A suspected poacher accused of violating California’s eight-year-old ban on abalone harvest along the Sonoma Coast appeared in court in Santa Rosa Friday morning.
In a brief appearance before Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Kristine Burk, Andrii Chmukh, 34, asked to be provided with a Ukrainian language interpreter.
Judge Burk granted the request, and scheduled Chmukh’s next appearance for Jan. 5…