Judge Kaleb Cockrum on Tuesday sentenced Marci Kitchen to eight years in prison for driving drunk and running down two 14-year-old girls, including her own daughter, saying he didn’t believe her version of events and felt the actions she took following the 2016 crash warranted a prison term rather than probation. Calling her behavior “several […]
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Kitchen Makes Brief Court Appearance, Being Jailed in Isolation for her Safety
Marci Kitchen — who voluntarily surrendered her bail bond yesterday and was booked into the Humboldt County jail — appeared briefly in court this morning before returning to the jail, where she is being held in isolation for her safety. After Kitchen left the courtroom, Judge Kaleb Cockrum indicated that she is now being held without […]
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Deputy Public Defenders Tell Supes New Boss is ‘Unqualified’
In an unprecedented move, all nine Humboldt County deputy public defenders sent a letter to the Board of Supervisors on Friday urging it to reconsider the recent hiring of their boss, Public Defender David Marcus. “We, the undersigned, write this letter to express our belief that David Marcus is not qualified for the position of […]