CO-OP EMPLOYEE ASSAULTED JKB 1/6/12
- A UKIAH MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A CO-OP EMPLOYEE OUTSIDE OF UKIAH NATURAL FOODS ON WEDNESDAY.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS PUTTING EMPTY BOXES BEHIND THE STORE JUST BEFORE 4 PM WHEN A MAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS 58 YEAR OLD DAVID G. LINCOLN WALKED UP AND BEGAN HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD. HE THEN LEFT. OFFICERS FOUND LINCOLN ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS NEARBY AND ARRESTED HIM FOR BATTERY AND BEING DRUNK IN PUBLIC. NO MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK WAS GIVEN.
WRESTLER INJURED IN PRACTICE JKB 12/6/12
- A LOWER LAKE HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN WRESTLER HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER BEING INJURED IN PRACTICE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, DOMINIC COLE WAS PRACTICING WITH A TEAMMATE NEAR THE END OF PRACTICE WHEN HIS HEAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE HEAD OF A COACH WHO WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER WRESTLER NEARBY. THE IMPACT WAS SO VIOLENT IT SENT THE COACH TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A WHIPLASH-TYPE INJURY. THE STUDENT WRESTER REPORTED HAVING NO FEELING IN HIS LEGS. NO INFORMATION ABOUT HIS CONDITION HAS BEEN RELEASED.
LAKE COUNTY COURT EVACUATED JKB 1/6/12
- THE LAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURTS CLEARLAKE COURTHOUSE WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A BOMB THREAT.
THE EVACUATION TOOK PLACE JUST BEFORE 3:30 PM. A SWEEP OF THE BUILDING DETERMINED THE THREAT TO BE A HOAX AND NO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE FOUND. VISITORS AND STAFF WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE BUILDING AT AROUND 4 PM. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
HOMELESS SHELTERS SEE INCREASE DUE TO KILLINGS JKB 1/6/12
- HOMELESS SHELTERS IN ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA HAVE SEEN A 40% INCREASE IN WALK INS THIS WEEK AFTER POLICE SAID THEY BELIEVE A SERIAL KILLER IS TARGETING HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
THREE MIDDLE AGED HOMELESS MEN HAVE BEEN STABBED TO DEATH IN THE COUNTY SINCE LATE DECEMBER. THE VICTIMS RANGED IN AGE BETWEEN 42 AND 57 AND WERE KILLED BETWEEN DECEMBER 20TH AND DECEMBER 30TH. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE SAME PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THREE MURDERS.
ATTACKER HOSPITALIZED JKB 1/6/12
- A CLEARLAKE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO AN APARTMENT AND ATTACKED A MAN WITH A METAL BASEBALL BAT ENDED UP BEING THE ONE HOSPITALIZED WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, 24 YEAR OLD DAVID ALMOND ALLEGEDLY ENTERED THE APARTMENT OF 21 YEAR OLD GARY SELSAR AND HIS 24 YEAR OLD BROTHER ZACHARY MOORE WHILE THEY SLEPT AND BEGAN HITTING SELSAR WITH THE BAT. THE BROTHERS FOUGHT WITH ALMOND AND HE FLED THE APARTMENT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH NUMEROUS LACERATIONS AND WOUNDS TO HIS LEGS, HEAD AND BUTTOCKS. THE CASE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE LAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR THE FILING OF POSSIBLE CHARGES. A MOTIVE FOR THE ALLEGED ASSAULT WAS NOT RELEASED.
AUTO THEFT ARRESTS JKB 1/6/12
- A UKIAH COUPLE WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING CARS FROM AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP ON SOUTH STATE STREET RECENTLY.
THE FIRST THEFT OF A HONDA ACCORD WAS REPORTED BY THE BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 28TH. A NISSAN PATHFINDER AND ANOTHER VEHICLE BELONGING TO THE BUSINESS WAS STOLEN ON TUESDAY. AT AROUND 7:15 PM THAT EVENING, UKIAH POLICE OFFICERS SPOTTED THE STOLEN PATHFINDER AT THE CHEVRON GAS STATION ON SOUTH STATE STREET AND MADE CONTACT WITH 33 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH MCOSKER AND LACEY MONONI. THEY WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ITEMS CONNECTED WITH ALL THREE STOLEN CARS AND A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE. BOTH WERE BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY AND OTHER CHARGES.
CRIMINAL THREATS ARREST JKB 1/6/12
- A COVELO WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING A FAMILY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
43 YEAR OLD PATRICIA MARIE MERRIFIELD ALLEGEDLY ARRIVED AT A HOME ON CHARLIE HURT ROAD AT AROUND 8 PM AND GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH AN ELDERLY MAN THAT LIVED THERE. FOLLOWING THE ARGUMENT, MERRIFIELD DAMAGED TWO VEHICLES PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $400 IN DAMAGE. SHE AND THE ELDERLY MAN THEN GOT INTO A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION THAT WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN A TRIBAL POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. HE OVERHEARD MERRIFIELD THREATEN TO KILL THE OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE HOUSE. SHE WAS ARRESTED AND HELD UNTIL MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES COULD TRANSPORT HER TO JAIL. THE ELDERLY MAN WAS NOT INJURED.
AMERICAN AG CREDIT TO ABSORB FARM CREDIT SERVICES JKB 1/6/12
- SANTA ROSA BASED AMERICAN AG CREDIT HAS ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF A DEAL IN WHICH THEY HAVE ABSORBED FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF THE MOUNTAIN PLAINS OF GREELEY COLORADO.
THE MERGER, AMERICAN AG CREDITS FIFTH SINCE 2000, TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, AND MAKES THE AGENCY THE SIXTH LARGEST FARM CREDIT COOPERATIVE IN THE NATION. AMERICAN AG CREDIT IS SONOMA COUNTYS LARGEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, BOASTING MORE THAN FIVE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS SINCE THE MERGER.
