INTERESTING LAWSUIT AGAINST CHIEF OF POLICE

By Bob Walsh

 

                  Various pictures of Ukiah Police Chief Noble Waidelich, now on administrative leave for a criminal investigation 

 

 

The Superior Court in Mendocino County has ruled that a lawsuit can go ahead against Noble Waidelich, the Chief of Police of the teeming metropolis of Ukiah.  The suit has been filed by his former fiancee, Amanda Carley, a former deputy probation officer in Mendocino County.

The suit was filed in 2017.  It alleges years of domestic abuse directed against Carley by Waidelich, who was at the time a Ukiah detective.  He has been promoted more than once since the suit was filed.  

Carley said she downplayed the abuse until she moved out of the house they shared.  A criminal inquiry was begun when Carley's daughter told school officials that she had witnessed Waidelich abusing her mother. 

 

 

Amanda Carley (left) and daughter Madisyn Carley, near their home in Fontana

 

When Carley finally got around to reporting the abuse, the county launched an investigation against her for deceit, demoted her and took her issued weapon.  Waidlich has NEVER been questioned about the criminal abuse complaint.  

The lawsuit against the county for retaliation against her and against Waidelich for the abuse.  The county is trying to weasel out by asserting that Carley and her lawyer have not actively pursued the case.  They are also sniveling now that the case is being actively moved forward that they don't have enough time to prepare.  The judge didn't buy it.  

Neither the county nor Waidelich has made a comment for the press on the matter.