Los Angeles County (Long Beach)
LONG BEACH — Judge Marcelita Haynes spoke in her chambers about a defendant who loved his new job installing solar panels, a dramatic new focus for handy skills that once landed him in trouble.
“He built a bomb,” Haynes said of the defendant. “He was off his meds and had a psychotic break.”
The man thought his ex-wife and her boyfriend were coming after him, but instead it was the polic... (continued)