News 9/21/10

12 HOUR SEARCH ENDS IN ARREST JKB 9/21/10

• A VALLEJO MAN WHO WAS ABLE TO EVADE POLICE IN LAKE COUNTY FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS YESTERDAY WAS ARRESTED JUST AFTER 9 PM LAST NIGHT.

THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN 27 YEAR OLD JOHNNY COLCLEASER ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO KILL HIS COUSIN BEFORE WALKING AWAY FROM THE 9TH AVENUE HOME IN LUCERNE AT AROUND 9 AM. COLCLEASER, WHO WAS ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, WAS ABLE TO ELUDE AUTHORITIES ON FOOT BY DISAPPEARING INTO A NEARBY CREEK. SEVERAL LUCERNE BUSINESSES WERE EVACUATED AND THE LUCERNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS LOCKED DOWN FOR PART OF THE DAY WHILE DEPUTIES, CHP OFFICERS, THE LAKE COUNTY SWAT TEAM AND A HELICOPTER FORM THE SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE CONTINUED TO SEARCH. COLCLEASER WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED AT A HOME ON 4TH AVENUE IN LUCERNE. POLICE ALSO RECOVERED A STOLEN PICK UP OUT OF SAN PABLO BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY COLCLEASER. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES AND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL ON PAROLE VIOLATIONS.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KNIFE ATTACK JKB 9/21/10

• A FORT BRAGG WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING HER LIVE IN PARTNER WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE ON SUNDAY.

ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, 46 YEAR OLD CHERYL TURNER ALLEGEDLY SLASHED THE VICTIM IN THE HAND AND THREATENED TO KILL THEM DURING A DISPUTE AT AROUND 4 PM. SHE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AND CORPORAL INJURY TO A SPOUSE. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO MENDOCINO COAST HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

ASSAULT ARREST JKB 9/21/10

• MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES ARRESTED A GUALALA MAN AFTER HE REPORTEDLY THREATENED ANOTHER MAN WITH A HANDGUN AND ATTACKED HIM WITH A WOODEN POLE ON SATURDAY.

POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE LOCATION FROM A RESIDENT WHO SAID THE VICTIM HAD COME TO THEIR HOME ASKING FOR THEM TO CALL 911 AT AROUND 6:30 PM. RESPONDING DEPUTIES LOCATED 42 YEAR OLD DENNIS EGGLESTON WHO STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN RIDING HIS BICYCLE ON OLD STAGE ROAD WHEN HE WAS ACCOSTED BY 37 YEAR OLD FRANCIS ASZKLAR WHO BRANDISHED A HANDGUN, THREATENED TO KILL HIM AND STRUCK HIM WITH A WOODEN POLE SEVERAL TIMES. EGGLESTON RAN INTO THE WOODS AND LATER REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO RESIDENTS WHO CALLED POLICE. DEPUTIES LOCATED ASZKLAR A SHORT WHILE LATER AND HE WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE IS BEING HELD ON $30,000 BAIL. NO WORD ON WHAT THE MOTIVE WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK.

TWO ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES JKB 9/21/10

• TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AFTER A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP IN CLEARLAKE SATURDAY NIGHT.

37 YEAR OLD MARK DOOLEY OF CLEARLAKE OAKS AND 27 YEAR OLD CATHERINE ALLEN WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND MARIJUANA, AS WELL AS A SCALE, BASEBALL BAT AND LOADED FIREARM THAT HAD THE SERIAL NUMBERS REMOVED. BOTH WERE ARRESTED ON A NUMBER OF DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. ALLEN WAS ADDITIONALLY FOUND TO BE DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. BOTH WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL.

MAN ARRESTED AFTER CAR CHASE JKB 9/21/10

• A HIGH SPEED CHASE ON THE SOUTH COAST RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A GUALALA MAN ON SATURDAY.

THE EVENT BEGAN WHEN SHERIFFS DEPUTIES NOTICED AN SUV DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON OLD STAGE ROAD IN GUALALA AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND SWERVING INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC AT AROUND 6:30 PM. THEY PURSUED THE VEHICLE WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS AT SPEEDS TOPPING 90 MILES AN HOUR. THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS 22 YEAR OLD EDEN CRUZ, WAS ABLE TO ELUDE POLICE. HE WAS LATER FOUND WALKING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH THE IGNITION KEY OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE IN HIS POCKET. THE SUV HE WAS DRIVING WAS LOCATED PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY NEARBY. CRUZ WAS FOUND TO BE INTOXICATED, WAS ON PROBATION, AND HAD NEVER POSSESSED A VALID CALIFORNIA DRIVERS LICENSE. E WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL WHERE HE IS BEING HELD ON AN IMMIGRATION HOLD.

9 U.S. TROOPS DIE IN CHOPPER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN JKB 9/21/10

• NINE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS DIED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN TUESDAY, ADDING TO THE DEATH TOLL OF ALLIED FORCES WHO HAVE DIED DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

FOUR PEOPLE ABOARD THE HELICOPTER SURVIVED. MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE RULED OUT ENEMY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRASH.

AS OF MONDAY, 517 COALITION TROOPS HAD BEEN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN THIS YEAR, INCLUDING 341 AMERICANS. THIS YEARS NUMBERS MAKE 2010 THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM SINCE IT BEGAN NINE YEARS AGO.

SHOOTING AT FORT BLISS JKB 9/21/10

• ONE MAN IS DEAD AND TWO WOMEN WERE INJURED AT A SHOOTING AT THE FORT BLISS ARMY BASE NEAR EL PASO TEXAS.

THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE AT A CONVENIENCE STORE ON THE BASE. THE MAN, WHO AUTHORITIES SAY SHOT THE FEMALES, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY RESPONDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE SCENE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT MY HAVE BEEN THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING, OR EVEN IF THE MAN AND HIS VICTIMS ARE IN THE MILITARY.