Browse past news stories for Sonoma County Court in Santa Rosa, CA.

• Man accused of attempted rape in Sebastopol makes court appearance (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 01:55:59 am
  BY JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A 27-year-old man suspected of trying to rape a pregnant woman in southern Sebastopol made his first court appearance Friday. Odalis Solano Rosario faces charges of attempted rape, penetration with a foreign object and kidnapping.
• Violence in the classroom (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 07:11:00 am
  By KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT While restraining orders to protect teachers, staff from students may be rare, the Santa Rosa school district has already sought 5 this school year.
• Community Briefs (Sonoma Valley Sun)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 12:09:50 pm
  Harvest Dance at Community Center Dance Sonoma! celebrates fall with performance dancing by professional ballroom and nightclub dancers from the Sonoma area. The dance will be held in Sonoma Community Center’s Andrews Hall on Saturday, Oct. 3, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The first hour includes a free dance lesson with the pros. Then the dance [...]
• Don Emblen (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 08:19:08 pm
  By CHRIS SMITH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Santa Rosa Junior College will celebrate the life of storied English instructor Don Emblen at a memorial gathering on Sunday. Emblen, Sonoma County’s first poet laureate, died at his longtime Santa Rosa home on April 24. He was 90.
• Rape suspects previously accused in similar case (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 01:05:23 am
  By LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Two Santa Rosa brothers charged Tuesday with kidnapping and rape were prosecuted for a similar attack five years ago in Santa Rosa. Rogelio Carlos-Zaragoza, 24, and Leonel Carlos-Zaragoza, 35, face potential life sentences if convicted of the charges filed against them Tuesday afternoon in Sonoma County Court.
• Guerneville homicide suspect faces lesser charge (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 07:29:34 pm
  By RANDI ROSSMANN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A man initially suspected of participating in the recent slaying of a Guerneville man now faces a lesser charge and is out on bail. Gary Allen Scott, 56, was returned to Sonoma County from Arizona last week, where he was arrested in connection with the death of Michael Tillman, 67.
• Blind Beach slaying hearing delayed (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on June 22, 2009 at 11:20:18 pm
  BY LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT An ongoing preliminary hearing in Sonoma County court for six Santa Rosa men accused of murdering a witness near Jenner to prevent his testimony in another case is taking a break until next month.
• Secret witness testifies at gang slaying hearing (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 07:50:26 am
  A self-professed “first-generation” gangster testified in Sonoma County court Monday that one of six Santa Rosa men charged with murdering a witness near Jenner Beach last year threatened the victim’s mother three months earlier.
• Sonoma County man stabbed to death in prison (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 09:06:06 pm
  A young Sonoma County man serving time in state prison for a grand theft was stabbed to death in a prison yard attack, prison officials reported. Evan Broderick, 20, of Windsor died Monday after being stabbed multiple times by two other inmates.
• Two Towers (North Bay Bohemian)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 07:24:35 pm
  Anyone who is a regular reader of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat has to have noticed that the once robust flagship of Sonoma County media is shrinking like Saran Wrap in a bonfire. That the staff has been laid off like auto workers. That advertising is running out like tourists from Mexico.
• Suspected roadside attacker in court (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 03:50:27 pm
  A Cotati man suspected in as many as 13 roadside attacks and attempted assaults on Sonoma County women is scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon. Thomas Boccaleoni, 44, is scheduled to appear at 1:30 p.m. for arraignment in Department 9 of the Sonoma County Court.
• Teen drive-by shooting suspect charged with murder in adult court (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 11:07:02 pm
  A 17-year-old Kelseyville boy arrested in Monday’s shooting of an 18-year-old in Santa Rosa was formally charged as an adult in Sonoma County court Friday with murder and gang allegations that expose him to a life sentence without the chance of parole.
• Slaying victim a Ridgway student (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on April 8, 2009 at 08:20:12 pm
  Candles flickered through the rain at a makeshift memorial to 18-year-old Luis Suarez, slain in the street by an unknown assailant Monday night in Santa Rosa's South Park neighborhood.
• Defendants in Toste death seek separate proceedings (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on March 27, 2009 at 10:52:01 pm
  A Sonoma County Court judge Friday said he wants court briefs from attorneys before determining how to proceed with charges against the five men accused in the 2006 fatal shooting of Matthew Toste.
• Hearing set for DA's son (Modesto Bee)
  posted on March 8, 2009 at 10:48:49 am
  A preliminary hearing for Dylan Morse has been set for April 17 in Sonoma County Superior Court, the
• Court date set for April in Dylan Morse case (Merced Sun-Star)
  posted on March 7, 2009 at 10:41:56 am
  SANTA ROSA -- A preliminary hearing in the case of Dylan Morse has been set for April 17 in Sonoma County Superior Court, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
• Toste slaying suspects move for dismissal (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on February 22, 2009 at 06:12:17 pm
  Attorneys for five men charged with a fatal shooting in a downtown Santa Rosa parking garage in 2006 are seeking to have the cases thrown out, contending that prosecutors have insufficient evidence and misled the grand jury.
• Defendants in Toste slaying want case tossed (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on February 22, 2009 at 04:11:57 am
  Attorneys for five men charged with a fatal shooting in a downtown Santa Rosa parking garage in 2006 are seeking to have the cases thrown out, contending that prosecutors have insufficient evidence and misled the grand jury.
• DUI manslaughter charges in high-speed crash (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on February 19, 2009 at 01:57:07 am
  The teenage son of the Merced County district attorney was arraigned on drunken-driving manslaughter charges Wednesday in connection with the early morning crash Saturday on Highway 116 near Stony Point Road that killed the driver of another car.