Playlist 5/3/12

FLO RIDA W/SIA-WILD ONES

FUN. W/JANELLE MONAE-WE ARE YOUNG

KATY PERRY-PART OF ME

NICKI MINAJ-STARSHIPS

ONE DIRECTION-WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL

WANTED (THE)-GLAD YOU CAME

ADELE-RUMOUR HAS IT

B.O.B.-SO GOOD

CALVIN HARRIS-I FEEL SO CLOSE

CARLY RAE JEPSEN-CALL ME MAYBE

DEMI LOVATO-GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK

DRAKE W/LIL’ WAYNE & TYGA-THE MOTTO

ELLIE GOULDING-LIGHTS

GOTYE W/KIMBRA-SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW

JENNIFER LOPEZ W/PITBULL-DANCE AGAIN

JUSTIN BIEBER-BOYFRIEND

KARMIN-BROKEN HEARTED

K’NAAN W/NELLY FURTADO-IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?

MAROON 5 W/WIZ KHALIFA-PAYPHONE

PITBULL-BACK IN TIME

TAYLOR SWIFT-EYES OPEN

TRAIN-DRIVE BY

CHRIS RENE-YOUNG HOMIE

DAVID GUETTA W/SIA-TITANIUM

HAVANA BROWN W/PITBULL-WE RUN THE NIGHT

HOT CHELLE RAE-HONESTLY

NEON HITCH-F U BETTA

RIHANNA-WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

ANDY GRAMMER-FINE BY ME

COLDPLAY-PARADISE

JASON MRAZ-I WON’T GIVE UP

KIRKO BANGZ-DRANK IN MY CUP

MADONNA-GIRL GONE WILD

NEON TREES-EVERYBODY TALKS

RIHANNA W/CHRIS BROWN-BIRTHDAY CAKE

USHER-CLIMAX

WALLPAPER-BEST SONG EVERRR

News 4/27/12

BURGLARY ARREST JKB 4/27/12

• A FORT BRAGG MAN WITH SEVERAL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS WAS ARRESTED FOR TWO RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES WEDNESDAY AFTER HE WAS CONFRONTED BY NEIGHBORS AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE VICTIMS.

29 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS POLLARD WAS SEEN BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS CARRYING A CHAINSAW FROM HIS PROPERTY THAT HE CLAIMED HE FOUND AND WAS RETURNING TO THE VICTIM. POLLARD THEN LEFT ON FOOT. THE VICTIM BELIEVED HE HAD INTERRUPTED A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AS HE RETURNED HOME AT AROUND 10:30 AM, AND DISCOVERED ITEMS MISSING FROM BOTH HIS AND HIS NEIGHBORS HOUSE. DEPUTIES WERE CALLED BACK TO THE AREA AT AROUND 4 PM AFTER THE VICTIM AND SEVERAL OTHERS CONFRONTED POLLARD AND WERE DETAINING HIM UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. POLLARD WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR BURGLARY AND THREE OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

MOTHER DEFENDS SONS KILLER IN COURT JKB 4/27/12

• THE MOTHER OF A CRESCENT CITY MAN WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY HIS GIRLFRIEND, DEFENDED THE ACCUSED WOMAN IN COURT YESTERDAY, SAYING SHE WAS THE VICTIM.

34 YEAR OLD MISTY FITZHUGH IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING 43 YEAR OLD JEFFREY BARTLEY WITH A RIFLE NEAR THE TOWN OF SMITH RIVER IN DEL NORTE COUNTY SUNDAY NIGHT. AT HER ARRAIGNMENT YESTERDAY BARTLEYS MOTHER DEFENDED FITZHUGH SAYING THE WOMAN HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP AT THE HANDS OF HER SON. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE COUPLE HAD BEEN STAYING WITH A RELATIVE OF BARTLEYS ON ROWDY CREEK ROAD AND HAD BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEIR TRAVEL TRAILER AND TRUCK HAD BEEN MOVED DOWN TO A TURNOUT DOWN ON ROWDY CREEK ROAD. A FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE COUPLE AND FITZHUGH WAS ABLE TO PLACE A PHONE CALL TO A RELATIVE FOR HELP. KNOWING THE PAST VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE COUPLE THE RELATIVE ARRIVED WITH A HUNTING RIFLE FOR PROTECTION AND LEANED IT UP AGAINST HIS VEHICLE TO USE BOTH HANDS TO RESTRAIN BARTLEY, WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY BEATING FITZHUGH IN THE TRAILER. AT SOME POINT FITZHUGH GRABBED THE RIFLE AND SHOT BARTLEY IN THE BACK. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

BOMB SCARE AT VA CLINIC JKB 4/27/12

• TWO SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC IN CLEARLAKE LED TO THE EVACUATION OF THE CLINIC AND AN INVESTIGATION BY AUTHORITIES YESTERDAY.

THE CLINIC WAS CLOSED AT NOON WHEN ONE OF THE PACKAGES RECEIVED THROUGH THE MAIL WAS HEARD MAKING A NOISE. POLICE AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE NOISY PACKAGE CONTAINED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH LOW BATTERIES AND WAS NOT A DANGER. THE ALL CLEAR TO RETURN TO THE BUILDING WAS GIVEN AT AROUND 3:20 PM.

E-QUAKE OFF HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST JKB 4/27/12

• AN AREA 36 MILES WEST OF PETROLIA OFF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY COAST WAS SHAKEN BY A 4.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE QUAKE OCCURRED AT 1:38 AM. NO TSUNAMI WARNING WAS ISSUED AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR INJURIES ON SHORE.

MAN ARRESTED FOR TORCHING CAR AT DMV JKB 4/27/12

• A DALY CITY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SET FIRE TO A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OFFICE MONDAY.

