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๐„๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž

๐„๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž On October 20, 2025, Raquel Viviani Aranda, also known as Raquel Cruz, was sentenced by Judge Mark Ralphs to serve eight years in state prison and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim....

๐Ÿš” ๐…๐„๐‹๐Ž๐๐˜ ๐ƒ๐‘๐”๐† ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐

๐Ÿš” ๐…๐„๐‹๐Ž๐๐˜ ๐ƒ๐‘๐”๐† ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ Placerville, CA โ€“ On September 29, 2025, Matthew Tisdale entered a no-contest plea to Possession of a Controlled Substance after Two Prior Convictions which is a felony. Tisdale was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and placed on two years...

๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž

๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž On September 8, 2025, William Matthew Ames was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Mark Ralphs to serve eight years in state prison after an El Dorado County jury found him guilty of three...

Wrongful conviction sets DA on new path

Thank you Mountain Democrat for taking the time to share this story. Itโ€™s an honest look at how lessons from a wrongful conviction can drive change. El Dorado County has settled with Ricky Leo Davis, the man wrongfully convicted of a brutal murder in El Dorado Hills...