PIPE BOMB FOUND, REMOVED JKB 3/5/12
- A BOMB SQUAD FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY WAS CALLED IN AFTER A HOMEOWNER RENOVATING A RENTAL PROPERTY IN FORT BRAGG, FOUND A PIPE BOMB HIDDEN INSIDE A PLANTER POT NEAR A SHED FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BOMB SQUAD ARRIVED ON THE SCENE ON SUMMER LANE JUST AFTER 6 PM AND USED A BOMB DISPOSAL ROBOT TO REMOVE AND DISARM THE DEVICE. SO FAR, NO ONE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR POSSESSION OF THE PIPE BOMB. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
WOMAN RUN OVER BY HUSBAND JKB 3/5/12
- SONOMA COUNTY AUTHORITIES BELIEVE A WOMAN WHO WAS SEVERELY INJURED WHEN SHE WAS RUN OVER BY HER HUSBAND AFTER AN ARGUMENT IN SANTA ROSA, WAS THE VICTIM OF A BIZARRE ACCIDENT AND NOT A DELIBERATE ACT.
THE CASE HOWEVER, REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO POLICE THE COUPLE HAD BEEN ARGUING INSIDE THE VEHICLE JUST PRIOR TO THE HUSBAND PULLING OVER AND LETTING HIS WIFE OUT. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS UNCLEAR, BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THE WOMAN ENDED UP ON THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AS IT PULLED FORWARD AND SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. THE NAMES OF THE COUPLE INVOLVED OR OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE ACCIDENT HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE CONDITION OF THE VICTIM ALSO IS BEING WITHHELD.
LONG TIME LAKEPORT DENTIST DIES JKB 3/5/12
- LONGTIME LAKEPORT DENTIST RANDOLPH RANDY SUN DIED AS A RESULT OF HEART FAILURE A WEEK AGO SATURDAY. HE WAS 63.
SUN OWNED AND OPERATED SUN DENTAL IN LAKEPORT FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. HE SOLD THE PRACTICE TO HIS DAUGHTER, HEIDI SUN-HALEY IN 2010. A CELEBRATION OF SUNS LIFE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 10TH AT 3 PM AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH OFF PARKWAY IN NORTH LAKEPORT.
MAN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IN MARIJUANA MURDER JKB 3/5/12
- A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A HUMBOLDT COUNTY MAN ON CHARGES HE SHOT A MAN TO DEATH DURING A MARIJUANA GROWING OPERATION, AND THAT NOW MEANS HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY.
29 YEAR OLD MIKAL XYLON WILDE OF EUREKA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR OPENING FIRE INTO A GROUP OF WORKERS WHO WERE TENDING MARIJUANA GARDENS FOR HIM IN AUGUST OF 2010. ONE OF THE VICTIMS WHO SURVIVED AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE FACE TESTIFIED THAT WILDE STARTED SHOOTING AFTER THEY QUIT AND DEMANDED PAYMENT WORK THEY HAD ALREADY DONE. ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED. WILDE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
MAN ARRESTED FOR BATTERY AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT JKB 3/5/12
- A UKIAH MAN WHO WAS REPORTEDLY ACTING STRANGELY, WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY PUSHED A 7 YEAR OLD BOY TO THE GROUND INJURING HIM WHILE RUNNING ON EAST GOBBI STREET LAST WEEK.
A WOMAN REPORTED THAT SHE WAS WALKING WITH HER SON AND PUSHING HER 3 YEAR OLD IN A STROLLER TUESDAY, WHEN 40 YEAR OLD PATRICK TAYLOR RAN UP BEHIND THEM, PUSHED HER INTO THE STROLLER AND KNOCKED HER 7 YEAR OLD TO THE GROUND, CAUSING HIM TO SCRAPE HIS KNEE AT AROUND 3 PM. TAYLOR CLAIMED HE WAS EXERCISING AND LEFT THE SCENE. HE WAS LOCATED NEARBY AND ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF BATTERY AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
GUILTY PLEA MAY BE VACATED JKB 3/5/12
- A YOUNG MOTHER WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HER INFANT SON, WHO DIED AFTER INGESTING METHAMPHETAMINE LACED BREAST MILK, MAY HAVE HER PLEA VACATED BECAUSE SHE WAS MISADVISED OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
ON THE ADVICE OF HER ATTORNEY, 29 YEAR OLD MAGGIE WORTMAN OF LOLETA ENTERED THE PLEA LAST MONTH UNDER THE BELIEF SHE COULD BE SENTENCED TO PROBATION, A SENTENCE FOR WHICH SHE IS TECHNICALLY INELIGIBLE, BECAUSE SHE WAS ON FELONY PROBATION FOR DRUG USE AT THE TIME HER SON DIED OF METH TOXICITY. IF THE COURT DOES DECIDE THAT SHE IS INELIGIBLE FOR PROBATION AT HER SENTENCING TODAY, HER ATTORNEY SAYS HE WILL SEEK TO HAVE THE PLEA RETRACTED ON GROUNDS THAT SHE RECEIVED POOR ADVICE FROM COUNCIL.
