Fines of $27,000 issued by Trinity County in a marijuana code enforcement case were overturned by Judge Elizabeth Johnson in Trinity County Superior Court. County officials had claimed that Armando Morales, a local landowner, was in violation of several code violations related to the cultivation of marijuana, but Judge Johnson dismissed the case.Read More
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The murder trial of a man accused of carrying out a fatal drive-by shooting last July in Clearlake is under way. On Friday opening statements took place and the first witnesses were called in the trial of Billy Raymond Mount, 36, of Clearlake, who is accused of the July 2015 shooting that claimed the life of 40-year-old Steven Galvin, also of Clearlake.Read More
LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Friday, at the end of several weeks of testimony, the case of a man on trial for a fatal 2015 shooting in Clearlake was handed over to the jury. The closing arguments in the murder trial of Billy Raymond Mount, 36, of...Read More
LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Thursday a jury acquitted a Clearlake man who was charged with animal cruelty in the September death of his dog. James Harley Thomas Miranda, 40, was found not guilty on all counts – animal cruelty by torture...Read More
Mistrial Declared In Eureka Child-Molestation Case After Jury Can't Reach Conclusion with two or three jurors holding out for acquittal, a mistrial was declared today in the child-molestation trial of...Read More
