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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...

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ On September 29, 2025, after hearing the homeownersโ€™ impact statement, Judge Ralphs sentenced Alan Richard Mann to two years of formal probation and ordered him to serve 180 days in jail. Mann was also...

๐„๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ

๐„๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ Placerville, CA โ€“ October 6, 2025 โ€“ On October 3, 2025, El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Vicki Ashworth sentenced 30-year-old Joseph Marquez to 12 years in state prison following...