Anthony Lawrence Wright Sr.

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1. In the Matter of Anthony Lawrence Wright, State Bar No. 46816, Casemine, September 16, 2008.
2. Anthony Lawrence Wright #46186 License Status: Disbarred, The State Bar of California, May 3, 2009.
3. No-CV 08-80113 Misc VRW / Anthony Lawrence Wright 48616 (IMAGE BELOW IN CASE IMAGES), Justia , September 16, 2008.
4. Employee of Rancho Cordova Police Department killed in Auburn plane crash | Update, ABC 10, January 24, 2020.
5. History of the single-engine Stinson Vultee V-77, the plane that crashed in Auburn, ABC 10, January 24, 2020.
6. NTSB releases preliminary report on cause of deadly Auburn plane crash , YouTube ABC 10, February 12, 2020.
7. NTSB: Distress Call For Engine Failure Before Deadly Auburn Plane Crash, CBS, February 12, 2020.
8. Anthony Lawrence Wright Sex Offender Archives (IMAGES IN CASE IMAGES BELOW), Citi Data, December 1, 2011.
9. Anthony Lawrence Wright, AVVO, February 7, 2010.
10. Anthony Lawrence Wright, Recently Booked, October 30, 2011.
11. 62-076276 People vs. Wright, Anthony Lawrence, California Placer County Court Records, December 31, 2007.
12. Part 1: Arrest shocks fire board / Part 2: Panel: is down to three, The Sacramento Bee, January 17, 2008.
13. Placer Hills fire official in court on sex charges , The Sacramento Bee, January 11, 2008.

• 1. In the Matter of Anthony Lawrence Wright, State Bar No. 46816

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  IN MATTER OF WRIGHT
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  VAUGHN WALKER, District Judge

  On May 22, 2008, the court issued an order to show cause (OSC) why Anthony Lawrence Wright should not be removed from the roll of attorneys authorized to practice law before this court based on his voluntary resignation from the California State Bar. Mr Wright filed no response. He has now been suspended by the California State Bar following a criminal conviction, effective June 9, 2008.

  The court now orders Anthony Lawrence Wright removed from the roll of attorneys authorized to practice before this court until such time as he provides proof that he has been reinstated to active status by the State Bar of California.

  IT IS SO ORDERED.

• 2. Anthony Lawrence Wright #46186 License Status: Disbarred

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  Anthony Lawrence Wright #46186

  License Status: Disbarred

  This licensee is prohibited from practicing law in California by order of the California Supreme Court.
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  Address: 2264 Los Robles Rd, Meadow Vista, CA 95722

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  Date License Status Discipline Administrative Action
  Present Disbarred
  5/3/2009 Disbarred Disbarment 08-C-11439
  6/9/2008 Not eligible to practice law in CA Interim suspension after conviction 08-C-11439
  4/24/2008 Conviction record transmitted to State Bar Court 08-C-11439
  4/22/2008 Not eligible to practice law in CA Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 08-Q-11554
  1/15/2008 Inactive
  7/1/2005 Active
  1/1/2004 Inactive
  1/15/1970 Admitted to the State Bar of California
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• 3. No-CV 08-80113 Misc VRW / Anthony Lawrence Wright 48616 (IMAGE BELOW IN CASE IMAGES)

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• 4. Employee of Rancho Cordova Police Department killed in Auburn plane crash | Update

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  According to investigators, the plane crashed wing-first into the trees and was “extremely mangled” by the time first responders made it to the scene

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  AUBURN, Calif — Two people are dead and one more has been injured after an airplane crashed Friday morning one mile north of the Auburn Municipal Airport, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office.

  A representative from the FAA Pacific Division said there were reportedly three people on board the flight. The plane was a single-engine Stinson Vultee V-77. A report of a plane down was first reported around 10 a.m.

  The Placer County Sheriff's Office identified the two men who died as Anthony Lawrence Wright Sr., 80, of Meadow Vista, and his son, Anthony Lawrence Wright Jr., 55, of Meadow Vista. The injured person has not yet been identified.