64 YEAR OLD HUGO CARRANZA WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO TAPE, DOUSING THE CADILLACS WHEELS WITH OIL OR GAS AND LIGHTING THEM ON FIRE. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, CARRANZA WAS ANGRY THAT HIS OWN CAR THAT HE USED FOR HIS HOUSE CLEANING BUSINESS HAD BEEN TOWED AWAY FOR HAVING EXPIRED TAGS IN OCTOBER. THE VEHICLE CARRANZA TORCHED DID NOT BELONG TO A DMV EMPLOYEE, BUT HE THOUGHT IT DID. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF FELONY VANDALISM AND ARSON AT AN ARRAIGNMENT YESTERDAY.

SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH JKB 4/27/12

• A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLL OVER ACCIDENT SLOWED TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 20 IN LUCERNE YESTERDAY EVENING.

THE CRASH OCCURRED JUST AFTER 7 PM AND INVOLVED A PICK UP TRUCK. ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED FROM THE SCENE TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. A SECOND PERSON WAS REPORTEDLY TRANSPORTED TO SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL IN A PRIVATE VEHICLE. THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THEIR CONDITIONS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE ACCIDENT SLOWED TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 20 FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR.

DUI ARREST JKB 4/27/12

• A FORT BRAGG MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE DROVE HIS CAR OVER THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY 101 NEAR THE CAL FIRE HOWARD FOREST STATION IN WILLITS EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, 24 YEAR OLD JUSTIN LEE DROVE OVER THE EMBANKMENT JUST AS AN AMBULANCE PASSING EN ROUTE TO ANOTHER CALL SPOTTED HIM AT AROUND 2:25 AM. HE HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND TAKEN TO HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES. HE WAS LATER ARRESTED FOR DUI AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL.

MENDOCINO COUNTY WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY JKB 4/27/12

• THE 12 ANNUAL MENDOCINO COUNTY WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLUB ON SCHOOL STREET TOMORROW.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THE EVENT THAT BEGINS AT 5 PM AND WILL HONOR THE LIVES OF 49 MENDOCINO COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO DIED ON THE JOB AND 32 PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED OR DISABLED WHILE WORKING. FOUR OF THE NAMES ADDED THIS YEAR INCLUDE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCILMAN AND PRIVATE TIMBERLAND MANAGER JERE MELO AND MENDOCINO LAND TRUST MANAGER MATTHEW COLEMAN WHO WERE SHOT AND KILLED WHILE DOING THEIR JOBS BY THE SAME GUNMAN LAST YEAR. U.S. NAVY SEAL JESS PITTMAN, WHO DIED ALONG WITH 29 AMERICAN SERVICE MEN WHEN THEIR HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN OVER AFGHANISTAN, AND MICHAEL EAGLETON, A WORKER THAT WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A TRUCK ON THE COAST IN FEBRUARY.

News UPDATE 4/2612

WALTERS CAFÉ AND RUN TONG RESTAURANTS RAIDED JKB 4/26/12

• WALTER S CAFÉ AND THE RUEN TONG THAI RESTAURANTS WERE RAIDED AND SHUT DOWN BY FEDERAL AGENTS YESTERDAY, BUT NOBODY BUT THE FEDS SEEM TO KNOW WHY AND THEY ARENT TALKING.

ACCORDING TO SPECIAL AGENT WITH THE IRS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO, ARLETTE LEE, ALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN ORDERED SEALED BY A FEDERAL COURT. LOCAL AUTHORITIES KNEW FEDERAL AGENTS WERE IN TOWN THIS WEEK, BUT WERE UNAWARE OF THE CASE THEY WERE WORKING ON. AGENT LEE SAID MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE RELEASED WHEN AND IF IT IS ALLOWED BY THE COURTS. BOTH RESTAURANTS ARE OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER.

News Update 4/26/12

WALTERS AND RUN TONG RESTAURANTS RAIDED JKB 4/26/12

• WALTERS AND THE RUN TONG THAI RESTAURANTS WERE RAIDED AND SHUT DOWN BY FEDERAL AGENTS YESTERDAY, BUT NOBODY BUT THE FEDS SEEM TO KNOW WHY AND THEY ARENT TALKING.

ACCORDING TO SPECIAL AGENT WITH THE IRS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO, ARLETTE LEE, ALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN ORDERED SEALED BY A FEDERAL COURT. LOCAL AUTHORITIES KNEW FEDERAL AGENTS WERE IN TOWN THIS WEEK, BUT WERE UNAWARE OF THE CASE THEY WERE WORKING ON. AGENT LEE SAID MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE RELEASED WHEN AND IF IT IS ALLOWED BY THE COURTS. BOTH RESTAURANTS ARE OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER.

News 4/26/12

SECOND INDECENT EXPOSURE IN LAKEPORT J KB 4/26/12

• ANOTHER INDECENT EXPOSURE INCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LAKEPORT, THE SECOND IN AS MANY DAYS.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE FEMALE VICTIM NOTICED A NEWER MODEL BLUE CHEVY IMPALA WITH AN AIR FIN ON THE TRUNK FOLLOWING HER AS SHE DROVE THROUGH TOWN. WHEN SHE REACHED THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH MAIN STREET AND LAKEPORT BLVD, THE SUSPECT PULLED ALONG SIDE TO HER LEFT AND HONKED HIS HORN TO GET HER ATTENTION. WHEN THE VICTIM LOOKED OVER, SHE SAW THE DRIVER MASTURBATING WHILE LOOKING DIRECTLY AT HER. THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING A WHITE MALE ADULT, 30 TO 35 YEARS OF AGE, WITH A THIN BUILD, WEARING A BLACK BASEBALL CAP, SUNGLASSES, WHITE T-SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. THE DESCRIPTION IS SIMILAR TO THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN AN INDECENT EXPOSURE INCIDENT ON TUESDAY MORNING IN WHICH A MASTURBATING MAN RAN AFTER A FEMALE JOGGER. POLICE BELIEVE THE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED AND INVOLVE THE SAME SUSPECT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON EITHER INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATED FOR POT GROW JKB 4/26/12

• A MENDOCINO COUNTY PROSECUTOR IS BEING INVESTIGATED IN CONNECTION WITH A MARIJUANA GROWING OPERATION FOUND AT HIS HOME ON MONDAY.

A SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED ON THE HOME THAT DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SERGIO FUENTES SHARES WITH HIS MOTHER IN UKIAH. POLICE FOUND ABOUT 150 GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS. FUENTES HAS BEEN PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF AN INVESTIGATION. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

BODY FOUND AT BODEGA HEAD JKB 4/26/12

• SONOMA COUNTY AUTHORITIES RETRIEVED THE REMAINS OF AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN FROM THE SURF BELOW BODEGA HEAD YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE BODY WAS SPOTTED AT THE BASE OF A 250 FOOT CLIFF BY TOURISTS HIKING IN THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THE BODY IS THAT OF ONE OF THE FOUR MISSING CREW MEMBERS FROM A SAILBOAT THAT CAPSIZED APRIL 14TH OFF THE FARALLON ISLANDS, BUT SAID IS WAS ONE OF MULTIPLE POSSIBILITIES. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. AN AUTOPSY IS EXPECTED TO BE CONDUCTED TODAY OR TOMORROW.

SEX SOLICITATION SENTENCE JKB 4/26/12

• A CLEARLAKE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THE MAXIMUM TERM POSSIBLE FOR SOLICITING SEX WITH A TEENAGE GIRL THROUGH FACEBOOK MESSAGES AND TEXTS, AND FOR USING FACEBOOK TO SEND A LEWD MESSAGE TO ANOTHER UNDERAGE GIRL.

29 YEAR OLD JASON RUSSELL WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN STATE PRISON. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, RUSSELL CONTACTED THE FIRST VICTIM THROUGH FACEBOOK. SHE RESPONDED BY TELLING HIM THAT SHE WAS JUST 15 YEARS OLD AND ASKED THAT HE STOP CONTACTING HER. WHEN HE CONTINUED WITH THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGES, SHE TOLD HER PARENTS, WHO THEN CONTACTED POLICE. A SHERIFFS INVESTIGATOR POSING AS THE VICTIM, CONTACTED RUSSELL AND SET UP A DATE TO GET TOGETHER WITH HIM AT AUSTIN PARK TO HAVE SEX. RUSSELL WAS ARRESTED AT THE PRESCRIBED MEETING PLACE AND TIME. HE ADMITTED TO GOING THERE WITH THE INTENT TO HAVE SEX WITH THE MINOR VICTIM. AFTER HIS ARREST ANOTHER MINOR VICTIM CAME FORWARD SAYING SHE TOO HAD RECEIVED A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MESSAGE FROM RUSSELL.

TROTTER NAMED CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER JKB 4/26/12

• DR. MARVIN TROTTER HAS BEEN NAMED THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER.

DR. TROTTER IS AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE DOCTOR AND HOSPITALIST AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. HE IS REPLACING DR. DALE MORRISON WHO STEPPED DOWN IN ORDER TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS CARDIOLOGY PATIENTS. AS PART OF HIS NEW DUTIES DR. TROTTER WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND WILL REPRESENT THE MEDICAL STAFF IN AREAS OF VISION, QUALITY, AND GROWTH. HE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A HOSPITALIST FOR INPATIENT CARE.

CLEAN AIR IN LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES JKB 4/26/12

• BOTH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES HAVE SOME OF THE CLEANEST AIR IN THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION.

AN ANNUAL REPORT ON AIR QUALITY RELEASED THIS WEEK SHOWS BOTH COUNTIES RANKED IN THE TOP NINE COUNTIES IN THE STATE FOR THE CLEANEST OZONE LEVELS, AND TOP SEVEN COUNTIES FOR PARTICLE POLLUTION.

ROUND VALLEY TRIBE TO RECEIVE SETTLEMENT MONEY JKB 4/26/12

• THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBE WILL RECEIVE $8.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE LAWSUIT, FILED IN 2006, ALLEGES FEDERAL MISMANAGEMENT OF TRIBAL RESOURCES DATING BACK TO 1856 WHEN THE ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION WAS ESTABLISHED. THE SETTLEMENT IS PART OF A $1 BILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE WITH 41 TRIBES WHO FILED INDIVIDUAL LAWSUITS FOR MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. ROUND VALLEY TRIBAL LEADERS SAY THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO FUND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND JOB CREATION.

PHOTOGRAPHER WINS PRIZE JKB 4/26/12

• A WELL KNOWN LAKE COUNTY PHOTOGRAPHER HAS WON THE GRAND PRIZE IN THE YEAR LONG CALIFORNIA WATCHABLE WILDLIFE AND OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA PHOTO CONTEST.

LYLE MADESONS PHOTO OF AN OSPREY AND RED-TAILED HAWK VYING FOR THE SAME FISH WAS SELECTED FROM THE 12 MONTHLY FIRST PLACE WINNERS FOR THE TOP HONOR. THE WINNING PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT CLEAR LAKE STATE PARK. MADESON WAS AWARDED A CHECK FOR $200 A NIKON BINOCULAR DONATED BY OUT OF THIS WORLD IN MENDOCINO AND A MEMBERSHIP AND STATE PARKS PASS DONATED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION.

News 4/25/12

BODY OF MISSING MAN FOUND JKB 4/25/12

• THE BODY OF A MISSING SANTA ROSA MAN WO DISAPPEARED ON A TRIP TO VISIT HIS SON IN LAKE COUNTY, WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE OF HIS CAR OFF HIGHWAY 29 IN NAPA COUNTY.

67 YEAR OLD ANTHONY LLERENA HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE APRIL 15TH. A CALTRANS CREW WORKING ALONG THE HIGHWAY SPOTTED HIS CAR MONDAY MORNING. HIS CAR HAD CRASHED INTO A TREE NEAR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON STATE PARK. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT IS CONTINUING.

