SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER ARRESTED IN CLOVERDALE JKB 1/13/12
- A MAN SUSPECTED OF ROBBING THE EXCHANGE BANK IN HEALDSBURG THURSDAY MORNING WAS ARRESTED IN CLOVERDALE AFTER AN EYE WITNESS WAS ABLE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE CAR HE MADE HIS GET A WAY IN.
23 YEAR OLD RICHARD LEE MCCORMICK WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY JUST BEFORE NOON AS HE ARRIVED IN CLOVERDALE, LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER THE ROBBERY TOOK PLACE. POLICE ALSO ARRESTED 32 YEAR OLD DESICA DOKE OF CLOVERDALE FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ROBBERY, BUT DID NOT GIVE DETAILS ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT. MCCORMICK, WHO IS ON ACTIVE FELONY PAROLE, IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
FIRE DAMAGES HOME – JKB 1/13/12
- A FIRE DAMAGED A HOME ON CANYON DRIVE NEAR UKIAH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BLAZE WAS REPORTED AT 1:36 PM AND BEGAN WHEN SOLVENT BEING USED TO STRIP THE HOMES FLOORS CAUGHT FIRE. A MAN WORKING ON THE FLOORS BELIEVED SOME SOLVENT SOAKED RAGS MIGHT HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH A PORTABLE HEATER. THE FLAMES SPREAD UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR AND INTO THE WALLS BEFORE BEING BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.
101 CLOSED DUE TO ACCIDENT JKB 1/13/12
- THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 101 NEAR THE SONOMA MENDOCINO COUNTY LINE WERE REDUCED TO A SINGLE LANE FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS WHEN A SAFEWAY SEMI TRUCK JACKKNIFED AND A FLATBED TRUCK CARRYING A PICK UP OVERTURNED AT 12:19 PM YESTERDAY.
THE HIGHWAY WAS REOPENED AT 2:18 PM. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH. NO OTHER DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE CRASH OCCURRED HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
CHASE AND ARREST JKB 1/13/12
- A SAN LEANDRO MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER LEADING POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
35 YEAR OLD STEPHEN RAMPA REFUSED TO STOP WHEN A LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY AFTER NEARLY COLLIDING HEAD ON WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 29 JUST BEFORE 4 AM. HE EXITED ONTO SPRUCE GROVE ROAD IN LOWER LAKE, SHUTTING OFF HIS LIGHTS AS HE TRIED TO OUTRUN THE DEPUTY AT SPEED IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR. RAMPA EVENTUALLY LOST CONTROL AND COLLIDED WITH A POWER POLE NEAR OLD SPRUCE GROVE ROAD AND FLED ON FOOT. RAMPA, WHO HAS HAD SEVERAL PRIOR DUI CHARGES, WAS LOCATED AFTER A FOUR HOUR LONG SEARCH AND ARRESTED ON A NUMBER OF OFFENSES. 168 PG&E CUSTOMERS TEMPORARILY LOST POWER DUE THE COLLISION WITH THE POWER POLE.
MAN COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL IN FATHERS MURDER JKB 1/13/12
- A SANTA ROSA MAN CHARGED WITH STABBING HIS FATHER MORE THAN 50 TIMES, HAS BEEN FOUND COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL FOR HIS MURDER.
21 YEAR OLD HOUSTON HERCZOG PLEADED NOT GUILTY YESTERDAY IN THE DEATH OF 63 YEAR OLD MARK HERCZOG NOVEMBER 21ST. A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION DETERMINED THE ACCUSED HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SEVERE DEPRESSION, BUT IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM. A PRELIMINARY HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 28TH.
TELEMARKETERS SCAM JKB 1/13/12
- AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING MENDOCINO COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT UNSCRUPULOUS TELEMARKETERS ARE AT IT AGAIN, TRYING TO SCAM MONEY BY CLAIMING TO BE EMPLOYEES OF THE SHERIFFS OFFICE, DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OR SHERIFFS ACTIVITY LEAGUE.
NONE OF THOSE AGENCIES ARE CONDUCTING ANY FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES USING ANY TYPE OF PHONE SOLICITATION CURRENTLY. IF YOU ARE CONTACTED BY A TELEMARKETER THAT CLAIMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT ASKS THAT YOU CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY AT 463-4086.
SENTENCING TO BE REVISITED JKB 1/13/12
- IN AN EXTREMELY RARE MOVE, A MENDOCINO COUNTY JUDGE WILL RECONSIDER A PRISON SENTENCE HE IMPOSED IN A GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER AND DUI CASE LAST MONTH.
JUDGE RICHARD HENDERSON ISSUED A NOTICE THIS WEEK THAT HE HAD RECALLED THE SENTENCE OF 30 YEAR OLD CODY FISHER AND WOULD RE-SENTENCE HIM FEBRUARY 10TH AFTER REVIEWING SIMILAR CASES IN MENDOCINO, LAKE AND SONOMA COUNTIES. JUDGE HENDERSON SENTENCED FISHER TO FOUR YEARS IN STATE PRISON AFTER HE ADMITTED TO WAITING NEARLY FOUR HOURS TO SOBER UP BEFORE CALLING AUTHORITIES TO REPORT HAVING A FATAL ACCIDENT THAT KILLED HIS FRIEND MATT PARE AUGUST 28TH. THE NOTICE ISSUED BY HENDERSON INDICATES HE IS CONSIDERING A LIGHTER SENTENCE OF A YEAR IN JAIL AND 5 YEARS PROBATION. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE IS OPPOSED TO THE MOVE.