  Wright Jr. was Reserve Deputy Sheriff and a full-time records officer with the Rancho Cordova Police Department.

  A Placer County Sheriff's spokesperson said of the three people on-board the aircraft, one was killed on impact. The second victim passed away at the hospital.

• 5. History of the single-engine Stinson Vultee V-77, the plane that crashed in Auburn

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  A Stinson V-77 plane crashed in Auburn on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Here is what we know about the WWII-era plane

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  AUBURN, Calif — A small, rare warplane was the aircraft used in a plane crash Jan. 24 that killed two people and injured one person in Auburn. The plane was a single-engine Stinson Vultee V-77, and it crashed one mile north of the Auburn Municipal Airport.

  Anthony Lawrence Wright Sr., 80, and his son, Anthony Lawrence Wright Jr., 55, died in the accident, according to Placer County Sheriff. Wright Jr. was Reserve Deputy Sheriff and a full-time records officer with the Rancho Cordova Police Department. The injured person has not been identified.

  Matt Armenta, a fellow pilot at the Auburn Municipal Airport, said that Wright Jr.'s plane was beautiful and well maintained.

  "He loved that plane. He was always very excited about it when he would tell you about the history of the aircraft," Armenta said. "He was like a little kid in a candy store talking about his baby that he loved so much."

  According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the single-engine Stinson V-77 hasn't been involved in a crash since 1977. The NTSB is investigating the cause of the Auburn crash.

  In 1977, the cause of the was believed to have been connected to a flat tire. The pilot tried to land in Riverton, Ill., but due to a flat tire, the pilot was unable to land correctly. The NTSB also suspects that the pilot did not properly operate the brakes and flight controls on landing.

  The NTSB reports there have been 29 crashes involving the Stinson V-77 model across America since 1965. Four of the crashes since 1970 resulted in deaths. The crash in Auburn was the deadliest.

  The Stinson V-77 was known as the AT-19 when it flew American soldiers and members of the British Royal Navy during World War II, according to the Vintage Aircraft Association.

  There are currently 88 Stinson V-77 planes and three Stinson AT-19 planes registered in the U.S. with the Federal Aviation Administration. Five of those planes are registered in California. The Vintage Aircraft Association said this plane model is a rare sight for plane enthusiasts.

• 6. NTSB releases preliminary report on cause of deadly Auburn plane crash

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• 7. NTSB: Distress Call For Engine Failure Before Deadly Auburn Plane Crash

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  AUBURN (CBS13) — The NTSB has released new information in a fatal plane crash that killed a father and son last month.

  A preliminary report reveals that the pilot made a distress call for engine failure shortly before the plane went down, about one mile northeast of the airport on Dry Creek Road.

  Anthony Wright Sr., 80, spent more than a decade rebuilding the historic plane that crashed on Jan. 24, the single-engine Stinson V-77 is a World War II-era plane.

  His son, 55-year-old Anthony Wright Jr., was a 23-year veteran of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department who had been serving with the Rancho Cordova Police Department as a Reserve Deputy and Records Officer.

  A third person was in the plane at the time of the crash and survived with major injuries.

  Several witnesses reported hearing the engine backfiring before it crashed into someone's backyard.

• 8. Anthony Lawrence Wright Sex Offender Archives (IMAGES IN CASE IMAGES BELOW)

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  Anthony Lawrence Wright
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  Licensed for 56 years
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  2264 Los Robles Rd, Meadow Vista, CA
  This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2009

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  This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2009.