MASTURBATING MAN FOLLOWS JOGGER JKB 4/25/12

• LAKEPORT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO A WOMAN WHILE SHE WAS JOGGING NEAR SECOND AND NORTH TUNIS STREETS EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE WOMAN REPORTED THAT THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN TOUCHING HIMSELF WHILE FOLLOWING HER AS SHE JOGGED JUST AFTER 6 AM. AT ONE POINT SHE FOUND HIM RUNNING BEHIND HER IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WHILE MASTURBATING. A SEARCH OF THE AREA BY POLICE FAILED TO LOCATE HIM. THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE ADULT IN HIS EARLY TO MID TWENTIES, APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET TALL WITH A THIN BUILD, MEDIUM LENGTH DARK BROWN WAVY HAIR AND NO FACIAL HAIR. HE WAS WEARING A LOOSE FITTING DARK NAVY BLUE HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND FADED BLUE JEANS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE, THE SUSPECT, OR SIMILAR INCIDENTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MAD COW DISEASE CONFIRMATION JKB 4/25/12

· THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT THE FOURTH CASE OF BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS MAD COW DISEASE, HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN A CALIFORNIA DAIRY COW.

THE DISEASED ANIMAL WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE. THE ANIMALS CARCASS IS BEING HELD UNDER STATE AUTHORITY AT A RENDERING FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA AND WILL BE DESTROYED. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE ANIMAL WAS NEVER PRESENTED FOR SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND AT NO TIME PRESENTED A RISK TO THE FOOD SUPPLY OR HUMAN HEALTH, AND MILK DOES NOT TRANSMIT BSE.

MOTORCYCLIST INJURED JKB 4/25/12

· A MOTORCYCLIST WAS INJURED AFTER HE RAN INTO A CAR ON HIGHWAY 20 IN NICE MONDAY EVENING.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, 19 YEAR OLD DENNIS PETERSON OF CHICO WAS RIDING EASTBOUND NEAR KEELING AVENUE FOLLOWING A CAR BEING DRIVEN BY 22 YEAR OLD JAMES EUBANKS OF NICE AT AROUND 7:20 PM. EUBANKS HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A DOG ON THE HIGHWAY AND PETERSON CLIPPED THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR AS HE SWERVED TO AVOID THE COLLISION. PETERSON WAS EJECTED FROM THE BIKE AND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. PETERSON WAS CITED FOR NO POSSESSING A MOTORCYCLE LICENSE.

FORT BRAGG APPROVES PLASTIC BAG BAN JKB 4/25/12

· FORT BRAGG BECAME THE SECOND CITY IN MENDOCINO COUNTY TO BAN DISPOSABLE PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS AT A SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT.

UKIAH CITY OFFICIALS APPROVED A SIMILAR BAN LAST WEEK. BOTH BANS WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOLLOWING FINAL APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTIONS, AND WILL BE PHASED IN OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD. GROCERY STORES AND PHARMACIES WILL BE THE FIRST RETAILERS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW ORDINANCES. MENDOCINO COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROVE A SIMILAR BAN IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY NEXT MONTH.

NEW MENDO COURTHOUSE ON LIST OF PROJECTS TO BE RE-EVALUATED JKB 4/25/12

· THE NEW MENDOCINO COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS ONE OF 13 PROJECTS ON A LIST OF COURT CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL BE REASSESSED TO SEE WHERE MONEY CAN BE SAVED.

FOLLOWING A DIRECTIVE ISSUED BY THE STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL YESTERDAY, THE 13 PROJECTS, WITH A CURRENT COMBINED PROJECT COST OF $1.1 BILLION DOLLARS WILL BE REEVALUATED FOR SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OPTIONS, INCLUDING DOWNSIZING OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, USING LOWER-COST CONSTRUCTION METHODS, OR UNDERTAKING RENOVATIONS VS. NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT IS UNKNOWN IF SUCH A REASSESSMENT WILL DELAY CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE. ANOTHER 24 PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE NEW COURTHOUSE FOR LAKE COUNTY, WILL PROCEED WITH MANDATED CONSTRUCTION BUDGET CUTS OF AT LEAST 2% TO 10%, OVER AND ABOVE THE 4% REDUCTION DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2011.

NURSES STRIKE JKB 4/25/12

· AN ESTIMATED 4,500 REGISTERED NURSES AT EIGHT BAY AREA HOSPITALS, INCLUDING SUTTER LAKESIDE IN LAKEPORT, WILL WALK OFF THE JOB ON MAY 1ST TO PROTEST CONCESSIONS THEY SAY SUTTER HOSPITALS ARE SEEKING IN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.

ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION, NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOSPITALS OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS HAVE REACHED AN IMPASSE. THE CNA SAYS SUTTER AFFILIATES ARE DEMANDING REDUCTIONS IN PATIENT CARE, NURSES STANDARDS AND WORKPLACE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SICK LEAVE, HEALTH BENEFITS, RETIREMENT AND OVERTIME REQUIREMENTS. NURSES WENT ON A STRIKE OVER THE SAME ISSUES LAST SEPTEMBER. SUTTER LAKESIDE HOSPITAL SAYS IS WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING THE ONE DAY WALKOUT WITH TRAINED NURSES READY TO FILL IN FOR STRIKING NURSES.

FEE WAIVER PLAN TABLED JKB 4/25/12

· THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TABLED A PLAN TO CUT BUILDING FEES FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS WHEN IT WAS APPARENT THEY WOULD NEED THE VOTE OF ABSENT 3RD DISTRICT SUPERVISOR JOHN PINCHES TO BREAK A POTENTIAL TIE.

THE MEASURE, PROPOSED BY SUPERVISORS JOHN MCCOWEN AND CARRIE BROWN IS DESIGNED TO STIMULATE THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY ENCOURAGING MORE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE LOWERING OR ELIMINATION OF SOME COST PROHIBITIVE FEES. SUPERVISORS HAMBURG AND SMITH OPPOSED THE PLAN, SAYING THERE WAS LITTLE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IT AFTER PLANNING AND BUILDING SERVICES DIRECTOR ROGER MOBLEY REPORTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN MINIMAL INTEREST IN SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN SONOMA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. THE DECISION WAS TABLED UNTIL THE BOARDS MAY 14TH MEETING.

