News 1/31/12

SEXUAL ASSAULT ARREST JKB 1/31/12

• A REDWOOD VALLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY MOLESTING THE 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE THAT SHE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING ON JANUARY 18TH BY HER MOTHERS LIVE IN BOYFRIEND, 25 YEAR OLD RYAN WADE, WHILE HER MOTHER WAS AT THE STORE. SHE TOLD POLICE SHE WOKE UP DURING THE ASSAULT AND WADE STOPPED, TELLING HER NOT TO TELL ANYONE. DURING AN INTERVIEW, WADE ADMITTED TO THE SEXUAL CONTACT, BUT CLAIMED IT WAS CONSENSUAL. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO KNOWING THAT HAVING SEXUAL CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WAS ILLEGAL, BUT DID IT ANYWAY.

DIAMOND SPORTING GOODS BURGLARIZED OF GUNS JKB 1/31/12

• DIAMOND SPORTING GOODS ON NORTH STATE STREET IN UKIAH WAS BURGLARIZED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, WITH THE THIEF OR THIEVES MAKING OFF WITH SEVERAL FIREARMS.

A CITIZEN REPORTED A BROKEN SIDE DOOR AT THE STORE AT 5:25 AM. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE BUSINESS ALARM HAD BEEN SET, BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE WHEN THE BURGLARY OCCURRED. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BURGLARY AS WELL AS WHAT EXACTLY WAS STOLEN IS UNDERWAY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. CALLERS MAY REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

WANTED MAN ARRESTED IN FORT BRAGG JKB 1/31/12

• A WANTED GEYSERVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED IN FORT BRAGG AFTER HE WAS FOUND SITTING IN HIS CAR ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

DEPUTIES MADE CONTACT WITH 48 YEAR OLD MAURICE HORN BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT HE WAS ILLEGALLY CAMPING IN HIS CAR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. HORN APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND INITIALLY GAVE OFFICERS FALSE NAME. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED HORN WAS WANTED ON A $100,000 WARRANT OUT OF MARIN COUNTY AND HE WAS ARRESTED.

UKIAH COUPLE ARRESTED IN DISPUTE JKB 1/31/12

• A COHABITATING UKIAH COUPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY GOT IN A FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME ON LAWS AVENUE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND 27 YEAR OLD JOSHUA POLLARD AND 27 YEAR OLD MELANIE ILAR HAD BEEN IN A PHYSICAL FIGHT WITH BOTH SUFFERING INJURIES. BOTH WERE ON PROBATION AND BOTH WERE ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND A PROBATION VIOLATION. EACH IS BEING HELD ON $30,000 BAIL.

MR. AMERICA JIMMIE PAYNE DIES JKB 1/31/12

• FORMER MR. AMERICA AND MULTIPLE WORLD WRISTWRESTLING CHAMPION JIMMIE PYANE HAS DIED. HE WAS 85.

PAYNE, A HEALDSBURG RESIDENT, WAS A PIONEER BODY BUILDER AND LIFE LONG FRIEND OF JACK LA LANE. HE SUFFERED RENAL FAILURE FIVE YEARS AGO AND WAS UNDERGOING REGULAR DIALYSIS TREATMENT. HE WAS FIGHTING A RECENT INFECTION AND WAS RECEIVING DIALYSIS TREATMENT WHEN HE DIED OF HEART FAILURE FRIDAY MORNING. PAYNE WON THE BODY BUILDING TITLE OF MR. AMERICA IN 1950 AND WAS THE NATIONALLY TELEVISED WORLD WRISTWRESTLING CHAMPION IN 1964, 66, 74, AND 75. A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 11TH AT 1 PM AT THE FRIEDMAN CENTER IN SANTA ROSA. HIS FAMILY HAS SUGGESTED THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS OR DONATIONS, MOURNERS BUY A GYM MEMBERSHIP AND USE IT.

MENDO SUPERVISORS TO ADOPT PAY CUT TODAY JKB 1/31/12

• THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS EXPECTED TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT A PERMANENT 10% PAY CUT FOR THEMSELVES AT A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY.

THE BOARD VOTED 3 TO 2 LAST WEEK TO THE PERMANENT REDUCTION IN SALARY FROM $68,000 A YEAR TO $61,200. SUPERVISORS HAMBURG AND SMITH DISSENTED. THE SPECIAL MEETING WAS NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THE PAY CUT TO BE IN EFFECT BY FEBRUARY 13TH WHEN THE FILING PERIOD OPENS FOR CANDIDATES TO OFFICIALLY DECLARE THEIR INTENTION TO RUN FOR ANY OF THE THREE SEATS ON THE BOARD THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR.

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News 1/27/12

NOT MOTIVE IN KILLING OF MUSICIAN JKB 1/26/12

• INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY STILL HAVE NO MOTIVE IN THE KILLING OF A POPULAR REDWOOD VALLEY REGGAE MUSICIAN OUTSIDE HIS HOME TUESDAY NIGHT.

AN AUTOPSY SHOWED 30 YEAR OLD JAMAL ANDREWS DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE HEAD AND SHOULDER BY TWO SHOTS FIRED FROM A RIFLE. 33 YEAR OLD BILL NORBURY WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, NORBURYS ESTRANGED WIFE CLAIMED HE WAS MENTALLY ILL, SUFFERED FROM PARANOIA, AND WAS EXTREMELY IRRATIONAL AND UNSTABLE. HE ALSO REPORTEDLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL, WITH THREE PRIOR ARRESTS FOR DUI, AND AN ARREST TWO WEEKS AGO FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE TO CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

ACID BOMB JKB 1/27/12

• LAKEPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE ACID BOMB THAT WAS DETONATED IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF HARTLEY STREET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE AREA AT AROUND 9 PM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A 2 LITER PLASTIC SODA BOTTLE EXPLODED ON THE GROUND AND THE REMAINS OF A POSSIBLE ACID OR CHEMICAL BOMB. A WITNESS SAID THEY SAW TWO MALE JUVENILES AND A FEMALE JUVENILE ALONG WITH A VEHICLE THAT DROVE THROUGH THE AREA NEAR THE TIME OF THE BOMB EXPLODED. A SEARCH OF THE AREA TURNED UP NO OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, AND NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC WAS APPARENT. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

E-QUAKES AT GEYSERS JKB 1/27/12

• A PAIR OF MODERATE SIZED EARTHQUAKES SHOOK THE GEYSERS AREA YESTERDAY.

