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MENDOCINO CO., 2/21/26 – Senior Investigator James Schnitzius has been selected to lead the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigations following the planned retirement of Chief Investigator Andrew Alvarado, the DA’s Office announced Saturday. 

Schnitzius will assume the position March 1 after an internal selection process, the office said. 

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