TRIPLE FATAL ACCIDENT JKB 1/16/11
- THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS SEVERELY INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 29 JUST SOUTH OF SPRUCE GROVE ROAD SATURDAY NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO THE CHP, 50 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WRIGHT OF HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR JUST BEFORE 8 PM AND SLID SIDEWAYS IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING SUV BEING DRIVEN BY 53 YEAR OLD STEVEN BEYER OF CLEARLAKE. THREE PASSENGERS IN WRIGHTS CAR, 53 YEAR OLD KARI MARKS OF HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, HER 24 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER JENA MARKS AND JENAS BOYFRIEND, 27 YEAR OLD PATRICK CAMPBELL OF SANTA ROSA DIED AT THE SCENE. WRIGHT, BEYER, AND 54 YEAR OLD LESLEY BEYER ALL SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES AND WERE AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. ALL SIX PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. ALCOHOL IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.
41 YEAR OLD SENTENCE FOR MOLESTING STEPDAUGHTER JKB 1/16/12
- A CLEARLAKE MAN WAS SENTENCED FRIDAY TO 41 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR THE ONGOING MOLESTATION OF HIS STEPDAUGHTER.
31 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER ADAM SANDERS WAS CONVICTED OF FIVE FELONIES THAT TOOK PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS, INCLUDING LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD BY DURESS, THE CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD AND STATUTORY RAPE. THE ABUSE BEGAN WHEN THE VICTIM WAS 11 YEARS OLD. SANDERS WILL HAVE TO SERVE AT LEAST 85% OF HIS SENTENCE BEFORE HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, AND WILL HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
GIRL LIFTED BY HELICOPTER AFTER FALL ON BEACH JKB 1/16/12
- THE SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HELICOPTER WAS USED TO LIFT AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS INJURED AFTER FALLING AT SCHOOLHOUSE BEACH ON THE SONOMA COUNTY COAST SATURDAY.
THE GIRL, VISITING THE BEACH WITH HER FAMILY FROM OUT OF THE AREA, FELL APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET WHILE CLIMBING UP LARGE ROCKS ABOVE THE TIDE POOLS JUST AFTER 1:30 PM. SHE SUFFERED FACIAL, BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE HELICOPTER WAS USED TO LIFT HER TO THE TOP OF THE CLIFFS. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
SEARCH FOR MISSING WOMAN JKB 1/16/12
- THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A MISSING MCKINLEYVILLE WOMAN WHO DISAPPEARED WHILE WALKING HER TWO DOGS AT MOONSTONE BEACH IN TRINIDAD ON SUNDAY.
65 YEAR OLD JULIANN SIPLE WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER DOMESTIC PARTNER AT AROUND 5:30 PM. SIPLE WAS REPORTEDLY DROPPED OFF AT THE BEACH AT AROUND 1 PM. A CAMPGROUND HOST SAID SIPLE ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE HAMMOND TRAIL AT AROUND 2:30 PM. SIPLE, WHO DOES NOT OWN A CELL PHONE, SOMEHOW CALLED HOME AND LEFT AN ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGE SAYING THE WAS WALKING HOME. SHE AND HER DOGS HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. SIPLE REPORTEDLY HAS MEDICAL ISSUES THAT ARE OF CONCERN, AND THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAS LISTED HER AS A MISSING PERSON AT RISK.
STOLEN BACKHOE ARREST JKB 1/16/12
- A POTTER VALLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR STEALING NOT ONE, BUT TWO BACKHOES THAT HE WAS USING TO DO LANDSCAPING ON HIS PROPERTY.
A BACKHOE OWEND BY WIPF CONSTRUCTION WAS TAKEN LAST WEEK FROM A JOB SITE ON SOUTH MAIN STREET IN UKIAH AT AROUND 3:30 TUESDAY MORNING. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THE BACKHOE MAY HAVE BEEN SEEN IN POTTER VALLEY AND OFFICERS SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT ON THE BUCKNELL CREEK ROAD PROPERTY OF 42 YEAR OLD RYAN MCINTYRE. POLICE LOCATED THE WIPF CONSTRUCTION BACKHOE HIDDEN DOWN A STEEP ROAD UNDERNEATH TREES. THEY ALSO FOUND A SECOND BACKHOE WITH A FLAT TIRE THAT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN OUT OF LAKE COUNTY IN OCTOBER OF 2010. BOTH PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WERE BEING USED TO CLEAR MULTIPLE ACRES OF TREES AND TERRACE THE HILLSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. MCINTYRE, WHO WAS ALSO FOUND IN POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, WAS CHARGED WITH THE THEFT OF BOTH BACKHOES AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL.
UKIAH WOMAN ARRESTED ON FOURTH DUI JKB 1/16/12
- A UKIAH WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN SANTA ROSA AND CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING.
33 YEAR OLD SARAH GAMPONIA WAS STOPPED AT 6 PM THURSDAY BY CHP OFFICERS AFTER WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING HER TRUCK WEAVING, SPEEDING AND TAILGATING ON HIGHWAY 101 IN HEALDSBURG. SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI, DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE, VIOLATION OF PROBATION, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT, SINCE HER 14 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE TRUCK. IT WAS GAMPONIAS FOURTH DUI ARREST IN THE WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
POT CONVICTION FOR LAYTONVILLE MAN IN NEBRASKA JKB 1/16/12
- A LAYTONVILLE MAN WILL NOW AWAIT SENTENCING AFTER BEING CONVICTED IN NEBRASKA LAST WEEK OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DELIVER.
53 YEAR OLD KENNETH WALTZ AND HIS COMPANION, 53 YEAR OLD DONATA COMPA, ALSO OF LAYTONVILLE WERE ARESTED LAST YEAR AFTER BEING STOPPED BY A NEBRASKA STATE PATROL OFFICER FOR FOLLOWING A CAR TOO CLOSELY. THEY WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF 11 AND A HALF POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. WALTZ WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE CHARGES DURING A NON-JURY TRIAL. COMPA WAS ACQUITTED DURING A JURY TRIAL, ALSO HELD LAST WEEK.
CONTROLLED BURN ESCAPES JKB 1/16/12
- A CONTROLLED BURN ESCAPED ITS CONFINES ON FRIDAY SCORCHING VEGETATION AND DESTROYING A SMALL SHED.
THE BLAZE BROKE OUT ON A PRIVATE VINEYARD ON HIGHWAY 175 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH RED HILLS ROAD AT AROUND 12:30 PM. THE FIRE SPREAD UNDER A TREE CANOPY WHERE THE SHED WAS LOCATED. ANOTHER SHED NEARBY WAS UNHARMED. FIREFIGHTERS HAD THE BLAZE CONTAINED BY 1:45 PM.
