HOME INVASION BURGLARS ARRESTED JKB 12/19/11
- MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES AND CHP OFFICERS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO A BURGLARY ON HORSESHOE CIRCLE IN POTTER VALLEY ON THURSDAY, WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO NAB FOUR MEN PLANNING A HOME INVASION ROBBERY.
OFFICERS NOTICED TWO VEHICLES PARKED ON THE REMOTE DIRT ROAD JUST BEFORE 10 PM. THEY FOUND FOUR MEN, TWO OF WHICH WERE DRESSED IN CAMOUFLAGE CLOTHING. ONE FLED ON FOOT AND WAS CAPTURED AFTER A SHORT CHASE. AN INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THE FOUR MEN WERE PLANNING TO COMMIT A HOME INVASION ROBBERY WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT. KYLE MERCER, KHANHVI DANG, DENIS HUNTER AND TREVOR JACKSON WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES.
ELDERLY COUPLE VICTIMS OF HOME INVASION ROBBERY JKB 12/19/11
- AN ELDERLY CLEARLAKE OAKS COUPLE WERE THE VICTIMS OF A HOME INVASION ROBBERY ON FRIDAY.
ACCORDING TO THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, THE COUPLE, WHO ARE 83 AND 84 YEARS OF AGE, WERE AWAKENED IN THE BEDROOM AT AROUND 3:30 AM BY SOMEONE SHINING A FLASHLIGHT IN THEIR EYES. THEIR HANDS WERE BOUND AND THEY WERE FORCED TO LAY FACE DOWN ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR WHILE THEIR HOME WAS RANSACKED. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MONEY, JEWELRY, AND FIREARMS. BOTH VICTIMS WERE THEN PLACED IN A LOCKED CLOSET TOGETHER. THEY WERE ABLE TO FREE THEMSELVES AFTER THE INTRUDERS LEFT. AFTER FINDING THEIR PHONES DISABLED, THEY CONTACTED A NEIGHBOR AND CALLED POLICE. NEITHER VICTIM WAS INJURED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
BURGLARY ARREST JKB 12/19/11
- A FORT BRAGG MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BURGLARY THAT OCCURRED AT ROSSIS BUILDING MATERIALS ON STEWART STREET IN FORT BRAGG DECEMBER 1ST.
OFFICERS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT IDENTIFIED 36 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER MAKI AS A SUSPECT. HE WAS ARRESTED AT A HOME ON BENSON LANE LAST FRIDAY AND IS BEING HELD ON TWO OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANTS AND BURGLARY CHARGES.
LAKE COUNTY DA WARNS FOR PHONE SCAMS JKB 12/19/11
- LAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DON ANDERSON ON FRIDAY ISSUED A WARNING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PHONE SCAMS TARGETING SENIOR CITIZENS.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE CALLER CLAIMS TO REPRESENT MEDICARE OR THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE AND ASKS THE VICTIMS TO VERIFY OR PROVIDE INFORMATION, SUCH AS A MEDICARE NUMBER, BANK, AND CHECKING ACCOUNT INFORMATION. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN SPEAKING TO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS ON THE TELEPHONE, AND TO NEVER GIVE OUT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.
DRUG ARREST JKB 12/19/11
- A POTTER VALLEY WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER BEING FOUND IN POSSESSION OF DRUGS AT A LOCAL MOTEL ON SATURDAY.
33 YEAR OLD TRACEY MITCHELL WAS KNOWN TO BE ON FORMAL PROBATION WITH A SEARCH CLAUSE. DEPUTIES CONTACTED HER AT A ROOM AT THE DISCOVERY INN AT AROUND 6:30 SATURDAY EVENING. A SEARCH OF THE ROOM TURNED UP 4.7 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE UKIAH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOR A MEDICAL CLEARANCE. A TEST THERE REVEALED THAT MITCHELL WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AMPHETAMINES. SHE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL AND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
OCCUPY WALMART PROTEST JKB 12/19/11
- ABOUT 50 PROTESTORS GATHERED LATE SATURDAY MORNING ON THE EDGE OF THE WALMART PARKING LOT TO PROTEST THE STORES PROPOSED EXPANSION.
THE PROEST WAS A CAMPAIGN OF THE LOCAL OCCUPY UKIAH MOVEMENT, DUBBED OCCUPY WALMART, AND BEGAN AT AROUND 11 AM. THE GROUP DID NOT BLOCK THE STORES ENTRANCES OR HARASS CUSTOMERS, AND WAS OVER BY MID AFTERNOON.
BAY BRIDGE TO CLOSE FOR CONSTRUCTION JKB 12/19/11
- THE WESTBOUND LANES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE WILL CLOSE DURING THE PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY.
THE CLOSE IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO TO THREE DAYS AND BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 18TH IN ORDER TO SPEED CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW EAST SPAN. CALTRANS SAYS THE HOURS OF CLOSURE HAVE NOT YET BEEN SET AND RAIN COULD DELAY OR LENGTHEN THE CLOSURE. CALTRANS IS CURRENTLY DISCUSSING ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL PLANS WITH BART AND FERRY SERVICES.
MENDO COUNTY TO GET $2.35 MILLION IN CALTRANS FUNDS JKB 12/19/11
- MENDOCINO COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $2.35 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING FROM CALTRANS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF METAL BEAM GUARDRAILS AT 244 LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 1, 20, 128, 162, 253, AND 271.
THE AWARD WAS PART OF $401 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING GIVEN TO 39 PROJECTS STATEWIDE FROM PROPOSITION 1B THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2006.
