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Had the case gone to a preliminary hearing, it is highly likely that we would have sought amendments to increase the charges. However, Mr. Haro pled guilty prior to that stage, and the final plea was presented to and accepted by the Court.

Murder defendant Jake Haro was not placed in prison for his past child abuse conviction due to prosecutorial mistakes, a group of attorneys write after reviewing the case. The Riverside District Attorney’s Office filed charges against Haro two years late, did not allege great bodily injury and did not

Vem Miller, called a “would-be Trump assassin” by Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco, responded on July 2 to Bianco’s motion to dismiss Miller’s slander case. Miller filed a defamation case on March 10, claiming Bianco’s repeated statements to the media have resulted in lost job opportunities and the

Michael Ramos was suspended from the California State Bar on April 23 after admitting to deliberately deleting records relevant to a malicious prosecution case against him.

Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco argues his deputies had reasonable cause to arrest Vem Miller, and that his later statements calling Miller a “would-be Trump assassin” are protected and privileged under California law.