A Gilroy pair accused of extorting motorcycles and motorcycle
parts totaling $150,000 from Indian-Victory Motorcycles and
reselling them on eBay had their case continued for two weeks.
Gilroy – A Gilroy pair accused of extorting motorcycles and motorcycle parts totaling $150,000 from Indian-Victory Motorcycles and reselling them on eBay had their case continued for two weeks.
Vanessa Bullock, 43, and James Collier, 48, were arrested and charged in July with buying, receiving, concealing or withholding motorcycle parts and buying or receiving a stolen Indian Sprint motorcycle.
Bullock, who shared a home on the 7400 block of Dowdy Street with Collier, is also charged with extorting $23,000 from an Indian-Victory employee and threatening him at least three times between March and July with a handgun and retribution by gang members.
In the courtroom, Collier and Bullock appeared on opposite sides of a wooden divider during the brief hearing.
Bullock sat in a chair in front of the judge in a yellow prison shirt and green pants, her legs and wrists shackled and attached to a metal chain around her waist.
Collier, free on bail, appeared near the viewing benches in jeans and a black shirt, his long black hair bound in a ponytail by four hair ties.
While Superior Court Judge Kenneth Shapero was handling other cases, Bullock shot repeated glances to the seated Collier, but did not say, mouth or signal anything. He made no visible response.
When the case was announced three hours after it was scheduled, Collier, who represented himself, interrupted Shapero to ask him why they were waiting to hold a hearing.
The curt remark and its tone were out of keeping with the typical language of the courtroom, in which people addressed the judge as “your honor” and “sir.”
“Good point,” Shapero shot back. “Let’s set up a hearing. Mr. Collier’s in a hurry,” he said dryly.
Shapero scheduled the hearing for Oct. 9 at 9am and Collier quickly left through the back door before Bullock was even taken out of the courtroom.
