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Highway 50 murder suspect arraigned; details released Odin Rasco
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The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office has filed murder charges against Scott Michael Boyles, in connection with the Highway 50 shooting that left a woman dead on Sept. 7. Boyles pleaded not guilty to all charges when arraigned in El Dorado County Superior Court on Sept. 10. He is in custody at the El Dorado County Jail without bail, and is scheduled to next appear in court Oct. 14. More information related to the alleged Sept. 7 homicide discovered at the side of Highway 50 has come to light, revealed in a recent press release and court documents obtained by the Mountain Democrat. A California Highway
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Scott Michael Boyles stands facing a California Highway Patrol vehicle after having been taken into custody on suspicion of murder. Boyles has pleaded not guilty to all charges filed against him. Patrol officer patrolling along Highway 50 spotted a pickup truck parked at the side of the road east of Snows Road in Camino shortly after 6:30 a.m. Sept. 7,
according to a statement of facts submitted to court by the DA’s Office. The officer stopped alongside the vehicle and noted a bullet hole in the
Housing El Dorado tackles mobile home park woes Eric Jaramishian Senior staff writer
A recent study looking into mobile home parks in El Dorado County shows residents are facing hardships with rising rent and old infrastructure, giving concern that more seniors could become homeless. Vice President of Housing El Dorado Frank Porter, who serves an organization that works to promote affordable housing solutions, revealed to the county’s Commission on Aging that mobile home residents are scared to lose their housing due to inflation and rent increases. “We really wanted to do a survey to really guide plans, findings and actions about mobile home residents
driver side window; as he attempted to reposition his vehicle, a man later identified as 38-year-old Sacramento resident Boyles exited from the driver’s side of
the vehicle, covered in blood. Boyles initially told the officer that his girlfriend, who was in the vehicle, had been shot during a road rage incident, the DA Office claims. The responding officer attempted to detain Boyles, who resisted until backup arrived. Officers discovered a woman, identified as J. Doe in court documents, in the passenger seat, slumped over. When officers removed her from the vehicle, they determined she was dead, with a bullet entry wound to the temple area of her
head. Boyles is said to have “spontaneously stated that the shooting was an accident.” After officers read him his Miranda Rights, he claimed he had been attempting to commit suicide, but his girlfriend had tried to take the gun from him. During the struggle, the gun went off, missing him and then went off a second time, hitting her. The statement of facts submitted to the court indicates Boyles has stippling on his face consistent with his claim that the gun had ■ See SUSPECT, page A8
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and to help them, because we all realize there’s a severe problem in our mobile home parks,” Porter said. Porter showed the commission during an Aug. 15 meeting that of 185 responses from a mobile home survey conducted by HED, in collaboration with the El Dorado Community Foundation, many reported annual rent rate increases, some as high as 8%, which has become “a large risk factor that could lead to homelessness.” Nearly 75% of the survey respondents were making less than $38,000 annually and are classified as “very low income,” Porter noted. The median income countywide was ■ See SURVEY, page A8
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Teamwork gets the job done — retrieving a marmot from the engine compartment of an El Dorado County resident’s vehicle.
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El Dorado County mobile home park residents claim they are seeing increases in annual rent and other costs, putting them at risk of becoming homeless, according to Housing El Dorado.
An El Dorado County resident unintentionally brought back more than fond memories from her recent trip to Yosemite National Park when a marmot snuck a ride in her vehicle’s engine compartment. ■ See MARMOT, page A8
The marmot is safely contained in a carrier after his rescue. He was later released back into the wild in Yosemite. Lic # 559305
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