A Northern California man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the 2016 drowning of his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a Catholic church..
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) A Northern California man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the 2016 drowning of his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a Catholic church.
Gerardo Mendoza, 47.
A Northern California man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the 2016 drowning of his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a Catholic church..
Former California Mayor Gets 6 Years for Molesting 11-Year-Old Girl
On 7/28/21 at 7:50 PM EDT
A former California mayor has been sentenced to six years in prison for molesting an 11-year-old girl.
On Tuesday, David Cook, 55, was found guilty of molesting the victim, who was referred to as Jane Doe, over the course of two months. Judge Robert LaForge in Sonoma County Superior Court decided to hand Cook the sentence based on impact statements from the victim, her stepmother, and father, as well as Cook s wife and legal team. The suffering [Jane Doe] has endured is heartbreaking, said the girl s stepmother. She is not the same person she was before [Cook] molested her.and she wonders if she can ever trust any man again the rest of her life.
Ex-Sonoma County deputy asks judge to keep evidence against him secret
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Charles Blount, self-surrendered on involuntary manslaughter charges following the death of David Ward. Sonoma County Sheriff s Office.
A former California sheriff’s deputy indicted by a grand jury on a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter in the death of a man after a high-speed chase asked a judge to keep secret the evidence against him.
The grand jury decided in October that former Sonoma County deputy Charles Blount should stand trial in the 2019 death of David Ward, who died in a struggle with Blount after the chase. Grand jury proceedings are held outside the public view.