Gundersen back in jail, sentencing pushed back to next month - UPDATED

UPDATED:

◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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☛ ER Gundersen back in jail, sentencing pushed back to next month
☛ TS 'Arrogance': Judge sends Gundersen back to jail for missing hearing

Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson sent David Gundersen back to jail Friday after the former Blue Lake Police chief skipped a Wednesday sentencing hearing.

Gundersen was found guilty by a jury of battery and firearms charges on Sept. 24, and posted bail when Watson lowered it from $1.25 million to $50,000. But Watson on Friday expressed concern that Gundersen's absence on Wednesday suggests he might be a flight risk, and decided to remand him to jail and set bail at $200,000.

”I wonder if it is in fact arrogance, a contempt for the proceeding or an attitude that what applies to others does not apply to him -- if that's the case, Mr. Gundersen should be remanded,” Watson said. “Obviously, the laws apply to all equally.”

Watson agreed to delay Gundersen's sentencing to Nov. 21.

☛ TS Blue Lake trying to shut down Gundersen's city e-mail
Blue Lake city staff have been trying -- with no luck so far -- to shut down an e-mail account started and apparently still used by their former Police Chief David Gundersen.

Staff have been trying to cancel the account “bluelakepd@aol.com” for the last few weeks, since it was brought to their attention. The account was originally set up to function as the e-mail address for the entire department, and is paid for by the city.

Originally started by Gundersen, he is the only one who has access to the account, and, according to more than one recipient, is still sending mail from that address.

Uhhh, guys, take the advice of the people in your comments section. Stop paying the bill. AOL will shut it down then, no problem. And Gundersen - gmail, hotmail and yahoo are all FREE. You should have your own email anyways. This is just silly.

UPDATED:

◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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