THE FIRST QUAKE STRUCK AT 11:54 AM AND MEASURED 3.0 IN MAGNITUDE. THE SECOND OCCURRED AT 9:21 PM AND WAS MEASURED AT A MAGNITUDE OF 3.4. BOTH QUAKES WERE CENTERED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILES NORTH NORTH WEST OF THE STEAM FIELDS. EACH QUAKE WAS FOLLOWED BY EIGHT AFTERSHOCKS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1.0 TO 2.5 IN MAGNITUDE. THEY WERE THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUAKES 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE AREA SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

APARTMENT COMPLEX EVACUATED OVER BOMB THREAT JKB 1/27/12

• AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN CLEARLAKE WAS PARTIALLY EVACUATED LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE, BELIEVED TO CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES WAS LOCATED IN A DUMPSTER FOLLOWING A PHONE THREAT.

ABOUT 30 RESIDENTS OF THE CLEARLAKE COMMONS APARTMENT COMPLEX ON AUSTIN DRIVE WERE RELOCATED TO THE HIGHLANDS SENIOR CENTER TEMPORARILY, WHILE A NAPA BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED INTO REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THE DEVICE. RESIDENTS WHO HAD BEEN EVACUATED WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AT AROUND 3:30 THIS MORNING. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING HISTORICAL HATS JKB 1/27/12

• A EUREKA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER STEALING HISTORICAL NATIVE AMERICAN BASKET HATS FROM THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY MUSEUM AND TRYING TO SELL THEM TO AN ANTIQUE SHOP.

30 YEAR OLD CARTER DANIELS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE ANTIQUE SHOP JUST HOURS AFTER HE STOLE THE SEVEN YUROK AND HOOPA HATS DURING AN EARLY MORNING BURGLARY AT THE BLUE LAKE MUSEUM. DANIELS WAS REPORTEDLY TRYING TO SELL THE HATS FOR A TOTAL OF $3000. MUSEUM STAFF ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF THE HATS AT $1,200 TO $3,500 EACH.

MAN ARRESTED FOR PORN DVDS JKB 1/27/12

• A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT HE IS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING.

55 YEAR OLD ROBIN PHILLIPS IS A CONVICTED AND REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. AS A CONDITION OF HIS PAROLE, HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO VIEW OR POSSESS SEXUAL MATERIAL. DEPUTIES CONDUCTING A SEXUAL ASSAULT FELONY ENFORCEMENT OR SAFE CHECK ON HIS HOME MONDAY, LOCATED THREE ADULT PORNOGRAPHIC DVDS. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION.

SEIU ACCEPTS CONTRACT WITH MENDO COUNTY JKB 1/27/12

• MEMBERS OF SEIU 1021, THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS THE LARGEST PORTION OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE COUNTY, ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT THEY HAVE VOTED TO ACCEPT THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN DECEMBER THAT IMPOSES A 10% WAGE CUT.

THE AGREEMENT IS A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE 12.5% WAGE CUT SUPERVISORS LEVIED ON COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN NOVEMBER. SEIU OFFICIALS SAID THE EMPLOYEE NEGOTIATIONS WERE NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS DIGNITY AND RESPECT IN THE WORKPLACE. THE STATEMENT WENT ON TO SAY THAT SEIU WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR EQUITY AND FAIR LIVING WAGES FOR THEIR MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE.

CAL TRANS FUNDS TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY 20 JKB 1/27/12

• A SAFETY PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF WILLITS WILL RECEIVE $3.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDS.

THE MONEY IS PART OF $347 MILLION DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED FOR 47 PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT COME FROM PROPOSITION 1B AND ASSORTED TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS FUNDED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CALTRANS ANNOUNCED THE ALLOCATIONS THIS WEEK. THE FUNDS FOR THE HIGHWAY 20 PROJECT WILL BE USED TO RECONSTRUCT METAL BEAM GUARDRAILS, IMPROVE DRAINAGE, REPAVING WITH HIGH FRICTION ASPHALT AND THE INSTALLATION OF CENTERLINE RUMBLE STRIPS ALONG A SIX MILE SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY.

News 1/26/12

HIGH SPEED CHASE JKB 1/26/12

• A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN LAKE COUNTY ENDED WHEN THE SUSPECT FLIPPED HIS CAR END OVER END ON WESTLAKE DRIVE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

A LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF A HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN UPPER LAKE AT AROUND 2 AM, SPOTTED 39 YEAR OLD JOSE CARLOS INIGUEZ TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON LAKESHORE BLVD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THINKING IT WAS POSSIBLE THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ROBBERY, THE DEPUTY GAVE CHASE. INIGUEZ REFUSED TO PULL OVER AND LED THE DEPUTY ON A PURSUIT AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 90 MILES PER HOUR, CROSSING SEVERAL TIMES INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. HE FINALLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED END OVER END, LANDING UPSIDE DOWN ON THE ROADWAY. INIGUEZ THEN ATTEMPTED TO FLEE ON FOOT BUT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY MOMENTS LATER. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR DUI, EVADING A PEACE OFFICER, DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE AND PAROLE VIOLATIONS. IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED IN THE POLICE REPORT IF HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ROBBERY. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THREE SUSPECTS IN THAT CASE.

