Of course it was coming. The DA finally plea bargained McClung He was out on probation after being convicted of manufacturing meth with a gun, and sentenced to the maximum term. That ten year sentence had been suspended by the court which placed him on probation. Only if he got caught violating his probation would he have to serve his term.
Well. Now - he did get caught, allegedly trying to kill his girlfriend, and he was charged with "four felonies — false imprisonment/person used as a shield; false imprisonment; threatening crime with intent to terrorize; and assault with a deadly weapon or great bodily injury force with a kitchen knife — and the misdemeanor of resisting arrest or obstructing a public officer."
All of the new charges, assault, kidnapping were dismissed and he entered a plea to 2 years for false imprisonment (shades of GARZA) to run concurrent to the older prison sentence. (Meaning it is not added on top of the old sentence.)
After Thursday’s court proceedings, (McClung's attorney Russell) Clanton said that if McClung didn’t have the 10-year probation violation prison sentence hanging over his head, Thursday’s outcome may have been different. Clanton whined that he would have gotten a more "equitable" sentence if it hadn't for that earlier 10 yr sentence that he couldn't get out of. Doesn't he mean the guy could have gotten off scott-free? As it is, he only has to serve 5 years.
Were it not for that earlier sentence, which tied Gallegos' hands, you have to wonder if this guy would be seeing any prison time.
The background:
McClung accepts plea offer
Judge grants third continuance for felony assault case
Judge grants McClung two-week continuance
Plea agreement offered to McClung
Judge continues McClung hearing
McClung pleads not guilty
McClung to return to court Wednesday
Man who threatens to kill girlfriend, himself arrested
No coverage in the Times Standard apparently.
Mr. McClung should have gone to prisoin the first time around. Probation for Manufaturing methamphetamine!! Gee I wonder why meth is a problem.
ReplyDeleteIf McClung would have gone prison none the this would have happened.
Isn't Russ Clanton Paul Gallegos' best friend, or very good friend? This whole thing smell a bit fishy.
It's been said before, and it will prove true more and more, Clanton is pals with PVG and gets what he wants out of that office as long as he avoids Fleming and
ReplyDeleteCardozo, who don't get to pick their cases or assignments.
Too bad the judge went along with it. Probation twice in a row?
I'm moving out of the corrupt hellhole! It can only get worse and not many seem to care?
ReplyDelete5/4 1:46 p.m.: The judge sentenced McClung to prison and then parole after he does his time.
ReplyDeleteNote for newcomers and out of the area readers: PVG is Paul V. Gallegos.
ReplyDeleteWhy should these lightweight plea bargains surprise anyone? As the "old guard" left and was replaced by Gallegos' Preatorean Pissants the plea bargains (or just outright dismissals ) have become commonplace. Everyday! Old Hat! Nobody seems to care much anymore because that is just the way it is. That's the way it is in Humboldt County.
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