Courts

May 2017

KITCHEN PRELIMINARY HEARING: Marci Kitchen’s Son Testifies That His Mother Killed His Sister and Her Friend While Drunk, Then Tried to Cover Up the Crime

KITCHEN PRELIMINARY HEARING: Kitchen Told Friend She ‘Hit the Girls,’ Initially Thought She’d Hit a Deer, CHP Officer Testifies; Collision Scene Described

Shelter Cove Man Charged With Murder For Intentionally Striking, Killing Pedestrian

ARCATA MURDER HEARING: Kyle Zoellner to Be Released After Judge Reinholtsen Rules Not Enough Evidence to Hold Him For Stabbing Death of Josiah Lawson

Judge Dismisses Case Against Kyle Zoellner, McKinleyville Man Arrested in Stabbing Death of HSU Student David Josiah Lawson

ARCATA MURDER HEARING: More Testimony on the Knife Found at the Scene; Lawson’s Friend Testifies He Saw Zoellner Drop Something Shiny

ARCATA MURDER HEARING: Friends Testify on ‘Girl Fight’ Between Lawson and Zoellner’s Girlfriends Prior to Fatal Stabbing

ARCATA MURDER HEARING: Witness Testifies That Lawson and Zoellner Were Grappling as the Victim Bled; Police Officer Describes Chaotic Crime Scene

ARCATA MURDER HEARING: First Witnesses Cast Doubt on Whether the Police Department’s Suspect Could Have Stabbed Victim; More Testimony Coming Tomorrow

April 2017

Fortuna Murder Suspect Jon Goldberg’s Wife Held in Contempt for Refusing to Testify; Wife’s Friend Provides Testimony About Alleged Spousal Abuse

Jury Finds Fortuna House Burglary Duo Guilty as Charged, DA Says; They’re Looking at Up to Six Years and Possibly a Bit More

Goldberg Hearing Delayed Again; Wife of Suspect in Slaying of Fortuna Firefighter Unable to Make Court Date

KITCHEN CASE: After Much Delay, Five-Day Pretrial Hearing of Accused Drunk-Driving Killer of Two Teenage Girls Will Start May 8

Zoellner Pleads Not Guilty to Arcata Stabbing Murder; Bail Set at $1 Million

Trial of Woman Accused of Killing Infant Daughter Pushed Back, After New Evidence Comes to Light

Once Again, Attorney Asks Court to Drop Murder Charges Against Nicholas Leigl for 2014 Gang Killing of 14-Year-Old Boy

In Response to $1.44 Million Claim in Adult Protective Services Case, County Counter-Offers Less than $2,500

Trial Date Set for Two Men Charged in 2015 Murder and Home-Invasion Robbery

Attorney Allison Jackson Files $1.44 Million Claim Against County Over Adult Protective Services Case

Dinsmore Man Pleads Guilty to Wrecking the Environment for His Megagrow; Could Face Four and a Half Years in the Clink, DA Says

Neighbors Unload on ‘Evil Slumlords’ Floyd and Betty Squires in Closing Arguments of Small Claims Case

‘Manila Five’ Murder Trial Scheduled for May; More Charges Added to One Suspect’s Case This Morning

Trial for Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Baby Starts This Month

Jury to Hear Testimony About Murder Suspect Nickolas Johnson Firing at DA Investigators Coming to Arrest Him

March 2017

Audubon Society, Others File Suit to Stop Humboldt Bay Oyster Farm Expansion

Parents of Manila Homicide Victim Discuss the Unproven Molestation Claims that Motivated their Son’s Alleged Killers

Preliminary Hearing Set For Arcata Man Accused of Uploading, Hoarding Child Pornography

All Five Manila Killing Suspects to Stand Trial for Murder, Carjacking, Judge Rules Today

‘They Set Him Up to Be Killed’: Sheriff’s Investigator Relays Testimony of Jailhouse Informant in Manila Murder Case

Surprise in ‘Manila Five’ Murder Plot Trial; Eyewitness Identifies Shooter, and It’s Not the Man Charged With the Crime

Murder Suspect Nikolas Johnson, Who Was Shot By Investigators in Eureka Firefight, Will Stand Trial Later This Month

Marci Kitchen Surrenders Passport, Receives Court Permission to Travel to Oregon for Boyfriend’s Grandmother’s Birthday Party

Fortuna Murder Suspect Jon Goldberg’s Legal Team Continues to Push for Closed Courtroom for Hearing on Wife-Beating Charges

Marci Kitchen Has 48 Hours to Hand Over Her Passport

Fortuna Murder Suspect Jon Goldberg’s Attorney Asks Judge For Closed Hearing

Eureka Man Convicted of Setting Off Fireworks, Laying Down Spike Strip at Ex-Wife’s Attorney’s Home

Accused Murder Suspects in Eureka, Fortuna Shootings Both Appear in Court

Kitchen Trial Delayed Again; Preliminary Hearing on Manslaughter Charges Against Fortuna Mom Now Scheduled For May, Expected to Last Five Days

Eureka Man’s Murder Trial Pushed Back to April; Prosecution Will Try for the Third Time to Make Murder Charges Stick in Alleged Gang Killing of 14-Year-Old

Would-Be Burglar Who Was Beat Up by Liquor Store Clerk Will Stand Trial on Attempted Murder Charges in June

Del Norte Jury Convicts Serial Sex Offender of Molesting 15-Year-Old Girl, Providing Her With Methamphetamine

February 2017

Suspect in 2016 Armed Robbery Spree Set for Early Trial

HSU Student Sentenced to One Year for DUI Manslaughter; Ruling Upsets Supporters of Convicted Man and Victim Alike

Maxx Robison Held to Answer on Murder Charges; Defense Says He Only Intended to Shoot Up Empty Car When 19-Year-Old Women Was Killed

McCullens Motel Murder Trial: While Witnesses Detail the Boring Night of Drug Jonesing That Led to Shooting of 19-Year-Old Girl, Additional Victim Refuses to Testify

Clayton Lee Lasinski Gets April Trial Date; Armed Man Who Fled Eureka Police and Was Shot in the Chest Could Face 40 Years

Surprise Witness Delays Hearing on New Spousal Battery Charges for Accused Murderer Jon Goldberg

Trial Date Set for SoHum Man Accused of Opening Fire on Occupied Trailer in Garberville

Jury Finds McKinleyville Woman Guilty of Transporting Heroin

‘Manila Five’ Murder Plot Suspects Will Stand Trial Together; Hearing Scheduled for Next Month

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