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A motion for a new trial was denied on April 12 in the case of a bail bondsman accepting sexual acts for half of a bail bond. Attorney Daniel Karalash filed a motion for a new trial on behalf of his client, bail bondsman Kenneth Waters, on five grounds that the original trial should be [...]
At a judgement and sentencing hearing for Kenneth Waters Friday afternoon, new counsel and a new trial were requested. Although the hearing was meant to be Waters’ judgment and sentencing, nothing of the sort occurred. Instead, Daniel Karalash, representing an absent Waters, requested 45 days to file motions concerning him becoming Waters’ attorney. Deputy district [...]
Kenneth Waters, the bail bondsman accused of prostitution, was found guilty on Jan. 10 after his trial began the previous day, following testimony from his victim.
“I was just trying to make small talk,” the victim, identified only as Jane Doe, said of the conversation in the car after Waters bailed her out of jail. “Normal life stuff.”
All evidence for the trial of a bail bondsman accused of trading sex for half of a bail bond was presented Wednesday. Deputy district attorney Trish Kelliher began her opening statement in the Kenneth Waters trial by telling the jury that this was not an ordinary prostitution case, that it did not involve a “streetwalker [...]
A hearing for Kenneth Waters on Friday allowed for evidence of a misdemeanor the bail bondsman committed in 1995 to be allowed for use in court. Waters, who is accused of trading sexual acts for half of a bail bond, has a prior offense from 1995 in which he committed a crime similar to what [...]
A hearing for Kenneth Waters led to his jury trial being rescheduled to after the new year. At the hearing, a readiness and settlement conference was scheduled for Dec. 21 at 8:30 a.m. in Department 2. Waters will stand trial beginning Jan. 8, 2013. Waters, a bail bondsman from Sacramento, is accused of trading half [...]
Richard Dudek appeared on behalf of bail bondsman Kenneth Waters for a readiness and settlement hearing for Waters’ Dec. 11 trial to confirm the date. Judge Daniel B. Proud confirmed that Waters is set for a three day trial starting Dec. 3 in Department 2 of the El Dorado County Superior Court. As deputy district [...]
Bail bondsman Kenneth Waters appeared in court for a short hearing Friday morning to confirm the trial date in his case and set another readiness and settlement hearing. Judge Daniel B. Proud, prosector Trish Kelliher and defense attorney Richard Dudek confirmed the trial start date of Dec. 11, 2012, with an estimated time of three [...]
Kenneth Waters, the bail bondsman accused of exchanging half of a bail bond for sexual favors from a client, failed to appear in court on Friday for a readiness and settlement conference. Waters and his attorney, Richard Dudek, were nowhere to be found in the downtown Placerville courthouse Friday morning. “As the court can see, [...]
Attorney Richard Dudek again appeared in court on behalf of his client, bail bondsman Kenneth Waters, for a short hearing Friday morning. Dudek and deputy district attorney Trish Kelliher agreed on a readiness and settlement conference hearing on Oct. 12 at 8:30 a.m., with a trial date of Dec. 11 at 8:30. The trial is [...]
Attorney Richard Dudek appeared in court on behalf of his client, bail bondsman Kenneth Waters, for a very short hearing Friday morning. Dudek and deputy district attorney Trish Kelliher appeared before El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas C. Phimister just long enough to get a new hearing date and have the matter transferred to [...]
A Sacramento bail bondsman was in hot water in the El Dorado County Superior Court Wednesday. After conferring with visiting Judge John C. Quinlen and trailing the matter to take care of a few short cases, the preliminary hearing for Kenneth Waters began. Waters is charged with an illegal bail transaction and soliciting prostitution. Prosecutor [...]