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March 19, 2013
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Yuba City attorney faces witness tampering in Sacramento court

A prominent Yuba City attorney representing both defendants in a Nevada County drug case involving a large amount of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and hashish is facing legal woes of his own. Jesse Santana entered a not-guilty plea in Sacramento County Superior Court March 8 on a charge of attempting to buy off a key witness in a high-profile sexual harassment case. The attorneys for Santana and co-defendant David Vasquez told the Marysville Appeal-Democrat their clients did nothing illegal or improper. The case against the two men dates back to 2009, when prosecutors accused them of orchestrating an illegal contract for …

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