Police & Courts
Leslie Alan Adelman sentenced to 12 years in plea deal for fatal stabbing in March 2022
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Court records indicate Adelman had faced felony charges in at least two previous cases.
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Court records indicate Adelman had faced felony charges in at least two previous cases.
The felony Murray pleaded no contest to is a “wobbler,” meaning that in two years he may be able to have it reduced to a misdemeanor or expunged from his record entirely.
“The hard-working, honest, and ethical law enforcement officers here in Mendocino County and those beyond our boundaries support the bench in making an example of this former law enforcement officer,” Deputy District Attorney Heidi Larson wrote Monday.
Defense attorney Richard Middlebrook said the case fell apart after UPD Sgt. Ron Donohue and Officer Eric Rodello “pleaded the Fifth,” during his client’s preliminary hearing.
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, two law enforcement agencies in Mendocino County are operating unmanned aerial vehicles.