Tuesday, 05 June 2007 01:37
Murder Suspect David Jackson In Court Last Friday
The man accused of murder,
elder abuse and receiving stolen property appeared in court late last week.
Ione resident, David
Jackson is facing charges related to both stealing from and then brutally
murdering 73 year old John Baker of Ione last summer on July 26th. Jackson's court appearance was brief
as his trial readiness conference was continued until June 11th @ 2 p.m.
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Monday, 04 June 2007 02:43
126th Annual Italian Picnic Now In The History Books
This weekend was the 126th Annual Italian
Picnic and Parade. The Italian Picnic grounds were packed with thousands of Amador County
Citizens and out of towners that enjoy the festivities on the first weekend of
June every year. The rides and games kept the kids busy leaving the adults to the
music, dancing, bingo, food and more.(SUE VIDEO) The Italian Picnic grounds will continue to be
occupied until next weekend when hundreds of high school kids turn out for the
popular Sober Grad event.
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Monday, 04 June 2007 02:42
Sacramento Man Arrested For Molestation In Amador County
Because Amador County is a
popular tourist designation, local law enforcement must often become involved
in crimes that occur here when victims and perpetrators visit. That was the case this weekend
when on Saturday, June 2, 2007 the Amador County Sheriff's Office was notified
by the Sacramento Police Department of an allegation from a minor that he was
molested by an acquaintance while camping in Amador County.
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Monday, 04 June 2007 02:37
Contractor Sting: How Was it Done?
District Attorney Todd Riebe announced last week the
undercover sting that netted many local individuals operating illegally without
contractor’s licenses. The sting was held in Jackson
and now the State Contractor’s Board Investigative Fraud Unit is offering more
information on how the sting was conducted. When Illegal operators who showed up at a sting house in
Jackson to bid the fake project they were swept up by the Contractors State
License Board (CSLB) and arrested for contracting without a license. Members of the CSLB's Statewide
Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) posed as homeowners and invited suspected
phony contractors to a duplex to bid on various home improvement projects,
including landscaping, painting, concrete work and fencing.
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Monday, 04 June 2007 02:07
Oro De Amador Property: City Looks For “Plan B” After Learning They Did Not receive Clean Up Grant
Recently the City of
Jackson held three workshops for the Oro de Amador property to discuss the future of acquired
155 acre historic parcel. About 40 people attended the three workshops
held at varying times to accommodate different sections of the community. Input
varied greatly from everything from donating the property to the Kennedy Mine
Foundation to being the home of some badly needed recreation facilities. At the
end of every meeting people were asked if they were interested in being an
active part of the continuing process and City Manager Mike Daly indicated that the City also
got a good response in that aspect as well. Although all of the plans for the
property are preliminary because of the environmental clean up work that needs
to be done, the community input is considered a great success.
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County Growth
Monday, 04 June 2007 01:59
Sierra Nevada Conservancy Announces Draft Guidelines For Prop 84 Monies: Could Be Good News For Amad
California voters passed
Proposition 84, the Safe
Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coast
Protection Bond Act of 2006 (the Act) on November 7, 2006. Proposition
84 added a section to the Public Resources Code (PRC), which authorized the
Legislature to designate funds for the protection and restoration of rivers,
lakes and streams, their watersheds and associated land, water, and other
natural resources.
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County Growth
Friday, 01 June 2007 01:36
Contractor’s License Sting Nets 17 In Local Arrests
District Attorney Todd D. Riebe announced today the
results of an undercover investigation which resulted in 17 cases of allegedly
contracting without a license. The operation,
which took place Wednesday of this week, was a combined effort by investigators from the
Contractors State License Board, the California Department of Insurance, Fraud
Division, detectives from the Jackson Police Department and investigators from
the Amador County District Attorney’s Office. The investigation
underscores the fact that illegal contractors continue to operate in this
region and pose a threat to consumers
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Friday, 01 June 2007 01:31
Former Youth Minister Answers To New Charges
Defendant John Magsayo, the intern youth minister
charged in connection with a December 2006 incident involving two minor age
girls, was once again in court this week.
The hearing was to respond to additional charges filed against him, which he
and his legal counsel, Robert Schell had argued in a hearing on May 24th
should be dropped by the court. The two new charges, felony
counts, which the DA’s office is basing upon evidence that one of the allegedly
abused minors was highly intoxicated, were answered to by the defendant.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 00:48
DA Riebe Charges Pine Grove Man Arrested For Child Abuse- No Change In Child’s Condition
District attorney Todd Riebe
is wasting no time in filing
charges against the 45 year old Pine Grove man accused of critically injuring
his girlfriend’s 19 month old baby. Andrew Neil Farkas admitted to
investigators that on Wednesday May 16, 2007 between 8:00 and 8:30 pm hours that his girlfriend’s child
was crying and banging a "sippy cup" against the wall. Farkas said the child would not stop
and that he picked the child up by the waist, shook him and then slammed his
head into the wall.
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