Playlist 4/26/12

CALVIN HARRIS-I FEEL SO CLOSE

FLO RIDA W/SIA-WILD ONES

FUN. W/JANELLE MONAE-WE ARE YOUNG

KATY PERRY-PART OF ME

ONE DIRECTION-WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL

WANTED (THE)-GLAD YOU CAME

ADELE-RUMOUR HAS IT

B.O.B.-SO GOOD

CARLY RAE JEPSEN-CALL ME MAYBE

DRAKE W/LIL’ WAYNE & TYGA-THE MOTTO

ELLIE GOULDING-LIGHTS

GOTYE W/KIMBRA-SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW

JENNIFER LOPEZ W/PITBULL-DANCE AGAIN

JUSTIN BIEBER-BOYFRIEND

KARMIN-BROKEN HEARTED

K’NAAN W/NELLY FURTADO-IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?

NICKI MINAJ-STARSHIPS

PITBULL-BACK IN TIME

TAYLOR SWIFT-EYES OPEN

TRAIN-DRIVE BY

CHRIS RENE-YOUNG HOMIE

DEMI LOVATO-GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK

HAVANA BROWN W/PITBULL-WE RUN THE NIGHT

HOT CHELLE RAE-HONESTLY

NEON HITCH-F U BETTA

WALLPAPER-BEST SONG EVERRR

CAB (THE)-LA LA

DAVID GUETTA W/SIA-TITANIUM

KIRKO BANGZ-DRANK IN MY CUP

MADONNA-GIRL GONE WILD

NEON TREES-EVERYBODY TALKS

RIHANNA-WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

RIHANNA W/CHRIS BROWN-BIRTHDAY CAKE

SEAN PAUL-SHE DOESN’T MIND

USHER-CLIMAX

News 4/24/12

HOME INVASION ROBBERY JKB 4/24/12

• A SUSPECTED MARIJUANA RELATED HOME INVASION ROBBERY RESULTED IN A FORT BRAGG MAN BEING SEVERELY INJURED AND THE ARREST OF THREE MEN FROM OAKLAND OVER THE WEEKEND.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON BOICE LANE AT AROUND 7:10 SUNDAY MORNING. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY FOUND 29 YEAR OLD DANIEL ALONSO BADLY BEATEN. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ASLEEP WHEN TWO MEN HE HAD MET BEFORE, BURST INTO HIS HOME AND STARTED BEATING HIM WITH A CROWBAR AND STABBING HIM WITH A KNIFE. THE SUSPECTS WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS 24 YEAR OLD WILLIAM TAYLOR, AND 27 YEAR OLD JELANI KELLY. THEY FLED THE SCENE IN A RED SUV. ALONSO WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL OUT OF THE COUNTY FOR TREATMENT. CLOVERDALE POLICE STOPPED THE SUSPECTS SUV AT AROUND 9:30 AM. TAYLOR, KELLY, AND A THIRD MAN, 41 YEAR OLD ROBERT MILLER WERE ARRESTED. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, ALONSO HAD 51 MARIJUANA PLANTS IN THE HOME, BUT IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT ITEMS IF ANY, THE SUSPECTS TOOK DURING THE BREAK IN.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING BOYFRIEND JKB 4/24/12

• A CRESCENT CITY WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AND KILLING HER BOYFRIEND ALONG THE SIDE OF A RURAL ROAD NEAR THE TOWN OF SMITH RIVER IN DEL NORTE COUNTY SUNDAY.

34 YEAR OLD MISTY FITZHUGH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT A TURNOUT OFF ROUDY CREEK ROAD LESS THAN A MILE FROM HIGHWAY 101 WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED, JUST BEFORE 10 PM. 43 YEAR OLD JEFFREY BARTLEY WAS TAKEN TO SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIM HAD BEEN SHOT WITH A RIFLE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE PAIR WERE DOING AT THE TURNOUT AND DETECTIVES ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE.

SEARCH FOR INMATE JKB 4/24/12

• LAKE COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR AN INMATE THAT WALKED AWAY FROM THE LAKE COUNTY HILL ROAD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY YESTERDAY MORNING.

49 YEAR OLD ROGER VIGIL, ASSIGNED TO MINIMUM CUSTODY WAS WORKING OUTSIDE THE FACILITY ON THE GROUNDS WHEN HE DISAPPEARED AT AROUND 9 AM. VIGIL IS DESCRIBED AS A HISPANIC MALE ADULT, 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL, 155 POUNDS WITH A SHAVED HEAD AND BROWN EYES. HE HAS A TATTOO OF MICKEY MOUSE ON HIS LEFT ARM AND A TATTOO OF JESUS ON HIS RIGHT ARM. HE ALSO HAS A TATTOO OF A PEACOCK ON HIS BACK AND A PEACOCK ON HIS RIGHT ARM. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE COUNTY JAIL SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

TWO INJURED IN CRASH JKB 4/24/12

• TWO MEN WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR VEHICLES COLLIDED ON HIGHWAY 20 NEAR BLUE LAKES YESTERDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE CHP, 23 YEAR OLD ASHETON CUFAUDE OF LUCERNE WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND JUST WEST OF SCOTTS VALLEY ROAD WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE ALLOWED HIS TRUCK TO CROSS OVER THE CENTERLINE WHERE IS SIDESWIPED A TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY 52 YEAR OLD ALLAN STIRNAMAN JR, ALSO OF LUCERNE AT 8:20 AM. BOTH VEHICLE ENDED UP GOING OFF THE ROADWAY. CUFAUDE SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES, WHILE STIRNAMAN SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. ALCOHOL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR IN THE CRASH. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

CHASE AND DUI ARREST JKB 4/24/12

• A UKIAH MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER LEADING POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH SEVERAL CITY RESIDENTIAL STREETS OVER THE WEEKEND.