  Disbarment issued in CA, 2009
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  Interim suspension after conviction issued in CA, 2008
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  Anthony Lawrence Wright - LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE - California
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  Anthony Lawrence Wright was booked in Placer County, CA for LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE
  Mugshots.com : 4409521
  Last Name : WRIGHT
  First Name : ANTHONY
  Middle Name : LAWRENCE
  Birth date : 6/28/1939
  Gender : MALE
  Height : 6′ 0″ (1.83 m)
  Weight : 230 lb (104 kg)
  Eye Color : BLUE
  Hair Color : GRAY/PARTIAL
  Ethnicity : WHITE
  Street Address : 2264 LOS ROBLES RD
  City : MEADOW VISTA
  Zip : 95722
  County : PLACER
  Scars / Marks / Tattoos : N/A
  Names / Aliases : N/A
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  Offense Code 288(a)
  Description LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE
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  2264 LOS ROBLES RD, MEADOW VISTA, 95722

• 11. 62-076276 People vs. Wright, Anthony Lawrence

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  62-076276
  People vs. Wright, Anthony Lawrence
  Felony-Roseville
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  Defendant - Anthony Wright
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  Complaint - Felony: Sex Offense filed on 12/31/2007 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  Defendant Wright, Anthony Lawrence
  05/09/2008 Probation: Formal 8 Years Days Credited: 2958
  06/14/2016 - Terminated
  05/04/2016 - Violation of Probation Dismissed on 06/14/2016
  Ct 2: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 03/01/2006 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 3 Years CDC Suspended
  05/09/2008 - Jail County Sentence Length: 365 Days Straight Time CTS 201
  05/09/2008 - Search / Seizure: full
  Ct 4: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 03/01/2006 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 2 Years C/S CDC Suspended
  Ct 6: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 03/01/2006 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 2 Years C/S CDC Suspended
  Ct 8: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 03/01/2006 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 2 Years C/S CDC Suspended
  Ct 10: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 03/01/2006 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 2 Years C/S CDC Suspended
  Ct 11: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 09/01/2007 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 2 Years C/S CDC Suspended
  Ct 12: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 09/01/2007 on 03/13/2008 Disposed as Sentenced: Nolo Plea on 05/09/2008
  05/09/2008 - CDCR: CA Dept of Corrections Rehab Sentence Length: 2 Years C/S CDC Suspended
  Ct 0: Allegation - PC1203.066(a)(7) Alleg-Multiple Victims Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008
  Ct 0: Allegation - PC1203.066(a)(8) Alleg-Substantial sexual conduct, child <14 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 0: Allegation - PC667.61(B)(C)(E) Alleg: Multiple Victims Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 1: Felony - PC288.7(b) Oral Copulation of a Person Age 10 or Under on 09/20/2006 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 3: Felony - PC288.7(b) Oral Copulation of a Person Age 10 or Under on 09/20/2006 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 5: Felony - PC288.7(b) Oral Copulation of a Person Age 10 or Under on 09/20/2006 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 7: Felony - PC288.7(b) Oral Copulation of a Person Age 10 or Under on 09/20/2006 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 9: Felony - PC288.7(b) Oral Copulation of a Person Age 10 or Under on 09/20/2006 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 Ct 13: Felony - PC288(a) Lewd or Lascivious Act-Under 14 Years on 09/01/2007 Disposed as Dismissal on 05/09/2008 All Events Date/Time Type Result Official Location Complaint - Felony: Sex Offense filed on 12/31/2007 06/14/2016 08:30 AM Minutes - Criminal VOP: Pretrial Conference Probation Terminated Mark S Curry Department 13 05/18/2016 08:30 AM VOP: Pretrial Conference Not Heard: Vacated Mark S Curry Department 33 05/18/2016 08:30 AM Minutes - Criminal VOP: Pretrial Conference Continued: Court Mark S Curry Department 33 05/18/2016 08:30 AM VOP: Pretrial Conference Not Heard: Vacated Mark S Curry Department 33 05/11/2016 01:30 PM Minutes - Traffic VOP: Pretrial Conference Bail Review Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 05/05/2016 01:00 PM VOP: Arraignment - Arrn 62-145375 Petition Denied Garen J. Horst Department 13 Hidden 