Category: Del Norte County
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Should Judges Schafer, Follett and CEO Linderman Be Behind Bars?
By Donna Westfall… In an unprecedented turnaround in an eight-year-long-legal struggle, Wesley Nunn, has filed a Claim for $5 million with the Judicial Branch of the Government, and a request for an investigation against Judges Schafer, Follet, and CEO Sandra Linderman. Quote by Wes, “Whenever I go out of this County I win. Whenever I…
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JUAN RAMIREZ MAKES APPEARANCE IN COURT ON BEHALF OF JOEY YOUNG
By Linda Sutter… Joey Young was to appear in court this afternoon for his arraignment. Representative Mike Riese appeared on Young’s behalf. Riese informed the Judge that District Attorney Trigg, who is currently on vacation, gave Joey Young permission to continue the arraignment process, however DA Trigg was not even available by telephone to verify this matter and…
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New Campaign To Stop Police From Stealing Innocent People’s Property
Credit to Nick Wing at Huff Post/Politics In most states, to reclaim seized property, owners must prove it is not connected to criminal activity, effectively inverting the American legal principle that suspects are innocent until proven guilty. While seizing assets of those involved in criminal activities is an effective tool for law enforcement, abuse happens…
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Another Lousy Grand Jury Experience
NOTE BY EDITOR, Donna Westfall: This goes hand-in-glove with my article, Grand Jury System Broken? published March 23, 2013. Dated Friday, December 5, 2014 TO: Judge William Follett Subject: The Grand Jury I have waited a few days to collect my thoughts and have decided to contact you directly to express my extreme disappointment and…
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Part 5: BlackHawk Pistol Story – Stealing From the Public?
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – June 5, 2015 Why aren’t the bad guys in jail? Where we left off on Parts 1 through 4 of this story: On August 18, 2011, County resident, Dave Egan, had his door bashed in by a SWAT type operation of the Sheriffs Department, beaten unconscious, and the only item…
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Part 2: Missing Documents from Superior Court Files?
By Donna Westfall On May 10th, we published an article, “Do Court Documents ‘Disappear’ From Court Files?” What if the “missing” documents weren’t missing at all, but were intentionally pulled from the files? Judge Follett has authorized that I (Jamie McCubbin, Judicial Assistant, Del Norte Superior Court) release the following statement to you on his…
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Do Court Documents “Disappear” From Court Files?
By Donna Westfall On Thursday, May 7th, Judge Leslie Nichols, from Santa Clara County, 400 miles away, dismissed most of Dave Egan’s civil action against the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department. Judge Nichols had little choice because a crucial document (a declaration of service of summons) was missing from the court file. As I have…
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Response to BlackHawk Pistol Story Parts 1 – 4
OPINION PIECE BY ED HANSON “God’s Not Here Today” For those were the words touted and declared in a demonic tone emanating from one of the Del Norte Sheriff’s deputies while Dave Egan was reciting, The Lord’s Prayer, (that infamous day back in August 2011 under the late regime of former sheriff Dean Wilson at my friends home), as Dave…
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The Fred Hansen Story – When and How to File A Complaint With The Sheriff’s Office: Part 2
By Donna Westfall At 11:30 am, Wednesday, February 19th, Fred Hansen was awoken from sleep by two Sheriff’s Deputies. They asked him if he could accompany them to the Sheriff’s Department to discuss his complaint filed on January 21st against Det. Richard Griffin. Fred complied, but first he contacted me by phone. I was in…
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BlackHawk Pistol Story – Part 4. The Unsung Hero
BY DONNA WESTFALL Where we left off on Part 1, 2 and 3 of this story: County resident, Dave Egan, had his door bashed in by a SWAT type operation of the Sheriffs Department, beaten unconscious, and the only item named on the warrant was never found in the raid (the BlackHawk Pistol). Yet these Sheriffs…