25 YEAR OLD MARCO MITCHELL REFUSED TO PULL OVER WHEN POLICE ATTEMPTED TO STOP HIM ON WAUGH LANE FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HE SPED AWAY, RUNNING THROUGH TWO STOP SIGNS AND REACHED SPEEDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WHILE DRIVING ON TALMAGE ROAD AND SOUTH STATE STREET. HE EVENTUALLY STOPPED ON CHERRY STREET WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE WAS ARRESTED ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING DUI AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE.

PROBATION SWEEP JKB 4/24/12

• THE FORT BRAGG POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE HELP OF A HOST OF OTHER AGENCIES CONDUCTED PROBATION AND PAROLE COMPLIANCE CHECKS ON FRIDAY.

FOUR ADULTS AND TWO JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED ON A VARIETY OF CHARGES AND VIOLATIONS. FOLLOWING THE COMPLIANCE CHECKS, OFFICERS BEGAN PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO ADDRESS COMPLAINTS REGARDING DRIVERS OPERATING VEHICLES WHILE TEXTING OR TALKING ON CELL PHONES, MODIFIED EXHAUSTS, SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED DOWNTOWN FOOT PATROLS CHECKING BARS AND PARKS FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING. 2 MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR DUI AND 10 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR VARIOUS VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS.

WAL-MART EXPANSION PLANS END JKB 4/24/12

• WAL-MART HAS ENDED ITS BID TO EXPAND THE UKIAH STORE INTO A SUPER STORE.

COMPANY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THEY WILL NOT APPEAL AN APRIL 11TH DECISION BY THE UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION THAT REJECTED THE EXPANSION PLAN. THE COMMISSION RULED AGAINST THE PROJECT, SAYING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OUTNUMBERED THE BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY WHERE TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND IMPACTS ON EXISTING GROCERY STORES WERE CONCERNED.

CVS PHARMACY SETTLES SUIT JKB 4/24/12

• THE CVS PHARMACY HAS SETTLED A CIVIL LAWSUIT WITH AGENCIES IN 45 COUNTIES AND TWO CITIES OVER ALLEGATIONS THAT IT FAILED TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

THE COMPANY WILL PAY A TOTAL OF $13.75 MILLION, $2 MILLION OF WHICH WILL GO TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION TRAINING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. THE SUIT ALLEGED THAT CVS PHARMACIES AND LONGS DRUG STORES VIOLATED CALIFORNIA LAW FOR HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL OF SHARPS, PHARMACEUTICALS, PHARMACY AND PHOTO WASTE. AS PART OF THE SUIT, MENDOCINO COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $21,250. LAKE COUNTY $16,250, SONOMA COUNTY $61,125, AND SONOMA COUNTY $84,625.

News 4/23/12

RANDOM ATTACK ON TODDLER JKB 4/23/12

• A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY SHE RANDOMLY ATTACKED A 16 MONTH OLD GIRL BY KICKING HER INTO THE AIR AND AGAINST A WALL OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT IN ARCATA ON FRIDAY.

THE GIRLS FATHER TACKLED THE WOMAN AND HELD HER UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. 28 YEAR OLD MOLLY FAYE BARNES OF PLACERVILLE WAS NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHILDS FAMILY, AND POLICE HAVE NO MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CORPORAL INJURY TO A CHILD, ASSAULT WITH FORCE LIKELY TO PRODUCE GREAT BODILY INJURY AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.

ARSON AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE JKB 4/23/12

• A SONOMA VALLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER SETTING FIRE TO HIS FORMER GIRLFRIENDS HOME, ENDANGERING THE LIFE OF HER SISTER AND HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN ON SUNDAY.

19 YEAR OLD ADALBERTO JIMINEZ-BARAJAS ALLEGEDLY USED GASOLINE TO SET THE FIRE JUST BEFORE 5 AM. THE EX-GIRLFRIEND, WHO IS 17, WASNT AT THE LOCATION. HER SISTER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE ASLEEP IN THE HOME WHEN THE BLAZE BEGAN, BUT WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE UNHARMED. JIMINEZ-BARAJAS SUFFERED BURNS TO HIS LEG AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE SCENE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SONOMA COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ARSON, CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE.

MISSING ELDERLY MAN JKB 4/23/12

• AN ELDERLY SANTA ROSA MAN WHO CALLED HIS SON IN LAKE COUNTY A WEEK AGO SUNDAY TO SAY HE WAS ON HIS WAY UP FOR A VISIT IS MISSING, AND AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY.

67 YEAR OLD ANTHONY LLERENA NEVER ARRIVED AT HIS DESTINATION. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. LLERENA LIVES ALONE, HAD NO KNOWN MEDICAL ISSUES, AND DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DISTRAUGHT WHEN HE LEFT FOR HIS VISIT. HIS SON, JASON LLERENA SAID THERE IS NO PRECEDENT FOR HIS DISAPPEARANCE. THE ELDER LLERENA, WHO DOES NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE, WAS DRIVING A WHITE MAZDA 323 WITH CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 2JMG417. HE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE ADULT, 5 FEET 8 INCHES TALL, 180 POUNDS, WITH THINNING GRAY HAIR, BROWN EYES AND EYEGLASSES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SONOMA OR LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

BODY OF MISSING TEEN FOUND JKB 4/23/12

• THE BODY OF A MISSING SANTA ROSA GIRL WAS FOUND IN ANNADEL STATE PARK ON FRIDAY.

15 YEAR OLD CHARLOTTE MOLINARI WAS FOUND AT AROUND 5:30 PM, THE APPARENT VICTIM OF A SUICIDE BY HANGING. SHE WAS LAST SEEN APRIL 14TH AFTER LEAVING HER HOME WITHOUT CONSENT. INITIALLY THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN A RUNAWAY, AUTHORITIES BEGAN SEARCHING FOR HER WEDNESDAY AFTER HER FATHER FOUND AN ENTRY IN HER PERSONAL JOURNAL THAT STATED SHE HAD BEEN CONTEMPLATING ENDING HER OWN LIFE.

