"Ricardo Gonzalez Ruiz, whom a police officer shot in April after an armed standoff, has been exonerated in an earlier, separate case from when he whipped out a stun gun at a political protest outside the Berkeley Tesla dealership on Fourth Street last March. A jury found Ruiz, 34, not guilty of a single misdemeanor count of assault Monday after a six-day trial, according to court records."
"Ruiz remains in custody at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on $250,000 bail as his other, more serious case moves forward. He is facing 11 felony counts: five of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of a police officer, four of assault on an officer and two of unlawful firearm activity. His public defender in that case has sought a mental health diversion for Ruiz, which is stil"
Ricardo Gonzalez Ruiz, 34, was found not guilty of a misdemeanor assault charge after a six-day trial. A second misdemeanor count of exhibiting a deadly weapon was dismissed for insufficient evidence. The incident occurred at an anti-Trump protest outside the Berkeley Tesla dealership when Ruiz, a Trump supporter, displayed a stun gun while counter-protesting. Several protesters confronted him, and one, Susan Kegeles, pulled his hair after saying Ruiz grabbed her arm. Ruiz remains jailed on $250,000 bail pending a separate case in which he faces 11 felony counts. His public defender has sought a mental health diversion.
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