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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A professional mixed martial artist and owner of several Gracie Barre Jiu-Jitsu academies was sentenced to six months in the Orange County Jail today after pleading guilty to a felony assault charge for a unprovoked attack on a five-time Jiu-Jitsu world champion that knocked out the victim’s two front teeth.
Ralph Gracie, 40, of Danville, was charged with one count of felony assault with an enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury for attacking five-time World Champion
Flavio Almeida on the sidelines of the 2018 International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation World Championships in Anaheim. Gracie holds a 5
th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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A woman displays a pro-Trump sign as hundreds of people gather to protest the lockdown in spite of shelter-in-place rules still in effect at California s state Capitol building in Sacramento on April 20, 2020.
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As state and local officials join federal law enforcement agencies in investigating the role any Californians may have played in last week’s attack on the nation’s Capitol, they are also preparing for the possibility of more unrest in the coming days.
The FBI this week warned of the potential for armed protests at all 50 state capitols; in California, local law enforcement agencies said they are also on alert to protect city and county buildings.
Orange County DA Lashes Out Over Vaccine Wait for Police
As Orange County continues to roll out its vaccine strategy, its chief prosecutor is calling on county officials to give greater priority to police.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer accused the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) of not “prioritizing front line law enforcement… for first tier vaccinations,” in a Jan. 6 email to the HCA and Board of Supervisors.
“It should be your agency and the Board of Supervisors which dictate prioritization of the vaccine in Orange County,” Spitzer wrote. “I also learned that dentists jumped over police as a priority by the vaccination taskforce, an unbelievable development.”
California Supreme Court Renders Human Trafficking Decision Based on Orange County Case
In a ruling based on an Orange County conviction, the California Supreme Court ruled Dec. 28 that human traffickers who attempt to prostitute minors will receive the maximum prison sentence allowed under state law, even if they are actually communicating with undercover law enforcement personnel.
The decision reverses an earlier ruling by the state’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in the case of The People v. Antonio Chavez Moses III. The defendant was given a shorter sentence because the “minor” he was trying to prostitute online was actually an undercover Santa Ana police officer.