DRUG BUST JKB 1/26/12

• ACTING ON A TIP FROM AUTHORITIES IN RENO NEVADA, THE MENDOCINO MAJOR CRIMES TASK FORCE RAIDED THE HOME OF A POTTER VALLEY MAN, SEIZING MARIJUANA, CASH AND A GUN ON TUESDAY.

59 YEAR OLD RANDY D. RHODES WAS ARRESTED AFTER AGENTS FOUND SEVEN POUNDS OF PROCESSED PACKAGED MARIJUANA IN A GUN SAFE, $35,000 IN CASH AND A LOADED .38 CALIBER PISTOL. RENO POLICE CONTACTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES AFTER RHODES DAUGHTER WAS DISCOVERED ON A TRAIN TWO WEEKS AGO WITH $130,000 IN CASH SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN PROFITS FROM MARIJUANA SALES.

SEMI TRUCK ACCIDENT JKB 1/26/12

• THAT SEMI TRUCK ACCIDENT THAT KWINE LISTENERS LET US KNOW ABOUT YESTERDAY MORNING NEAR BLUE LAKES RESULTED IN ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, THE BIG RIG CROSSED OVER THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC, HIT AN EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST BLOCKING THE WESTBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 20 JUST INSIDE THE LAKE COUNTY LINE AT AROUND 6:15 AM. THE CRASH SNARLED TRAFFIC FOR CLOSE TO FOUR HOURS. THE NAME OF THE DRIVER WAS NOT RELEASED. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS CONTINUING.

CAREGIVERS SON ARRESTED FOR FRAUD JKB 1/26/12

• A CAREGIVERS SON WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY RACKED UP THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FRAUDULENT CHARGES TO THE CREDIT CARD OF THE ELDERLY MAN HIS MOTHER TOOK CARE OF.

POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME OF THE 104 YEAR OLD VICTIM IN LITTLE RIVER FRIDAY. THE CAREGIVER TOLD DEPUTIES THAT HER SON, 23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER BORCKWAY, A PAROLEE WHO HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO THE AREA HAD TAKEN THE CREDIT CARD FROM HER WHILE SHE SLEPT AND THAT SHE SUSPECTED HIM OF MAKING FRAUDULENT CHARGES. BROCKWAY WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY IN WILLITS FOR FRAUD, SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY AND CRIMES AGAINST AN ELDER ADULT. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BROCKWAY CHARGED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE VICTIMS CREDIT CARD AT SEVERAL BUSINESSES OVER A THREE-WEEK PERIOD.

RAPE ARREST JKB 1/26/12

• A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON RAPE CHARGES AFTER A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION.

ACCORDING TO POLICE THE VICTIM CONFIDED IN A WILLITS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ABOUT THE ABUSE THAT ALLEGEDLY BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE TEACHER CONTACTED AUTHORITIES. 40 YEAR OLD AARON LEE JOHNSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIVE FELONIES CONNECTED WITH THE ALLEGED RAPES, AND AN UNRELATED CHARGE OF BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.

CHP LOOKING FOR HIT & RUN VEHICLE JKB 1/26/12

• THE CHP IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLICS HELP IN LOCATING A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT ON NORTH STATE STREET TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, TWO MEN IN A BLACK FORD EXPLORER HAD JUST FINISHED DROPPING OFF PLASTIC RECYCLING MATERIAL AT TNJ RECYCLERS WHEN THEY EXITED THE LIGHTELS PARKING LOT ON NORTH STATE STREET AND LAKE MENDOCINO DRIVE AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED GMC SIERRA, WHICH IN TURN, STRUCK A PARKED TOYOTA TACOMA PICK UP. THE EXPLORER THEN FLED THE SCENE NORTHBOUND ON NORTH STATE STREET. THE DRIVER IS DESCRIBED AS AN AMERICAN INDIAN MALE IN HIS LATE 20S, 6 FEET TALL, 240 POUNDS, WEARING A RED BEANIE. A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE IS DESCRIBED AS AN AMERICAN INDIAN MALE, IN HIS LATE 20S 5 FEET 8 INCHES TALL, 165 POUNDS, WEARING A WHITE SHRIT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECTS, THEIR VEHICLE, OR WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE UKIAH CHP OFFICE.

COUNTY FINED BY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT JKB 1/26/12

• THE COUNTY OF MENDOCINO HAS BEEN FINED $123,000 FOR FAILING TO SEEK THE PROPER OVERSIGHT DURING A RENOVATION PROJECT, BY ITS OWN COUNTY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER CHRIS BROWN SENT A LETTER TO COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAYING THAT HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED BEFORE RENOVATIONS BEGAN AT THE MENTAL HEALTH BUILDING IN NOVEMBER THAT MAY HAVE INCLUDED ASBESTOS REMOVAL. THE COUNTY IS MANDATED BY LAW TO NOTIFY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WHENEVER PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE RENOVATED OR DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ASBESTOS BEING PRESENT. THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS NOW TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION BECAUSE TOW COUNTY AGENCIES ARE INVOLVED. THE FINE WAS ASSESSED DECEMBER 30TH.

News 1/25/12

TRIPLE S CAMERA ROBBED JKB 1/25/12

• TRIPLE S CAMERA ON SCHOOL STREET IN UKIAH WAS TARGETED DURING AN EARLY MORNING BREAK IN ON SATURDAY, WITH THIEVES ESCAPING WITH MORE THAN $7000 IN CAMERAS.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE BURGLARS GAINED ACCESS TO THE BUILDING BY BREAKING IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR SOMETIME BEFORE 3:30 AM. THE THIEVES KNEW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, TAKING ONLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE NEW CAMERAS ALONG WITH THE BOXES CONTAINING THE ACCESSORIES KIT. POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECT INFORMATION AND NO OTHER BREAK-INS WERE REPORTED ON SATURDAY.

HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN UPPER LAKE JKB 1/25/12

• ANOTHER MARIJUANA RELATED HOME INVASION ROBBERY TOOK PLACE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, THIS TIME IN UPPER LAKE.

THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE LIVING ROOM AT AROUND 2 AM AND WENT TO INVESTIGATE. HE CLAIMED HE WAS CONFRONTED BY THREE OR FOUR ARMED HISPANIC MALE ADULTS WHO DEMANDED TO KNOW WHERE HE KEPT HIS MARIJUANA, MONEY AND GUNS. THE SUSPECTS THEN TIED THE VICTIMS HANDS AND FEET BEFORE LEAVING WITH APPROXIMATELY 20 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, $1,500 IN CASH AND A FIREARM. THE VICTIM WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF AND CALL 911. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

MAN DIES AFTER JUMPING FROM BUILDING JKB 1/25/12

• A HUMBOLDT COUNTY MAN DIED AFTER JUMPING OFF THE MASONIC LODGE BUILDING IN EUREKA YESTERDAY MORNING.

35 YEAR OLD LEVI WILLIAM HAYNES REPORTEDLY ACCESSED THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING BY PROPPING UP A WOODEN PALLET AND USING IT TO REACH A FIRE ESCAPE LADDER. WITNESSES SAID HAYNES TOOK A RUNNING LEAP OFF THE BUILDING AND LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF G STREET JUST BEFORE 10:30 AM. HAYNES, WHOSE FAMILY LIVES IN CRESCENT CITY, SUFFERED MAJOR HEAD INJURIES AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO POLICE HAYNES HAD A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND HAD REPORTEDLY SPOKEN ABOUT JUMPING OFF THE MASONIC LODGE BUILDING IN THE PAST.

MURDER ARREST JKB 1/25/12

• A REDWOOD VALLEY MAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH AT HIS HOME LAST NIGHT, AND HIS NEIGHBOR HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR HIS MURDER.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME JUST BEFORE 10 PM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND 30 YEAR OLD JAMAL ANDREWS DEAD OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIMS GIRLFRIEND, THEY LEARNED THE POSSIBLE SUSPECT, 33 YEAR OLD BILLY NORBURY, HAD FLED ON AN ATV AND LIVED NEAR BY. DEPUTIES CONTACTED NORBURY AT HIS HOME AND SAW ITEMS IN PLAIN SIGHT THAT LINKED HIM TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ANDREWS. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF MURDER. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS CONTINUING.

MENINGOCOCCAL IN PRESCHOOLER REPORTED JKB 1/25/12

• A MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION THAT WAS REPORTED IN A CLEARLAKE PRESCHOOLER HAS PROMPTED A QUICK AND AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN LAKE COUNTY.

61 CLOSE CONTACTS WITH THE TODDLER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND REFERRED FOR PREVENTIVE TREATMENT. THE POMO EARLY CONNECTION PRE-SCHOOL WHERE THE CHILD ATTENDED WAS CLOSED MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR EMPLOYEES AND CHILDREN TO RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDED PREVENTIVE TREATMENT AND FOR THE FACILITY TO BE THOROUGHLY DISINFECTED. MENINGOCOCCAL BACTERIA CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS INFECTION INCLUDING MENINGITIS, AND IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. THE CHILD WHO FELL ILL IS RECEIVING TREATMENT.

BOS VOTES TO GIVE SELVES A 10% PAY CUT JKB 1/25/12

• THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NARROWLY VOTED TO PERMANENTLY CUT THEIR SALARIES BY 10% YESTERDAY.

SUPERVISORS SMITH AND HAMBURG DISSENTED. HAMBURG OBJECTED ON GROUNDS THE VALUE OF THE SUPERVISORS WOULD BE PLACED AS THAT OF MIDDLE MANAGERS, AND THAT FOUR OF THE FIVE SUPERVISORS, EXCLUDING SMITH, ALREADY TAKE A VOLUNTARY 10% PAY CUT. THAT VOLUNTARY CUT HOWEVER, DOES NOT AFFECT RETIREMENT OR OTHER SALARY BASED BENEFITS. SMITH ARGUED THAT MENDOCINO SUPERVISORS WERE BEHIND IN PAY COMPARED TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND URGED A COMPARISON STUDY BEFORE ENACTING THE CUTS. SUPERVISOR MCCOWEN POINTED OUT THAT ALL OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY HAD BEEN FORCED TO TAKE A CUT, AND THAT HE WISHED THEY HAD IMPLEMENTED THE CUTS THREE YEARS AGO. SUPERVISOR PINCHES, WHO WAS AGAINST THE CUTS WHEN FIRST PROPOSED LAST JANUARY, CAST THE SWING VOTE FOR THE SALARY REDUCTION.

POT PERMIT PROGRAM ELIMINATED JKB 1/25/12

• THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED 4 TO 1 TO ELIMINATE THE COUNTYS MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMIT PROGRAM.

THE MOVE WAS EXPECTED AS THE U.S ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE HAD THREATENED TO SUE THE COUNTY OVER THE ORDINANCE THAT COLLECTED FEES FOR THOSE WISHING TO GROW MEDICAL MARIJUANA. THE FEES GENERATED MORE THAN $600,000 FOR THE COUNTY LAST YEAR. SUPERVISOR PINCHES WAS THE LONE DISSENTING VOTE.

DEPUTIES CALLED AS DOLAN OUSTED AT MWC JKB 12/25/12

• DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO PARDUCCI WINE CELLARS ON FRIDAY WHEN A DISPUTE BROKE OUT BETWEEN PARTNERS AT THE MENDOCINO WINE COMPANY.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, THE DISTURBANCE WAS CIVIL IN NATURE AND NOT CRIMINAL. PAUL DOLAN WAS REPORTEDLY OUSTED AS A PARTNER OF THE COMPANY BY THE OTHER PARTNERS IN THE BUSINESS, TIM AND THOMAS THORNHILL. DOLAN HELPED CREATE MENDOCINO WINE COMPANY IN 2004 AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF PARDUCCI WINE CELLARS. DOLAN HAD SERVED MORE THAN A DECADE AS PRESIDENT OF FETZER VINEYARDS WHERE HE DEVELOPED THE NATIONS LARGES ORGANIC WINE MAKING OPERATION. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE FALLOUT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

News for 1/24/12

1/24/12

E-QUAKE NEAR CLEARLAKE JKB 1/24/12

• A 3.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK RESIDENTS AWAKE AN AREA 4 MILES WEST NORTH WEST OF CLEARLAKE AND 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTH WEST OF CLEARLAKE OAKS EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 4:11 AM. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A 2.0 MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK IN THE SAME AREA 17 AND A HALF MINUTES LATER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

FATAL ID JKB 1/24/12

• A DRIVER WHO WAS KILLED IN A TWO-CAR COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 20 THURSDAY MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 63 YEAR OLD TOM KURISKY OF WESTPORT.