05/21/2013 01:30 PM Motion Hearing PC1203.2a Denied J. Richard Couzens Department 13 05/16/2013 01:00 PM Motion Hearing PC1203.2a Heard: Continued Mark S Curry Department 13 10/05/2012 01:00 PM Modification Hearing Granted John Cosgrove Department 13 12/14/2011 08:30 AM Modification Hearing - Probation Terms Heard: Orders Made (Written) Colleen Nichols Department 32 04/01/2011 01:00 PM Modification Hearing - Probation Terms Heard: Orders Made (Written) Mark S Curry Department 13 05/09/2008 08:30 AM Report: Probation Officer Probation Granted Colleen Nichols Department 2 Special Set 03/13/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference Heard: Defendant Pled and Set Sentence Colleen Nichols Department 3 Special Set 03/04/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 02/28/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference Heard: Continued Larry D. Gaddis Department 3 Special Set 02/04/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/23/2008 10:00 AM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/22/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/10/2008 01:00 PM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/07/2008 01:00 PM Arraignment Complaint - Bail Motion Not Guilty Plea Entered - Time Waived Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/03/2008 12:00 PM Arraignment Complaint Heard: Continued Robert P. McElhany Department 13 12/31/2007 12:00 PM Arraignment Complaint Continued: Court Robert P. McElhany Department 13 All Court Hearings Date/Time Type Result Official Location 62-076276: People vs. Wright, Anthony Lawrence Complaint - Felony: Sex Offense filed on 12/31/2007 06/14/2016 08:30 AM VOP: Pretrial Conference Probation Terminated Mark S Curry Department 13 05/18/2016 08:30 AM VOP: Pretrial Conference Not Heard: Vacated Mark S Curry Department 33 05/18/2016 08:30 AM VOP: Pretrial Conference Continued: Court Mark S Curry Department 33 05/18/2016 08:30 AM VOP: Pretrial Conference Not Heard: Vacated Mark S Curry Department 33 05/11/2016 01:30 PM VOP: Pretrial Conference Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 05/05/2016 01:00 PM VOP: Arraignment - Arrn 62-145375 Petition Denied Garen J. Horst Department 13 Hidden 05/21/2013 01:30 PM Motion Hearing Denied J. Richard Couzens Department 13 05/16/2013 01:00 PM Motion Hearing Heard: Continued Mark S Curry Department 13 10/05/2012 01:00 PM Modification Hearing Granted John Cosgrove Department 13 12/14/2011 08:30 AM Modification Hearing - Probation Terms Heard: Orders Made (Written) Colleen Nichols Department 32 04/01/2011 01:00 PM Modification Hearing - Probation Terms Heard: Orders Made (Written) Mark S Curry Department 13 05/09/2008 08:30 AM Report: Probation Officer Probation Granted Colleen Nichols Department 2 Special Set 03/13/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference Heard: Defendant Pled and Set Sentence Colleen Nichols Department 3 Special Set 03/04/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 02/28/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference Heard: Continued Larry D. Gaddis Department 3 Special Set 02/04/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/23/2008 10:00 AM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/22/2008 08:30 AM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/10/2008 01:00 PM Early Status Conference - Confirm Counsel Heard: Continued Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/07/2008 01:00 PM Arraignment Complaint - Bail Motion Not Guilty Plea Entered - Time Waived Colleen Nichols Department 13 01/03/2008 12:00 PM Arraignment Complaint Heard: Continued Robert P. McElhany Department 13 12/31/2007 12:00 PM Arraignment Complaint Continued: Court Robert P. McElhany Department 13 Document Register Documents To view unavailable documents on cases you have been granted access to through the courts electronic case access process, you need to view them through the My Existing Cases tab from within your account. If they still show unavailable there, they are either not scanned into the case or not electronically available. Name Date Download Minutes - Traffic 05/07/2016 Unavailable Order: Revoke Probation 05/11/2016 Unavailable Minutes - Criminal 05/17/2016 Unavailable Minutes - Criminal 06/13/2016 Unavailable Attorney Date Assigned Assignment Type Name Status Representing/On Behalf Of 01/03/2008 Appointed Placer County Public Defender Relieved 02/04/2008 Retained Richardson, Strowbridge Blasdel Relieved 05/05/2016 Retained Wolfe, Evan Arthur Current Representing Wright, Anthony Lawrence Time Waiver Defendant Wright, Anthony Lawrence 60-Day Rule 02/04/2008

• 12. Part 1: Arrest shocks fire board / Part 2: Panel: is down to three

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  Veteran Placer Hills member faces child molestation charges.

