TWO ARRESTED, ONE AT LARGE AFTER VEHICLE PURSUIT JKB 1/18/12
- TWO ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AFTER A VEHICLE PURSUIT ENDED NEAR LAKEPORT YESTERDAY.
A THIRD SUSPECT REMAINS AT LARGE. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON BRIDGE ARBOR ROAD IN UPPER LAKE JUST BEFORE 1 PM. THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT THREE BLACK MALE ADULTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, TOOK 30 POUNDS OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA AND $4,800 IN CASH. THEY THEN FLED THE SCENE IN A BLACK HONDA ACCORD WITH BRIGHT GREEN DEALER PLATES. THE CAR WAS SPOTTED ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR HILL ROAD AND THE PURSUIT BEGAN. THE CAR EVENTUALLY STOPPED JUST WEST OF KECK ROAD. 19 YEAR OLD JOHN LAWSON AND 19 YEAR OLD BEN ETILO BOTH OF ANTIOCK WERE ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. A THIRD SUSPECT FLED ON FOOT AND WAS ABLE TO ELUDE CAPTURE, DESPITE AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH THAT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS. THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK MALE ADULT, APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS OLD, 6 FT TALL WITH A THIN BUILD. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING BLUE PANTS, A WHITE T-SHIRT AND A RED HAT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
DEAD BODY FOUND IN CREEK JKB 1/18/12
- LAKEPORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN FORBES CREEK LATE YESTERDAY MORNING.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OFF SOUTH BRUSH STREET AT 11:40 AM. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE DEATH APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL. THE VICTIM IS BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A HOME LOCATED NEARBY. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.
HOMELESS MAN ARRESTED FOR COUNTY BUILDING BREAK IN JKB 1/18/12
- A HOMELESS MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER BREAKING INTO THE MENDOCINO COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON LAWS AVENUE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
RESPONDING UKIAH POLICE OFFICERS FOUND TWO OF THE BUILDINGS DOORS HAD BEEN SHATTERED BY ROCKS AND 64 YEAR OLD DANIEL BUTLER INSIDE. HE ADMITTED TO BREAKING DOWN THE DOORS AND SAID HE WAS HOMELESS, COLD, AND WANTED TO BE ARRESTED. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF FELONY VANDALISM.
SHERIFFS DEPUTY INJURED JKB 1/18/12
- A MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY WAS INJURED WHILE TAKING A JUVENILE GANG MEMBER INTO CUSTODY IN FORT BRAGG FRIDAY NIGHT.
SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WERE HELPING FORT BRAGG POLICE OFFICERS BREAK UP A GATHERING OF SEVERAL UNDERAGE SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS WHO WERE DRINKING ON MINNESOTA AVENUE JUST AFTER 9 PM. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED A 17 YEAR OLD MALE AS HAVING AN ACTIVE PAROLE WARRANT OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE AND BEGAN PLACING HIM UNDER ARREST. WHILE BEING HANDCUFFED, THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE AND A STRUGGLE ENSUED. THE DEPUTY SUFFERED A BROKEN WRIST BEFORE BEING ABLE TO SECURE THE JUVENILE. THE SUSPECT WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF A BUTTERFLY KNIFE AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES. THE DEPUTY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HIS INJURY.
ASSAULT ARREST JKB 1/18/12
- AN ALBION MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ATTACKING HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR AS THEY DROVE ALONG HIGHWAY 1 EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE LITTLE RIVER MARKET JUST BEFORE 1 AM WHERE THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN STRUCK, BITTEN, AND HAD HER HAIR PULLED WHILE SHE AND 39 YEAR OLD WILLIAM NAVE WERE DRIVING IN THE CAR TOWARDS THEIR HOME. SHE SAID SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE WHEN NAVE SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP ON THE ROAD. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO MENDOCINO COAST HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HER INJURIES. DEPUTIES SPOTTED NAVE IN HIS VEHICLE NEAR THE STANFORD INN AND HE FLED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. OFFICERS LATER LOCATED HIS VEHICLE CONCEALED NEAR THE STANFORD INN. WHILE SEARCHING FOR HIM, THEY CAME ACROSS NAVES 16 YEAR OLD STEP SON COMING OUT OF THE BRUSH. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN IN THE CAR WHEN NAVE SPED AWAY. NAVE WAS EVENTUALLY TRACKED DOWN AT HIS HOME AT AROUND 9 AM AND ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES.
HEAD OF CULTIVATION OPERATION TO AVOID JAIL JKB 1/18/12
- A HUMBOLDT COUNTY MAN WHO AUTHORITIES SAY WAS THE HEAD OF A LARGE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION OPERATION, WAS ABLE TO AVOID GOING TO JAIL UNDER A PLEA BARGAIN AGREEMENT FRIDAY.
THOMAS MORGAN, A NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN FROM BULGARIA, WHO ALSO GOES BY THE NAME TACO NIKOLOV BUDNAKOV, WAS ARRESTED OCTOBER 19TH WHENHE WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF 190 POUNDS OF DRIED MARIJUANA, MORE THAN 60 POUNDS OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA, A HANDGUN AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH AT HIS BRIDGEVILLE PROPERTY. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, HE WILL SERVE 1,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, FORFEIT ALMOST $40,000 IN CASH SPEND TWO YEARS ON PROBATION, AND NO JAIL TIME. HUMBOLDT COUNTY PROSECUTOR PAUL GALLEGOS SAID NON DANGEROUS CRIMINALS LIKE MORGAN SHOULD NOT SIT IN JAIL AT COUNTY EXPENSE, BUT BE OUT IN THE STREET DOING WORK.
