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Published news story for El Cerrito Journal, November 29, 1990, by Lurene K. Helzer, “Drug case might be reinstated”. Two men faced drug charges in El Cerrito. Most of the story is currently missing, but it may turn up soon.
EL CERRITO – Two men freed from drug charges after a court scandal involving a city police detective may have to face a new trial for the crimes with which they were originally charged.
The scandal erupted after it was learned that the key witness in the case, Detective Michael Ramirez, was romantically involved with Judge Irene Takahashi, who presided over the preliminary hearing in October 1989.
The suspects, Alberto Torres and Luis Lozano, were freed in a Nov. 5 decision by Berkeley-Albany Municipal Court Judge Julie Conger.
She held that the suspects’ right… -- rest of story currently missing –
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