KURISKY WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND NEAR MCGUIRES POND WHEN, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND COLLIDED WITH THE RIGHT FRONT A UTILITY TRUCK DRIVEN BY 51 YEAR OLD BRYON OUGH TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OUGH WAS TAKEN TO MENDOCINO COAST HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES AND RELEASED.

WOMAN CONVICTED IN HATCHET ATTACK JKB 1/24/12

• A FORT BRAGG WOMAN WHO ATTACKED TWO PEOPLE WITH AN AXE DURING A GANG RELATED FIGHT OUTSIDE THE COAST RECREATION CENTER LAST YEAR, WAS CONVICTED BY A JURY OF FELONY ASSAULT AND BATTERY CHARGES ON FRIDAY.

22 YEAR OLD MARICRUZ ALVAREZ-CARRILLO AND HER BOYFRIEND ENCOUNTERED TWO RIVAL GANG MEMBERS WHILE DRIVING JANUARY 28TH OF LAST YEAR, AND AN ALTERCATION ENSUED. DURING THE FIGHT, ALVAREZ-CARRILLO STRUCK 18 YEAR OLD ALISSA COLBERG SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE AXE, INFLICTING SERIOUS GASHES TO HER CHEST AND FACE. SHE WILL BE SENTENCED FEBRUARY 24TH.

MAN ARRESTED FOR ATTACK ON ELDERLY WOMAN JKB 1/24/12

• A GUALALA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ATTACKING HIS GRANDMOTHER IN HER HOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME SHORTLY BEFORE 1 PM. 85 YEAR OLD BETTY ONEIL TOLD THEM SHE HAD BEEN ASSAULTED BY HER GRANDSON, 26 YEAR OLD MELVIN KING AND THAT HE HAD FLED ON FOOT WHEN HE HEARD POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED. SHE STATED THAT KING, WHO LIVES WITH HER IN AN APARTMENT ATTACHED TO THE HOME, HAD BEEN THREATENING AND INTIMIDATING HER INTO GIVING HIM MONEY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND THAT SHE HAD GIVEN HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF FEAR FOR HER SAFETY. KING WAS LOCATED WALKING ON HIGHWAY 1 NEAR DOWNTOWN GUALALA AND ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION, MAKING TERRORIST THREATS AND ELDER ABUSE.

MAN ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM JKB 1/24/12

• A UKIAH FATHER HAD TO CALL POLICE ON HIS 20 YEAR OLD SON AFTER HE REPORTEDLY WAS ACTING STRANGE AND BREAKING WINDOWS AT HIS FATHERS HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE FATHER, GILBERTO OLEAVARGAS REPORTED THAT HIS SON WAS VANDALIZING HIS HOME ON NORTH STATE STREET AND SHOWED SYMPTOMS OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A NARCOTIC. HE SIGNED A CITIZENS ARRESTED WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED TO HAVE HIS SON ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM. THE SON WAS TAKEN TO THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOR CLEARANCE AND LATER PLACED IN A SAFETY CELL AT THE JAIL FOR PROTECTION.

CAR STRIPPER SOUGHT JKB 1/24/12

• UKIAH POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEFT AND DISMANTLING A COUPLE OF VEHICLES RECENTLY.

OFFICERS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A DELIVERY TRUCK LAST WEEK, DISCOVERED PIECES OF THE DISMANTLED TRUCK AND THE ENGINE FROM ANOTHER REPORTED STOLEN VEHICLE IN THE PRIVATE SHOP OF 29 YEAR OLD JASON PRATT ON FEEDLOT LANE. THE DELIVERY TRUCK HAD BEEN STRIPPED AND THE ENGINE FROM THE STOLEN CAR WAS FOUND INSIDE ANOTHER PICK-UP. POLICE ALSO FOUND AN ILLEGAL LOADED DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. PRATT IS KNOWN TO FREQUENT WILLITS AND THE LAKE COUNTY AREA. HE WAS LAST SEEN DRIVING A RED VOLKSWAGEN JETTA WITH TINTED WINDOWS WITH A CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OF 4VVN058. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF PRATT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE UKIAH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED JKB 1/24/12

• MENDOCINO COUNTY SUPERVISORS WERE UNANIMOUS IN THEIR SUPPORT OF ONE CANDIDATE, AND DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER THE OTHER WHEN IT CAME TO FILLING TWO VACANCIES ON THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS YESTERDAY.

THE SUPERVISORS WERE IN UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF REAPPOINTING BOB MIRATA, WHO HAS SERVED SIX YEARS ON THE BOARD. THE DECISION TO APPOINT JOHN SAKOWICZ HOWEVER WAS SPLIT, WITH SUPERVISORS HAMBURG AND SMITH, DISSENTING IN THE 3 TO 2 VOTE. SKAOWICZ IS A LONG TIME OUTSPOKEN COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM CRITIC AND THE HOST OF KZYXS MONEY MATTERS RADIO PROGRAM. SUPERVISORS HAMBURG AND SMITH CALLED SAKOWICZS CRITICISM QUOTE, MERCILESS AND OVER THE TOP. SUPERVISOR SMITH ALSO SITS ON THE RETIREMENT BOARD.

