On 10/24, 20 year old Henry Zaragoza was sentenced in his 2024 case by Humboldt Superior Court Judge Kaleb Cockrum to 90 days in jail with two days credit and 3 years probation. Commit to jail date is 12/6/25.
I already reported that another 2024 case had been dismissed with a Harvey reservation and disposal of firearm.
This is for a 20 year old with 5 prior convictions, two 2024 court cases, arrested for the third time by EPD in less than a year for false imprisonment, criminal threats, domestic violence and child abuse. He failed to appear in court last year after posting bond. Zaragoza has a previous DUI conviction.
Besides granting repeat offenders mental health diversion who have multiple cases and who have no remorse for their behavior, this is just one example of the joke of a sentence by Judge Kaleb Cockrum and the Humboldt courts where justice for victims dependson what judge gets the final say. It is also ridiculous that the Humboldt County DA agreed to this plea. For all the grumpies at the Courthouse who don't like facts; I am not your PR person. News is not about your feelings or being popular. Make decisions in the interest of public safety. It isn't as if most of you thank me when the coverage is positive or have invested in the ridiculous time I spend covering local courts when there is plenty of other news and as the years go by, even the local readers are fed up of the Humboldt court issues I vent about. My priority are my advertisers and readers; not entrenched systems, local cliques and egos with tunnel vision who cannot handle valid criticism.
Judge Cockrum is up for re-election next year. If he runs unopposed; nothing will change. I hope someone has the guts to stand up and run against him. As evident in the last judicial election; a "sitting judge" can be defeated with the right opponent. The problem is that many potential candidates who could win won't run because they don't want to offend or get grief from their peers; they are making too much money in private practice or they have young children.
All those "No King" protesters don't show up or speak up on local issues where they can actually make a difference about local "kings" and "queens" because that would actually require guts.
Deputy District Attorney Candace Myers is the prosecutor. Deputy Public Defender Ryan McClurg is Zaragoza's attorney.
Previous posts:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2025/07/20-year-old-with-5-prior-convictions.html?m=1
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2024/09/20-year-old-with-5-prior-convictions.html?m=1
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2024/08/20-year-old-arrested-by-epd-today-has-5.html?m=1
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