S.J. police upset after man gets time served for firing on station.

From: Record (Stockton, CA) | Date: August 28, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Scott Smith

Aug. 28--STOCKTON -- A sentence releasing the man who shot up the Ripon Police Department turned into a face-off Monday between San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Terrence Van Oss and the county's upper echelon of law enforcement.

Van Oss ruled Monday that Jason Walraven, 36, was an otherwise upstanding citizen who "snapped" under life's pressure when he fired 17 shots inside his own home Dec. 2, then drove into downtown Ripon, crashe...

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