POSTAGE RATES GO UP JKB 1/24/12

• SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED. POSTAGES RATES WENT UP OVER THE WEEKEND.

FIRST CLASS STAMPS NOW COST 45 CENTS EACH. THE PRICE INCREASE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL $888 MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL REVENUE. IT IS THE FIRST PRICE INCREASE IN TWO AND HALF YEARS. THE FOREVER STAMPS REMAIN VALID DURING ALL PRICE INCREASES.

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ADELE-SET FIRE TO THE RAIN

BRUNO MARS-IT WILL RAIN

FLO RIDA-GOOD FEELING

KATY PERRY-THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

RIHANNA W/CALVIN HARRIS-WE FOUND LOVE

SELENA GOMEZ AND THE SCENE-LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG

BREATHE CAROLINA-BLACKOUT

DAVID GUETTA W/NICKI MINAJ-TURN ME ON

DRAKE-HEADLINES

GAVIN DEGRAW-NOT OVER YOU

GYM CLASS HEROES W/NEON FITCH-ASS BACK HOME

HOT CHELLE RAE W/NEW BOYZ-I LIKE IT LIKE THAT

J COLE-WORKOUT

JAY-Z W/KANYE WEST-NI** AS IN PARIS

JESSIE J-DOMINO

KELLY CLARKSON-WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU (STRONGER)

OUTASIGHT-TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT

PITBULL W/CHRIS BROWN-INTERNATIONAL LOVE

RIHANNA-YOU DA ONE

SNOOP DOGG W/WIZ KHALIFA & BRUNO MARS-YOUNG, WILD AND FREE

BIG SEAN W/NICKI MINAJ-DANCE

BIG TIME RUSH W/MANN-MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH U

JOJO-DISASTER

WANTED (THE)-GLAD YOU CAME

WE THE KINGS-SAY YOU LIKE ME

WILL.I.AM W/MICK JAGGER & JENNIFER LOPEZ-T.H.E. (THE HARDEST EVER)

CHRISTINA PERRI-A THOUSAND YEARS

COBRA STARSHIP W/MAC MILLER-MIDDLE FINGER

COLBIE CAILLAT-BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN

DRAKE W/RIHANNA-TAKE CARE

LMFAO-SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING

MIKE POSNER-LOOKS LIKE SEX

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News 1/23/12

AMBER ALERT GIRL FOUND JKB 1/23/12

• POLICE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY RESCUE AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS ABDUCTED FROM HER HOME IN SAN JOSE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, KILLING HER KIDNAPPER IN THE PROCESS.

A STATEWIDE AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED FOR 11 YEAR OLD TAYLOR VO AFTER HER MOTHERS EX-BOYFRIEND, 42 YEAR OLD TRI TRUONG LE FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE GIRLS HOME, ATTACKED ONE OF HER RELATIVES, AND FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM A HANDGUN, BEFORE FLEEING. ACCORDING TO POLICE LE, HAD THE GIRL IN HIS ARMS INSIDE A SAN JOSE TOWNHOME WHEN HE FIRED AT OFFICERS AND A SWAT TEAM MEMBER FIRED BACK, KILLING HIM. THE GIRL WAS NOT INJURED. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT GIVE A MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME.

DRUG BUST JKB 1/23/12

• A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP LED TO THE ARREST OF A PAIR OF LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS ON THURSDAY.

55 YEAR OLD DAVID CHRISTENSEN OF CLEARLAKE OAKS AND HIS PASSENGER, 22 YEAR OLD KIRSTEN WEISS OF LUCERNE WERE STOPPED JUST AFTER 8 PM ON KEY BLVD. DURING THE STOP, THE DEPUTY NOTICED THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA. WEISS WAS ON FELONY PROBATION ,WHICH LED TO A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DISCOVERY OF A SMALL BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND GLASS PIPE. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ALSO DETERMINED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL.

NOAA DESIGNATES HABITAT FOR LEATHERBACK TURTLE JKB 1/23/12

• THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ASSOCIATION, OR NOAA, HAS DESIGNATED JUST UNDER 42,000 SQUARE MILES OF MARINE HABITAT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENDANGERED LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE DESIGNATION WILL NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT RECREATION FISHING, BOATING OR OTHER PRIVATE ACTIVITIES IN THE CRITICAL HABITAT. THE NEWLY DESIGNATED AREA IS MADE UP OT TWO SECTIONS. THE SOUTHERN PORTION WILL STRETCH FROM POINT ARGUELLO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO POINT ARENA. THE NORTHERN SECTION RUNS FROM CAPE BLANCO OREGON NORTH TO CAPE FLATTERY WASHINGTON.

BOS MEETINGS JKB 1/23/12

• THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE HOLDING TWO MEETINGS THIS WEEK, ONE TODAY AND ONE TOMORROW.

TODAY, THE SUPES WILL CONSIDER WHAT SUCCESSOR AGENCY WILL TAKE OVER THE HOUSING PART OF THE NOW DEFUNCT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. COUNTY CEO CARMEL ANGELO HAS SUGGESTED THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES BE TURNED OVER TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. THE BOARD WILL ALSO HEAR A PRESENTATION ON BRINGING BROAD BAND INTERNET TO RURAL AREAS, AND WILL INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR TWO SEATS ON THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW, THE SUPES WILL VOTE ON GIVING THEMSELVES A 10% PERMANENT PAY CUT, CONSIDER ELIMINATING THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMITTING PROGRAM, WEIGH A WAGE AGREEMENT WITH THE BARGAINING GROUP THE REPRESENTS THE COUNTYS MANAGERS, AND HEAR ALTERNATIVES TO HELP THE TROUBLED HEALTH PLAN FOR COUNTY RETIREES.

MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATS JKB 1/23/12

• A MENDOCINO MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY LEAVING A THREATENING MESSAGE ON THE PHONE OF AN ALBION WOMAN.

