{"article":{"id":252870,"heading":"Stand off in Santa Cruze ends with arrests","author":"Mickey Dehn","created":"2012-05-02 04:47:47","modified":"2013-11-11 01:10:43","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:10:43","article":"<br><br> SANTA CRUZ, CA: <br><br> March 20, 2011 &mdash; Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee has charged eleven people with multiple felonies and misdemeanors after the occupation of a vacant bank building on November 30th, 2011. Included in this group are four regular contributors to the independent news website Indybay.org. An Indybay release called this a \"full frontal assault against independent media in Santa Cruz. [...] District Attorney Lee apparently believes it is his duty to dictate how events such as the occupation of the vacant bank at 75 River Street should be reported on by the media, and if he does not approve of the coverage, then journalists risk the DA bringing charges against them. <br><br>  <br>  <br> Roundup of  Felons brought in by 1-800 tip from Indybay <br>  <br> Martin Wells <br>  <br> Jame Rivera  <br>  <br> Ken Roberts <br>  <br> Pete Ellis  <br>  <br> Roy Giller  <br>  <br> Maxwell Whitmore  <br>  <br> Ivone Forrester  <br>  <br> Bert Hughes <br><br>  <br><br> UPDATES: <br><br> April 24, 2012 &mdash; Santa Cruz Ca. Crime Stoppers issued Statement about the  Eleven Charged in Occupation of Vacant Bank... and said that a total of  $24,500 was paid to informants who supplied information on the local ring leaders. \n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Stand off in Santa Cruze ends with arrests","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2012\/05\/252870.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}