Courts
October 2016
JURY SERVICE DEADBEATS! We Are Going to Start Sending the Cops After You, Court Says
Local Officials Meet With Angry Pine Hill Residents to Address Problems at Former Senior Home
September 2016
Judge Allows Eviction Proceedings to Continue Against Alleged Squatters at Former Senior Home
Eureka Neighborhood Up In Arms As Former Senior Home Overrun by Alleged Squatters
Marci Kitchen Arraigned for Killing Her Daughter, Another Teen in Hit-and-Run
Eureka Police Shooting Death Case Heads to Trial
August 2016
Whitethorn Woman Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Trespass Grow on the King Range
June 2016
Man Who Wielded Machete to Carjack a Pizza Deliveryman Convicted of Multiple Felonies
DA Maggie Fleming Has Hired 11 Deputies Since Taking Office
May 2016
(UPDATED) Gary Lee Bullock Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Priest Murder
April 2016
Bullock Withdraws Plea of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Bringing Trial to an Abrupt End
Sidestepping a Legal Threat, County Counsel Agrees to Ignore Reproductive FACT Act
Bullock Found Guilty on All Counts
Jury Misses a Day; Deliberations in Bullock Trial to Continue Next Week
Man Sues Wild Planet For Allegedly Under-filling Tuna Cans
Still Deliberating, Bullock Jury Reviews Security Video Clip in Open Court
Attorneys Finish Closing Statements; Bullock Case Now in Hands of Jury
Deliberate Crime or Psychotic Breakdown? Attorneys Make Closing Arguments in Bullock Murder Trial
March 2016
Bullock’s Insanity Defense Undercut as Drug Abuse History Revealed in Court
Autopsy Photos Show Brutality of Father Freed’s Death; People Rest Their Case Against Bullock
Bullock’s DNA Found on Father Freed’s Body; Freed’s DNA Found on Bullock’s Clothes
Jurors See Photos of Father Freed’s Battered Body; Bullock’s Fingerprints Found Nearby
Jury Watches Chilling Security Camera Footage of Bullock on Night of Father Freed Murder
‘Bullock Intentionally Killed Father Freed,’ Prosecutor Argues in Priest Murder Case
Witnesses Retrace Trail of Evidence in Bullock Murder Trial
February 2016
In Recorded Phone Call, Bullock Pleaded With His Grandma to Put Her House Up for His Bail
Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Gary Lee Bullock, Accused of Murdering Catholic Priest
Gay Couples Sue St. Joseph Hospital for Discrimination
January 2016
Another Humboldt Judge Regularly Submitted Fake Paperwork to Get Paid, State Commission Finds
Victims Give Emotional Testimony at Jason Warren Sentencing Hearing
December 2015
County Courts Borrow $110,000 to Handle Surge in Homicide Cases
Jury Finds Warren Guilty on All Counts
Defense Sprinkles Piecemeal Doubts in Closing Argument of Warren Double-Murder Trial
‘He Tortured Her to Death’ Prosecutor Argues in Closing Statement for Warren Double-Murder Trial
November 2015
Warren Trial, Day 11: Both the Prosecution and Defense Rest
Warren Trial, Day 10: Doctor Details Brain Injuries of Hit-and-Run Victims
Warren Trial, Day Nine: Murders Foreshadowed by Similar Crimes a Decade Earlier
Warren Trial, Day Eight: The DNA Matches, But Warren’s Wife Stops Short of Positive ID
Warren Trial, Day Seven: The Autopsies
Warren Trial, Day Six: The Evidence Mounts
Warren Trial, Day Five: ‘The Type of Scream You Hear in a Horror Movie’
Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Witness Who Wandered Off During the Warren Trial
Warren Trial, Day Four: Security Footage, Samurai Swords and a Vanishing Witness
Jury Sees Photos of Battered, Blood-Smeared Kia on Day Three of Warren Trial
Attorneys Spar Over Evidence Before Warren’s Health Forces Early Recess in Double-Murder Case
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