THE VICTIM, 39Y EAR OLD JACQUELINE PETTIT CONTACTED SHERIFFS DEPUTIES SATURDAY EVENING AT AROUND 5 PM TO REPORT THAT SHE FEARED FOR HER SAFETY BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM 42 YEAR OLD CHARLES WORDEN. WORDEN ADMITTED TO LEAVING THE MESSAGE AND CONFIRMED HE WOULD POSSIBLE CARRY OUT THE THREAT, WHEN DEPUTIES MET WITH HIM AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER. WORDEN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN DRINKING, IN PART BECAUSE HE WAS ON ACTIVE PROBATION WITH A CONSUME NO ALCOHOL CLAUSE. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH MAKING CRIMINAL THREATS.

UKIAH DRUG ARREST JKB 1/23/12

• A WILLITS WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN UKIAH ON DRUG CHARGES AFTER CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF A SHERIFFS DEPUTY ON ROUTINE PATROL WHILE STANDING NEXT TO A CLOSED BUSINESS IN THE AREA OF FEEDLOT LANE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

25 YEAR OLD BRITTNEY BOULEY WAS CONTACTED AND WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A SEARCH OF HER PERSON TURNED UP NUMEROUS HYPODERMIC SYRINGES, TWO OF WHICH WERE FILLED. ONE TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, WHILE THE OTHER WAS POSITIVE FOR OPIATES. BOULEY, WHO WAS ON DIVERSION PROBATION FOR A PRIOR DRUG ARREST WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL WITH NO BAIL SET.

News 1/20/12

WINTER WEATHER JKB 1/20/12

• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET IN MENDOCINO COUNTY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ABOVE 3000 FEET BEGINNING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

MEANWHILE IN LAKE COUNTY A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 4 AM SATURDAY. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED LOCALLY. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH THOSE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR EXPECTED. MOTORISTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

FATAL COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 20 JKB 1/20/12

• ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN A TWO CAR COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 20 YESTERDAY MORNING.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, A 63 YEAR OLD FORT BRAGG MAN WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND WHEN, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE ROUNDING A RIGHT CURVE IN THE ROADWAY 12 AND A HALF MILES EAST OF FORT BRAGG, NEAR MCGUIRES POND AT AROUND 9:30 AM. HE CROSSED THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE AND COLLIDED WITH THE LEFT FRONT OF UTILITY TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY A 51 YEAR OLD BRYON OUGH OF UKIAH. THE FORT BRAGG MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, DIED AT THE SCENE. OUGH WAS TAKEN TO MENDOCINO COAST HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL MOLESTATION JKB 1/20/12

• A FORT BRAGG MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR MOLESTING A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL, AFTER THE VICTIM TOLD A TEACHERS AIDE AT SCHOOL ABOUT THE INCIDENTS THAT HAD OCCURRED OVER SEVERAL DAYS.

THE TEACHERS AIDE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED IT TO THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS BEGUN THAT INCLUDED CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 22 YEAR OLD VICTOR MARTINEZ WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH A CHILD. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON TUESDAY.

SEXUAL PREDATOR ARRESTED JKB 1/20/12

• LAKE COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY FACEBOOK WAS THE WAY A SEXUAL PREDATOR TRIED TO LURE A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL INTO HAVING SEX WITH HIM.

A CONCERNED FATHER CONTACTED THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AFTER LEARNING THAT 29 YEAR OLD JASON JAMES RUSSELL OF CLEARLAKE HAD CONTACTED HIS DAUGHTER ON FACEBOOK VIA TEXT MESSAGE. THE GIRL MADE IT CLEAR SHE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, BUT HE PERSISTED. DETECTIVES SET UP AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION POSING AS THE GIRL, AND RUSSELL ALLEGEDLY SET UP A TIME TO MEET WITH HER AT AUSTIN PARK IN CLEARLAKE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SEX. HE WAS ARRESTED AND CONFESSED TO PROPOSITIONING SEVERAL UNDERAGE GIRLS ON FACEBOOK. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER SEXUAL MOLESTATION AND PREDATION CHARGES.

COUPLE ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING HOSPITAL STAFF JKB 1/20/12

• A UKIAH COUPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER ASSAULTING STAFF AT THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER ON WEDNESDAY.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, 28 YEAR OLD SCOTTY LEE WILLIS REFUSED TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT. AS A STAFF MEMBER WAS ESCORTING HIM OUTSIDE, WILLIS SPUN AROUND AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE WITH HIS ELBOW AND A FIGHT BEGAN. WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PREVENT 23 YEAR OLD KELISHA ALVAREZ FROM INTERVENING, SHE PUNCHED THAT EMPLOYEE. BOTH WILLIS AND ALVAREZ WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR BATTERY ON MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

RADIOACTIVE PRODUCTS STOPPED BY CHP JKB 1/20/12

• THE CHP HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEIR OFFICERS STOPPED A SHIPMENT OF RADIATION-CONTAMINATED BATHROOM TISSUE HOLDERS FROM REACHING RETAIL OUTLETS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OFFICIALS DETECTED THE SHIPMENT OF RADIOACTIVE TISSUE HOLDERS MADE FROM CONTAMINATED METAL CONTAINING COBALT-60 DURING A ROUTINE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION. THE DISCOVERY LED TO A NATIONWIDE RECALL OF THE ITEM. ACCORDING TO THE CHP, THEIR PERSONNEL HAVE THE TRAINING, EQUIPMENT AND CAPABILITY OF LOCATING ITEMS THAT MAY THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY.

STATEWIDE AMBER ALERT JKB 1/20/12

• A STATEWIDE AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AN 11 YEAR OLD SAN JOSE GIRL WHO WAS ABDUCTED FROM HER HOME EARLY THIS MORNING.