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  By all accounts, Anthony Lawrence Wright has been a hardworking board member of a fire district serving the communities just north of Auburn.

  Fellow member Greg Guyan called Wright, who is president of the Placer Hills Fire Protection District, an "outstanding board member."

  Fire Chief Ian Gow said Wright, a 12-year veteran board member, helped lead the district from a station with part-time volunteers to a department with full-time firefighters.

  "There have been a lot of changes under his tenure," Gow said about the district that protects Applegate, Clipper Gap, Eden Valley, Meadow Vista and Weimar.

  Today, the only thing the chief and Wright's fellow board members know is that he is in the Placer County jail charged with molesting children.

  Wright, 68, was arrested on Dec. 27 by the Sheriff's Department on 13 felony counts of sexual misconduct.

  Five of the charges allege acts with a child younger than 10. The other eight allege misconduct with a child younger than 14.

  Wright's bail has been set at $400,000, and he is scheduled to be in Placer Superior Court on Tuesday, when a judge is scheduled to determine whether he has enough money to hire his own attorney.

  In the meantime, the Placer Hills fire board has not heard from Wright.

  "There's been zero communication," said Gow. "We literally know nothing more than what we've read in the newspapers about this case."

  Guyan, the board's secretary, said the arrest "caught us off guard."

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  "We sit next to each other on the board, but that's all I really know of him," he said. "I don't know anything about him personally."

  A call left at Wright's home Tuesday was not returned by family members.

  Guyan said Wright had just rebuilt his home in Meadow Vista. The house burned in a fire last year, he said.

  "He threw a Christmas party at his home, and we'd all seen him," Guyan said.

  With Wright in jail, the fire board is down to just three members – Guyan, Kelly Fulfer and Richard Rogers.

  The board's vice president, Belle Jones, who moved to Utah to be with an ill parent, resigned in December, Gow said.

  The board is taking applications for Jones' vacancy, and an appointment is expected Feb. 6, he said.

  With Wright in jail, the board isn't sure what to do about the fifth chair, its remaining members say. Wright's term expires in December 2010.

  "Right now, we just wish him and his family the best and to get through the (judicial) process," Guyan said.

  Call The Bee's Art Campos, (916) 773-2825.

• 13. Placer Hills fire official in court on sex charges

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  AUBURN – The president of the Placer Hills Fire Protection District board was in court Thursday facing charges of child molestation.

  In the Placer County jail since his arrest Dec. 27, Anthony Lawrence Wright, 68, appeared before a judge to discuss whether he should be represented by a public defender.

  Placer Superior Court Judge Colleen Nichols ordered an evaluation of Wright's finances and scheduled another hearing for Jan. 22.

  Wright, a 12-year veteran on the fire district board, faces 13 counts of sexual misconduct. Five charge molestation of a child under the age of 10. The other eight charge molestation of children under the age of 14.

  His bail, originally set at $500,000, was reduced last week to $400,000. The Placer County Sheriff's Department has given few details about the case because it involves minors.

  Wright was re-elected to the fire board in 2006. His term expires in late 2010.

  The Placer Hills Fire Protection District serves the communities of Applegate, Clipper Gap, Eden Valley, Meadow Vista and Weimar.

  Three members of the board attended a regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday – Greg Guyan, Kelly Fulfer and Richard Rogers. Vice President Belle Jones resigned at the end of December and has not been replaced.

  Guyan said the board was "caught off guard."

  "We didn't know for a week that he'd been arrested," Guyan said.

  He said Wright had been "an outstanding board member," but that he knew little about him outside the board meetings.

  – Art Campos