DUI DRIVER RE-ARRESTED JKB 4/23/12

• A CLEARLAKE MAN WHO LEFT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HIS PASSENGER DIED, WAS RE-ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON THURSDAY.

27 YEAR OLD DANNY FIELDS II WAS ADDITIONALLY CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER AND A HOST OF OTHER CHARGES IN THE ALCOHOL RELATED ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED OFF HIGHWAY 29 NEAR LOWER LAKE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF APRIL 15TH. FIELDS SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES IN THE CRASH BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE HIS WAY BACK UP TO THE ROADWAY AND FLAG DOWN A RIDE INTO LOWER LAKE AND LATER, ST. HELENA HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES LEARNED OF THE CRASH FROM HOSPITAL PERSONNEL AND FOUND THE BODY OF 31 YEAR OLD JENNIFER CLARK OF CLEARLAKE INSIDE THE WRECKAGE JUST AFTER 9 AM. FIELDS IS BEING HELD IN THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL ON $210,000 BAIL.

STUDENT REPORTS BEING FOLLOWED JKB 4/23/12

• AN 8TH GRADE TERRACE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IN LAKEPORT REPORTED THAT SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY A SUSPICIOUS MAN WHILE WALKING TO SCHOOL FRIDAY MORNING.

THE STUDENT SAID SHE WAS WALKING IN THE AREA OF HIGH STREET WHEN SHE NOTICED THE SUSPICIOUS MAN WALKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AT A SLOW PACE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET WHILE CONTINUOUSLY STARING AT HER. AFTER SEVERAL BLOCKS THE STUDENT SAID SHE WAS PICKED UP BY A FRIEND AND GOT A RIDE THE REST OF THE WAY TO SCHOOL AND DID NOT SEE WHERE THE SUSPICIOUS PERSON WENT. THE MAN WAS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE ADULT, 30 TO 40 YEARS OLD, APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET TALL WITH A THIN BUILD AND SHORT DIRTY BLOND HAIR. HE WAS WEARING A LONG SLEEVE CHARCOAL COLORED SHIRT, BEIGE PANTS, WAS POSSIBLY SHOELESS, AND HAD A DIRTY APPEARANCE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DOG ABANDONED AT MOTEL JKB 4/23/12

• A MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION AT THE SEASHELL INN IN POINT ARENA, FOUND A DOG THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED IN ONE OF THE ROOMS AND LEFT FOR DEAD.

THE DOG WAS ALONE IN THE ROOM, IN VERY POOR HEALTH AND EXTREMELY EMACIATED. ACCORDING TO THE DEPUTY, THERE WAS NO FOOD OR WATER LEFT FOR THE ANIMAL AND THE ROOM WAS EXTREMELY FOULED WITH EXCREMENT. THE DOG WAS TRANSPORTED TO A VET FOR CARE AND LATER TAKEN TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER. 51 YEAR OLD MICHAEL SHAMHART OF POINT ARENA WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE DOGS OWNER AND ARRESTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY AND AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT.

DRUG ARREST JKB 4/23/12

• FOUR CLEARLAKE OAKS RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED AFTER THE LAKE COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE SERVED A PAIR OF SEARCH WARRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION LAST WEEK.

29 YEAR OLD KENNETH NEUMILLER, 45 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY RYDEN, 20 YEAR OLD ASHLEY JACKSON, AND 45 YEAR OLD KAREN WILLIAMSON WERE ARRESTED ON A VARIETY OF CHARGES AFTER WARRANTS WERE SERVED ON THE HOME OF MEUMILLER AND RYDEN ON WEDNESDAY. DURING THE SEARCHES POLICE FOUND A LOADED 12 GAUGE SHOT GUN, AN AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE, A HAND GUN, BODY ARMOR, NUMEROUS NARCOTICS AND SEVERAL ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

News 4/20/12

MAN ACCUSED IN FATHERS DEATH COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL JKB 4/20/12

• A SANTA ROSA MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING HIS FATHER MORE THAN 50 TIMES WITH TWO KITCHEN KNIVES, HAS BEEN FOUND COMPETENT BY A SECOND DOCTOR TO STAND TRAIL FOR MURDER.

21 YEAR OLD HOUSTON HERCZOG WAS FOUND MENTALLY FIT BY A SECOND FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST, CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE DEATH OF 63 YEAR OLD MARK HERCZOG ON NOVEMBER 21ST OF LAST YEAR. HERCZOGS DEFENSE LAYER OBJECTED TO THE DECISION AND CALLED FOR A JURY TRIAL TO DETERMINE IF HE IS ABLE TO ASSIST IN HIS DEFENSE. THAT TRIAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4TH. JURORS COULD SEND HERCZOG TO A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL UNTIL HE IS DEEMED COMPETENT ENOUGH TO BE TRIED.

ACCUSED KIDNAPPER AND KILLER OF BABY DIES JKB 4/20/12

• A REDDING MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING AN 11 MONTH OLD CHILD, WAS DECLARED DEAD AFTER HE HUNG HIMSELF IN HIS JAIL CELL LAST WEEKEND.

23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD WAS REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT AFTER BEING DECLARED BRAIN DEAD TUESDAY EVENING. HE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON SUSPICION OF KILLING 11 MONTH OLD SEBASTIAN MCDONALD, THE SON OF HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND. MCDONALD WAS NOT RELATED TO THE CHILD DESPITE THE COMMON LAST NAMES. THE CHILD WAS FOUND DEAD OFF EUREKA WAY LAST THURSDAY AND HAD DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. MCDONALD WAS CHARGED FOR THE CHILDS MURDER AND JAILED ON THE SAME DAY. HE WAS FOUND HANGING IN HIS CELL SUNDAY MORNING.

POT RAID LEADS TO ILLEGAL GAME STASH JKB 4/20/12

• A RAID LOOKING FOR ILLEGAL MARIJUANA IN MANCHESTER, ALSO TURNED UP A STASH OF POACHED ENDANGERED STEELHEAD AND DUCKS LAST MONTH.