11 YEAR OLD TAYLOR VO WAS ABDUCTED BY 42 YEAR OLD TRI LE JUST AFTER 1 AM. LE ALLEGEDLY ENTERED HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS HOME AND FIRED OFF A COUPLE OF ROUNDS FROM AN UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIREARM. THE SUSPECT TOOK THE CHILD AND FLED THE SCENE IN A DARK COLORED MINIVAN OF AN UNKNOWN MAKE AND MODEL. THE LICENSE PLATE IS ALSO UNKNOWN. THE CHILD IS DESCRIBED AS BEING OF ASIAN DESCENT, 5 FEET 3 INCHES TALL, 105 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. THE SUSPECT IS ALSO OF ASIAN DESCENT, 5 FEET 6 INCHES TALL, 170 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK BASEBALL CAP, BLACK JACKET AND BLUE JEANS. POLICE SUSPECT HE IS ARMED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY.

News 1/19/12

WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY JKB 1/19/12

• A SERIES OF STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DESCEND ON THE NORTH COAST, AND THEY WILL BRING WITH THEM WIND, RAIN, AND SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

RAINFALL THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM HALF AN INCH TO UP TO TWO INCHES IN SOME AREAS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET, WHILE 10 TO 24 INCHES OF SNOW COULD BE POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

ICY ROADS LEAD TO CRASHES JKB 1/19/12

• BLACK ICE TOOK ITS TOLL ON A NUMBER OF DRIVERS IN LAKE COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING.

SEVERAL MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND VEHICLES SLIDING OFF THE ROADWAY WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA OF COBB MOUNTAIN AND ALL ALONG HIGHWAY 175. ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED NEAR RED HILL ROAD, SODA BAY ROAD AS WELL AS IN AND AROUND LAKEPORT. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY MAJOR INJURIES.

BODY FOUND IN CREEK IDENTIFIED JKB 1/19/12

• A MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN FORBES CREEK NEAR BRUSH STREET ON TUESDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 65 YEAR OLD CHARLES RICHARD GOODRICH OF LAKEPORT.

AUTHORITIES SAY HIS DEATH APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. RESULTS OF AN AUTOPSY SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY WILL BE RELEASED AT A LATER DATE.

E-QUAKE AT GEYSERS JKB 1/19/12

• THE GEYSERS WERE SHAKEN BY A 3.0 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE 2ND QUAKE 3.0 OR LARGER TO STRIKE THE AREA SINCE NEW YEARS DAY.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 4:57 PM AND WAS CENTERED 2 MILES EAST SOUTH EAST OF THE STEAM FIELDS. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY FOUR AFTERSHOCKS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1.2 TO 2.3 IN MAGNITUDE.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVES WALMART EIR JKB 1/19/12

• ON A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE, THE UKIAH CITY COUNCIL UPHELD THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSIONS CERTIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED WALMART EXPANSION.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION CERTIFIED THE EIR LAST MONTH, BUT AN APPEAL FILED BY A GROUP CALLED CITIZENS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE SENT THE EIR CERTIFICATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. NOW THAT THE CERTIFICATION HAS BEEN UPHELD, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO ISSUE A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. COUNCIL MEMBER PHIL BALDWIN WAS THE ONLY DISSENTING VOTE.

HOME INVASION ROBBERY JKB 1/19/12

• ANOTHER HOME INVASION ROBBERY HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE LATEST IN LOCK LOMOND.

THE VICTIM CALLED POLICE AT AROUND 5:30 AM AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN AWOKEN BY A NOISE A HALF HOUR EARLIER AND CONFRONTED THREE MEN STANDING IN THE HALLWAY WHEN HE WENT TO INVESTIGATE. ALL THREE SUSPECTS WERE WEARING DARK CLOTHING AND SKI MASKS, AND ONE WAS CARRYING A HANDGUN. HE WAS THEN ATTACKED AND OVERPOWERED BY THE INTRUDERS. THE SUSPECTS RANSACKED THE HOME, STATING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MARIJUANA AND CASH. THEY EVENTUALLY LEFT TAKING ELECTRONICS, CASH AND THE VICTIMS CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED IN THE KELSEYVILLE AREA. THE VICTIM WAS TREATED FOR INJURIES HE RECEIVED AT ST HELENA CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL. THE SUSPECTS REMAIN UNIDENTIFIED AND AT LARGE.

SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR LONG BEACH MED POT CASE JKB 1/19/12

• THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT WOULD HEAR THE LONG BEACH MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE.

AN APPEALS COURT HAD STRUCK DOWN SEVERAL PARTS OF LONG BEACHS ORDINANCE THAT SOUGHT TO REGULATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA COLLECTIVES, INCLUDING RULES FOR A LOTTERY AND PERMITTING SYSTEM LAST YEAR. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYS SUCH REGULATION IS IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW, AS MARIJUANA IS ILLEGAL IN THE EYES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. MENDOCINO COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO HAVE SUSPENDED THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMIT PROGRAM UNTIL THE COURT RENDERS THEIR DECISION WILL WATCH THE CASE CLOSELY. FEES FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PERMITS ISSUED LAST YEAR BROUGHT THE COUNTY MORE THAN $600,000. THE RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 9 MONTHS TO A YEAR.

POLICE ARREST SIX PEOPLE OCCUPYING HOME JKB 1/19/12

• EUREKA POLICE ARRESTED SIX PEOPLE YESTERDAY MORNING WHO ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A VACANT HOUSE IN A PROTEST FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS AND FORECLOSURES.

FOUR MEN AND TWO WOMEN RANGING IN AGE BETWEEN 21 AND 25 WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER POLICE FORCED THEIR WAY INSIDE. THE SIX SUBJECTS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS PART OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT. FIVE OF THE SIX HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ARRESTED AT OCCUPY EVENTS. ACCORDING TO POLICE THE TRESPASSERS SPRAY PAINTED ANARCHIST SYMBOLS ON THE WALLS, TORE OUT SOME OF THE WIRING AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE HOME, WHICH IRONICALLY, WAS NOT IN FORECLOSURE. THE RENTAL PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY BETWEEN TENANTS.