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Who let the dogs out? Joey did…

It was nearly 11 pm last Thursday, June 25, when someone noticed that the dogs from the Mendocino County Animal Shelter, in south Ukiah, were loose. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched,

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Ukiah shooting nearly kills 12-year-old

Jaime Rodriguez Jr. of Ukiah just turned 19 last month, and he has already been in a lot of trouble. He had been arrested once each month from the beginning

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Good fences made a bad neighbor

Robert Frost used the line “Good fences make good neighbors” in his poem “Mending Wall”, but what if a neighbor steals your fence? The town of Caspar is a small

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Redding couple caught, this time in Mendocino County

Donald Gordon Powell and Lawanda Jean Parks seem to have gotten together in Redding, though they both currently reside south of the city. Powell, 34, lives in Cottonwood, south of

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Hitchhiker arrested for stealing man’s car

A young man living in the rural hills of Westport picked up a woman hitchhiker, and after he dropped her off, she came back and tried to steal his car.

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Problem man in Point Arena

Point Arena is the home of one of the world famous Northern California lighthouses that hug the Mendocino County shore and bring tourists to explore the beautiful scenery and historic,

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Redwood Valley man arrested for rape of local woman

Chadley Joe Gott-Simmons was someone well known to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s office. He’s a long time resident of Redwood Valley, the small town of under 2000 just north of

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Bi-coastal drug dealer arrested in Mendocino County

Adam Michael Kendall has been in trouble in both California and New Jersey, and is now sitting with attempted murder charges in the Mendocino County Jail. Kendall is known as

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Young couple arrested for stolen truck, drugs, weapons

18-year-old Christopher Sean France was no doubt nervous as he drove through Willits with 23-year-old Amanda Grace Jewell. It was 2 am early Sunday, after the pair had likely spent time

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Convict makes a break on work crew detail

You’ve probably seen them on the side of the road. Inmate work crews clearing trash and debris from the roadside, wearing orange safety vests and often with “INMATE” written on