AGENTS SERVING A WARRANT ON TWO PROPERTIES OWNED BY 31 YEAR OLD KYLE STORNETTA OF THE PROMINENT STORNETTA RANCHING FAMILY, FOUND AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA, ALONG WITH 18 WILD STEELHEAD, AND 56 DUCKS IN HIS FREEZERS. 17 OF THE STEELHEAD WERE SPAWNING FEMALES. THE FISH ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY TAKEN FROM THE GARCIA RIVER. IT IS ILLEGAL TO TAKE ANY WILD STEELHEAD FROM MENDOCINO COUNTY RIVERS. THE LIMIT FOR POSSESSION OF WATERFOWL IS 14. THE MENDOCINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE CASE AND IS EXPECTED TO FILE CHARGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

HIGH SPEED CHASE JKB 4/20/12

• AN OREGON MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER LEADING LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE MONDAY EVENING.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A LOCATION IN HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE AT AROUND 10:15 PM WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE SEEN AT A RESIDENCE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VACANT. AS THEY APPROACHED, A MAN LATER IDENTIFIED AS 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS MEDEIROS OF BONANZA OREGON BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN HIS PICKUP AND LEFT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE FAILED TO YIELD AT STOP SIGNS, CROSSED THE DOUBLE YELLOW CENTERLINE NUMEROUS TIMES AND TRAVELED AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR DOWN NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS BEFORE PULLING OVER. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR FELONY EVADING OF A PEACE OFFICER AND DUI.

THEFT ARREST JKB 4/20/12

• A UKIAH MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER SEVERAL WITNESSES SAW HIM USE A LAWN CART TO STEAL MULTIPLE SPOOLS OF COPPER WIRE FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE HE LIVED.

WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE SPOOLS OF WIRE LEFT LYING IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, 37 YEAR OLD STEVEN SIMPSON CLAIMED HE DIDNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. DEPUTIES DETERMINED SIMPSON TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND HE WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE THEFT AT THE SCENE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON NUMEROUS CHARGES.

SEARCH FOR MISSING GIRL JKB 4/20/12

• SONOMA COUNTY AUTHORITIES COMBED ANNADEL STATE PARK YESTERDAY LOOKING FOR A MISSING 15 YEAR OLD SANTA ROSA GIRL.

CHARLOTTE ANNA MOLINARI HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN FEELING DEPRESSED BEFORE RIDING HER BIKE AWAY FROM THE FAMILYS APARTMENT NEAR CODDINGTOWN MALL AT AROUND 9:45 SATURDAY MORNING. SHE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. SHE TOLD THE FAMILY BEFORE SHE LEFT SHE WANTED TO GO TO SPRING LAKE AND ANNADEL. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY AND THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR THE TEENS MENTAL STATUS. MOLINARI IS DESCRIBED AS 5 FEET 9 INCHES TALL, 150 POUNDS WITH BROWN CURLY HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A DARK BLUE KNEE LENGTH COAT AND A GREEN BACKPACK. SHE ALSO HAD A UKULELE AND A LAPTOP COMPUTER, AND WAS RIDING A GREEN MOUNTAIN BIKE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON HERE WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

ASSAULT ARREST JKB 4/20/12

• A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE THREATENED A SHERIFFS LIEUTENANT WITH A SHOVEL YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE LIEUTENANT WAS RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF AN AGGRESSIVE PERSON A MILE UP MUIR MILL ROAD IN WILLITS AT AROUND 9 AM WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN ABANDONED PICK UP TRUCK. AS HE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, 31 YEAR OLD JAMES NORTON JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, GRABBED A SHOVEL FROM THE BED AND AGGRESSIVELY CHARGED THE LIEUTENANT. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A SHORT TIME LATER. THE TRUCK TURNED OUT TO BE STOLEN OUT OF UKIAH. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THEY NORTON HAD ALSO THREATENED A MOTORIST WITH THE SHOVEL WHO STOPPED TO SEE IF HE NEEDED HELP, DEMANDING MONEY AN DRUGS. NORTON WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULT OF A PEACE OFFICER WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY AND BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.

ANTI POT GROWING ON PUBLIC LAND BILL ADVANCES JKB 4/20/12

• A BILL AUTHORED BY NORTH COAST ASSEMBLYMAN WES CHESBRO THAT WOULD INCREASE PENALTIES FOR GROWING ILLEGAL MARIJUANA ON FOREST AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS IS ADVANCING THROUGH THE STATE ASSEMBLY.

IF PASSED, THE BILL WOULD INCREASE FINES FOR GROWING MARIJUANA ON PUBLIC LANDS AND THE MONEY WOULD GO TO REIMBURSE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICES FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION COSTS. PASSAGE WOULD ALSO ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP A VEHICLE FOR PROBABLE CAUSE IF IT IS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF PUBLIC LANDS WHILE CARRYING AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES. THE BILL WON UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. THE ASSEMBLY WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE BILL ON APRIL 24TH.

PINCHES ARRESTED FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT JKB 4/20/12

• THE DAUGHTER OF 3RD DISTRICT SUPERVISOR JOHN PINCHES WAS ARRESTED ON CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A LOCATION ON VINEYARD OAKS DRIVE IN REDWOOD VALLEY BY NEIGHBORS WHO SAW PINCHES 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STANDING NEXT TO THEIR TRAVEL TRAILER UNCLOTHED AND UNATTENDED AT AROUND 6:30 AM. IT WAS DETERMINED THE CHILD HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS AWAY FROM HER HOME ON THE COLD MORNING. 32 YEAR OLD ANGELA PINCHES ARRIVED AT AROUND 7:30 AM TO SAY THE CHILD WAS HERS, AND ADMITTED TO LEAVING HER AND HER 9 YEAR OLD SON UNATTENDED THAT MORNING. THE OVEN DOOR HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN FOR WARMTH. PINCHES WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO METHAMPHETAMINE AND ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.