Courts

August 2017

Alleged Murder Plot Participant Stuck in Legal Limbo, as Regional Center for Developmentally Disabled Adults Declines to Serve Him

Billy Joe Giddings, Convicted of Arcata Murder, Has His Sentencing Delayed as Family Switches Lawyers

Judge May Reduce Charges in McCullens Motel Slaying; Defense Argues That Shooter Fired on Car, Not People

Woman Accused of Attacking Deputy After Crashing Through PG&E Gate Has Release Request Denied

Prosecution Enters Long List of Charges in Huge Visser Court Weed Ring Case; Also Seeks to Confiscate $80k

More on the Two Inmates Charged With Attacking a Humboldt Correctional Deputy

Woman Accused of Crashing Through PG&E Gate, Attacking Deputy While Under the Influence Appears in Court, Requests Supervised Release

Orick Woman Accused of Attempted Murder Cries in Court; Public Defender Enters Plea of ‘Not Guilty’

Eureka Murder Suspect Maxx Robison’s Hearing on New Drug Charges Delayed

Trial Date Set for Eureka Man Accused of Molesting Two Girls

Man Who Fled Police Carrying Loaded Handgun Through Downtown Eureka (Before Being Shot) Goes to Trial August 21

McCullen’s Motel Murder Suspect Now Faces New Drugs-In-Jail Charges; Motion to Drop Murder Case Delayed

July 2017

Arcata Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges on Condition He Be Placed on Probation

More Details Emerge During Accused Child Molester Chad Smith’s Preliminary Hearing; Arraignment Set for August

Alleged Victims of Eureka Businessman, Substitute Teacher and Accused Child Molester Chad Smith Testify in Pretrial Hearing

Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Her Own Infant Pleads Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity

DA’s Office Files Felony Charges Against Fortuna Dentist for Practicing Without a License

Former North Coast Journal Office Manager Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement Charges

Hearing for Accused Eureka Child Molester Delayed, Over the Objections of the Suspect

Arcata Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison For Sexual Assault; Defense’s Mental Illness Defense Fails to Sway Judge

Mother of Murdered Arcata Man Will Get Back $7K Seized by Police But Must Wait for Her Marijuana

Judge Says That Jurors in Goldberg Murder Trial May Hear Evidence in Spousal Abuse Case Against the Accused

DA’s Office Seeks Bigger Bail, Consolidation of Charges For Blue Lake Man Recently Acquitted of Murder

Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Infant Daughter May Plead Insanity

June 2017

Defending the Defender: Judge Issues Ruling in Favor of County’s Controversial Public Defender Hire, but Victory Could Be Short-Lived

Kyle Zoellner Appears in Court to Request Law Enforcement Return His Cell Phone, Laptops; Judge Says No

GIDDINGS-HUNTZIGER TRIAL: Two Defendants — One Guilty of Murder, the Other Acquitted — Both Shed Tears as Jury Rules on 2015 Arcata Killing

Giddings Convicted of Second-Degree Murder for 2015 Arcata Drug Killing; Huntzinger Acquitted on All Charges

Criminal Proceedings Against Ferndale Exorcist Mom Suspended; Clinical Psychologist Evaluation Ordered

Notorious Landlords Floyd and Betty Squires Challenge Small Claims Ruling, Promptly Get Denied

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER MURDER TRIAL: Weed Robbery or Bad Weed Deal? Defense Attorneys Highlight Witness Lies, Shady Actions in Closing Arguments

Ferndale Mom Accused of Performing Brutal Exorcism on Her Child Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder Charge

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER MURDER TRIAL: Giddings Takes the Stand, Explains Why He Shot Harrison During Marijuana Deal Gone Bad

Court Allows Jailed Murder Suspect Jon Goldberg to Visit With 7-Year-Old Son, Over Prosecution’s Objections

JUDGE AFFIRMS: Murder Suspect Jon Goldberg Will Also Face Charges of Threatening Wife With Gun

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER MURDER TRIAL: Jurors Shown Photos of Victim’s Gunshot Wound as Trial Winds Down

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER MURDER TRIAL: Mother of Victim Admits on Stand That She Asked a Friend to Hold Off Calling 911

Trial Date Set for Last Year’s Roadside Slaying in Manila; Four Defendants to Stand Trial in November

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER MURDER TRIAL: Mother of Victim Takes the Stand, Describes String of Failed Weed Deals That Preceded Killing

Preliminary Hearing for Businessman and Substitute Teacher Accused of Child Molestation Pushed Back to July

Marci Kitchen Trial Date Set for November; Full Proceedings Expected to Last One Month

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER MURDER TRIAL: Caregiver Confirms That He and Victim’s Mom Hid the Weed While Trevor Harrison Died

Lively Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering Neighbor With His Truck; Trial Date Set in Shelter Cove Slaying

GIDDINGS-HUNTZINGER DAY TWO: Witness Describes 2015 Killing in Arcata’s Sunset Neighborhood

‘You Will Find Them Guilty of Murder’: Trial in 2015 Arcata Drug Killing Finally Gets Underway With Opening Statements From Prosecution, Defense

Officially a ‘Nuisance’: Judge Rules For Neighbors in Mass Small Claims Suit Against Squires Family

May 2017

Psych Report Could Determine Whether Arcata Woman Faces Criminal Charges for Death of Daughter

McCullens Motel Murder Suspect Moves to Have Charges Dropped

Once Suspected in Manila Murder Plot, Hector Godoy-Standley Instead Referred to Facility Serving the Developmentally Disabled

Additional Charges Filed Against Marci Kitchen During Today’s Arraignment; Trial Date to Be Decided in June

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