Archive for December, 2011
Man Convicted of Sex with Chihuahua Must Register on Sex Offender List
Sam Cohen FOX40 News 2:26 PM PST, December 23, 2011 SACRAMENTO COUNTY A Sacramento man convicted of having sex with a Chihuahua will have to register on the sex offender registry. Robert Edward De Shields was sentenced to ten years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration. De Shields, who is confined to a wheelchair, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )State high court revises parole appeal guidelines
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer SF Chronicle Friday, December 30, 2011 California courts have been too quick to second-guess decisions by the parole board and the governor that deny release to convicted murderers and other life prisoners, the state Supreme Court said Thursday. The court was responding to a series of lower-court decisions that followed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Parolee Released Early Due to Overcrowding Kills in Home Envasion Robbery
Derrik Blanton had his parole revoked on 10/6/11 and was sentenced to 6 months in jail (jail instead of prison because of new public safety realignment law). His release date was supposed to be 1/6/12, but Butte County released early due to overcrowding (due to public safety realignment law). He is sought in the shooting [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )California could lose 1,500 inmate firefighters
A prison realignment program will send low-level offenders to county jails, depriving the state of using them to help clear brush, cut fire lines and stop infernos from spreading. By Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times 8:22 PM PST, December 24, 2011 Reporting from Sacramento When Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature shifted responsibility for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Parolee hiding from SWAT team falls from ceiling
The Associated Press Published Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A California parolee hiding from a SWAT team has fallen through the ceiling and into the arms of officers who lobbed tear gas into the attic. The San Bernardino County Sun ( http://bit.ly/sdZZ3d) says 22-year-old Tommy Nelson barricaded himself inside a stranger’s apartment [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Probation reports on realignment; concerns raised for public safety
Written by Elizabeth Larson Thursday, 15 December 2011 LAKEPORT, Calif. – County supervisors this week received an update on the state’s correctional realignment and what it means for Lake County, with the county’s acting chief probation officer warning of serious health and safety implications for community residents. On Tuesday, acting Chief Probation Officer Steve Buchholz [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )CA parolee back on parole despite lewd gestures
The Associated Press Posted: 12/13/2011 04:56:37 PM PST Updated: 12/13/2011 04:56:37 PM PST SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A California inmate is back on medical parole despite committing lewd acts days after he was first released in November. Fifty-six-year-old Peter Post was sent to a San Diego-area long-term care facility Nov. 3 after he was found to be permanently physically incapacitated [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )California’s county jails struggle to house influx of state prisoners
Los Angeles Times Published Friday, Dec. 09, 2011 LOS ANGELES — The early release of inmates in some parts of California is accelerating as officials at county jails struggle to accommodate state prisoners flowing into their facilities. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department planned to begin releasing about 150 inmates Friday because of overcrowding in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Inmates set to be freed
Prison realignment leading to overcrowding Mike Cruz, Staff Writer Contra Costa Times Posted: 12/08/2011 07:43:30 PM PST Updated: 12/09/2011 06:33:41 PM PST One-hundred-fifty parole violators could get an early release from county jails in the next several days so deputies can handle jail overcrowding that the Sheriff’s Department says is due to state prison-realignment plans.The county inmates [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )County jail, probation dept. challenged by realignment
By Skye Kinkade Mount Shasta Area Newspapers Posted Dec 07, 2011 @ 12:05 PM Siskiyou County, Calif. — Two months after the state’s public safety realignment plan went into effect, Siskiyou County is seeing an influx of inmates at a rate faster than expected. With limited resources at the Siskiyou County Probation Department and a [...]
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