WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER THREATS JKB 3/2/12
- A UKIAH WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER SHE THREATENED TO KILL TWO SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
DEPUTIES HAD BEEN TO THE NORTH STATE STREET TRAILER PARK HOME OF 26 YEAR OLD LACY MONONI EARLIER IN THE DAY ON REPORTS THAT SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE PARK EXHIBITING BIZARRE BEHAVIOR. SHE WAS DISPLAYING SIGNS OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WHEN THEY ARRIVED AGAIN AT 8:30 PM. MONONI, WHO IS ON PROBATION FOR DRUG USE, THREATENED TO KILL THE DEPUTIES AS THEY APPROACHED HER HOME AND RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR WITH TWO KITCHEN KNIVES. SHE WAS DISARMED AND ARRESTED AFTER A SHORT CHASE AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES.
ASSAULT AND THREAT ARREST JKB 3/2/12
- A WILLITS MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER PISTOL WHIPPING A MAN AND FIRING SHOTS AT TWO MEN AS THEY FLED FROM HIS HOME MONDAY EVENING.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, 33 YEAR OLD GARY GARDNER AND 43 YEAR OLD TROT BARR, BOTH OF UTAH, HAD BEEN PLAYING POOL, DRINKING ALCOHOL, AND SMOKING MARIJUANA WITH 33 YEAR OLD VAN SLAGLE IN TOWN BEFORE AGREEING TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO HIS HOME ON PRIMROSE LANE IN BROOKTRAILS. WHILE AT THE HOME A FIGHT BROKE OUT BETWEEN SLAGLE AND GARDNER. SLAGLE EVENTUALLY RETRIEVED A FIREARM, PISTOL WHIPPED GARDNER, THREATENED TO KILL BOTH MEN, THEN FIRED SHOTS AS THEY FLED IN THEIR CAR. SLAGLE ELUDED DEPUTIES WHEN THEY ARRIVED LATER TO ARREST HIM. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT HIS HOME THE NEXT DAY.
MAN INJURED IN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING JKB 3/2/12
- A COVELO MAN WAS INJURED WHEN HIS GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED INSIDE HIS VEHICLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE MAN, WHOS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, TOOK A RIFLE WITH HIM INTO THE FOREST TO CUT WOOD. IT ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF INSIDE HIS TRUCK, SHATTERING THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. GLASS FROM THE WINDOW STRUCK THE MAN IN THE FACE AND HE HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES.
TWO WOMEN STRUCK BY CAR JKB 3/2/12
- TWO WOMEN WERE INJURED WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE CROSSING OAK STREET IN FRONT OF COLOMBIS MARKET IN FORT BRAGG TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, TERRY LYON OF CASPAR WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN FROM HAROLD STREET ONTO WESTBOUND OAK STREET WHEN SHE STRUCK MELANIE DEASE AND RENEE CLARK AT AROUND 1 PM. DEASE SUFFERED SEVERAL FRACTURES TO BOTH LEGS AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. CLARK SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO MENDOCINO COAST HOSPITAL. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT IS CONTINUING.
EYSTER ENCOURAGES ZIP TIES JKB 3/2/12
- MENDOCINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVID EYSTER IS ENCOURAGING MEDICAL MARIJUANA GROWERS TO JOIN THE SHERIFFS VOLUNTARY ZIP TIE PLANT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE COUNTY PERMIT PROGRAM HAS ENDED UNDER THREAT OF FEDERAL PROSECUTION.
EYSTER SAYS THE ZIP TIE PROGRAM HAS BEEN UNAFFECTED BY THE FEDERAL CRACKDOWN, AND THAT IT IS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST LOCAL PROSECUTION FOR LEGAL GROWERS. EYSTER SAYS THE ZIP TIES WILL BE ONE FACTOR CONSIDERED DURING INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION.
POT HOUSE BUSTED JKB 3/2/12
- THE COUNTY OF MENDOCINO MARIJUANA ERADICATION TEAM, OR COMMET SHUT DOWN A HOME IN WILLITS THAT WAS BEING USED EXCLUSIVELY TO GROW MARIJUANA.
THE HOME ON BUCKEYE CIRCLE CONTAINED 423 GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 4 INCHES TO 4 FEET TALL. NO ONE APPEARED TO BE LIVING AT THE LOCATION. NO ONE WAS AT THE RESIDENCE AT THE TIME THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED ON MONDAY. THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHO IS BEHIND THE OPERATION IS ONGOING.
RUSSIAN RIVER WATER SUPPLIES LISTED AS CRITICAL JKB 3/2/12
- SONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED FROM DRY TO CRITICAL IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER.
THE CRITICAL DESIGNATION MEANS THE AGENCY CAN REDUCE RIVER FLOWS TO PRESERVE WATER STORAGE IN LAKE MENDOCINO, MAKING SURE THERE IS ENOUGH WATER FOR ALL USERS AND FOR RELEASE IN THE FALL TO SUPPORT MIGRATING RUSSIAN RIVER CHINOOK SALMON. FARMERS AND RESIDENTS NORTH OF HEALDSBURG ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO USE WATER EFFICIENTLY.
BOS APPOINTS POSITIONS TO OVERSIGHT BOARD JKB 3/2/12
- THE MENDOCINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPOINTED TWO OFFICIALS FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE TO SIT ON THE OVERSIGHT BOARDS THAT WILL ACT AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCIES TO THE NOW DEFUNCT CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY.
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KYLE KNOPP WILL SIT ON ALL FOUR COMMITTEES, WHILE DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER STEVE DUNNICLIFF WILL SIT ON THE COUNTYS REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FORMER AGENCYS EMPLOYEES. THE PUBLIC SEATS ON EACH OF THE FOUR COMMITTEES ARE STILL AWAITING APPOINTMENT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
