Mentally Ill — But Not Legally Insane — at the Time of His Sister’s Murder
AUBREY CASE: On First Day of Trial, Testimony Points to Deep Trauma and Mental Illness in Man Charged With Murdering His Sister
TODAY in COURT: Tennessee Man Charged With Beating Mentally Ill Person to Death in an Old Town Alley May Not be Mentally Competent, Defense Attorney Believes
June 2020
TODAY in COURT: July Trial Date Set for Hoopa Man Accused of Murdering Sister; Cooperating Witness in Manila Murder Plot Can’t be Sentenced Yet
‘A Tragedy for All Those Involved’: Eureka Woman Held to Answer for Killing Her Son
MILLSAP PRELIM: Deceased Teen Had Previously Assaulted Grandmother, Mother, Mother’s Boyfriend and Had Repeatedly Threatened Their Lives, According to Testimony
MILLSAP PRELIM: Police Investigator Testifies About the Fight That Led to a Eureka Mother Allegedly Shooting, Killing Her 17-Year-Old Son Earlier This Year
TODAY in COURT: Rio Dell Murder Suspects Scheduled for Preliminary Hearing; Accused Ferndale Cop-Shooter Deemed Mentally Capable of Standing Trial
Suspect in Eureka Murder, Two Other Recent Stabbings Ruled Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial
TODAY in COURT: Last of Manila Murder Plot Defendants Scheduled for August Trial; Hearing Delayed for Eureka Attorney Accused of Drug Trafficking
COURT ROUNDUP: Mck Woman to Plead Guilty to Manslaughter; Hoopa Man’s Murder Trial Set to Begin; More Updates
Judge Drops Sex Trafficking Charges Against Accused Eureka Man; Suspect Will Still Stand Trial for Rape and Sodomy of a Minor
TODAY in COURT: Preliminary Hearing for Eureka Sex Trafficking Suspect Underway
Virtual Preliminary Hearing Set Up for Eureka Man Accused of Sex Abuse, Trafficking; Proceedings Will Be Broadcast on YouTube
Criminal Proceedings Against Campton Road Murder Suspect Delayed After Attorney Questions His Mental Competence
Maxx Robison Sentenced to 23 Years to Life for 2016 Murder Outside McCullens Motel
May 2020
Sentencing of Convicted Murderer Maxx Robison Postponed After He Requests to Appear in Person Rather Than Via Video
TODAY in COURT: Sex Trafficking Suspect Gets to Keep Lawyer, Who Faces His Own Criminal Charges; Eureka, Rio Dell Killings Also on Docket
TODAY in COURT: Strange Days for Justice, as Pets Parade Behind Zoom Calls and a Defendant Demands a More Speedy Hearing
TODAY in COURT: Defense Attorney Disqualifies Himself From Rio Dell Murder Case; Sole Remaining Defendant in Manila Murder Plot Sees Trial Postponed
TODAY in COURT: A Parade of Murder Suspects Passes Through Virtual Court to See Their Cases Delayed
March 2020
22-Year-Old Hoopa Resident Pleads Guilty to 2015 Valley West Stabbing Murder
Eureka Attorney Arrested and Accused of Maintaining a Drug House Gets Arraignment Delay While He Challenges Charges
Four Years Later, Eureka Man Pleads Guilty to Drive-by Shooting Murder
‘No Salvation’: Victim’s Family Reacts as Three of the ‘Manila Five’ Receive Sentences
Teenage Dinsmore Man Who Was Convicted of Murdering Foster Father Given 18 to Life
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