WIND ADVISORY IN LAKE COUNTY JKB 3/6/12
- A WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE COUNTY WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 8 AM THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED, WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. WINDS OVER BOTH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES LAST NIGHT HAS LED TO SOME DEBRIS ON THE ROADWAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTLYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS MORNING.
HIGH SPEED CHASE JKB 3/6/12
- AN OAKLAND MAN LED CHP OFFICERS ON A 42 MILE HIGH SPEED CHASE FROM UKIAH TO WINDSOR MONDAY, REACHING SPEEDS OF UP TO 130 MILES AN HOUR DOWN SOUTHBOUND 101.
THE CHASE BEGAN AT AROUND 2 AM WHEN 18 YEAR OLD ABDUL HASSEN REFUSED TO STOP FOR A ROUTINE SPEEDING INFRACTION. HE CONTINUED FOR NEARLY TWENTY MINUTES AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 90 AND 130 MILES AN HOUR WITH CHP UNITS IN PURSUIT. HE FINALLY STOPPED NEAR ARATA LANE IN WINDSOR AFTER HITTING A SPIKE STRIP LAID OUT BY SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR RECKLESS DRIVING, DUI OF DRUGS, AND DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.
MURDER SENTENCE JKB 3/6/12
- A LAYTONVILLE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON YESTERDAY, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS STEPSON ON DECEMBER 1ST OF 2010.
52 YEAR OLD REY REYES WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 21 YEAR OLD CONLIN CHAMPLIN. REYES, CHAMPLIN, AND REYES WIFE, CHAMPLINS MOTHER, HAD SPENT THE DAY DRINKING AND GETTING HIGH TOGETHER. REYES LATER BECAME ANGRY, THINKING HIS STEPSON WAS MAKING SEXUAL ADVANCES ON HIS WIFE AND SHOT THE VICTIM ONCE IN THE HEAD AS HE SAT ON THE COUCH WITH HIS LAPTOP COMPUTER.
SHERIFF RIVERO CLEARED IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT JKB 3/6/12
- LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF FRANK RIVERO HAS BEEN CLEARED OF ANY WRONG DOING IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN WITH HIS PRIVATE VEHICLE WHILE HE WAS OFF DUTY IN MIDDLETOWN LAST MONTH.
AN INVESTIGATION BY THE CHP DETERMINED THAT 34 YEAR OLD CLINTON TURNEY OF MIDDLETOWN WAS CROSSING HIGHWAY 29 AGAINST THE RED LIGHT AND STEPPED OUT IN FRONT OF RIVEROS PICK UP TRUCK FEBRUARY 20TH. TURNEY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON A NEARBY BUSINESSS SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.
ACCIDENT UNINTENTIONAL, BUT HUSBAND MAY BE AT FAULT JKB 3/6/12
· WINDSOR POLICE SAY AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A MAN WHO RAN OVER HIS WIFE WITH THEIR CAR WAS NOT INTENTIONAL, BUT HE COULD STILL BE AT FAULT.
40 YEAR OLD GINA COELLO OF WINDSOR SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY. SHE WAS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION AT SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS OF YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE AND 42 YEAR OLD ANTHONY COELLO WERE HAVING AN ARGUMENT IN THEIR CAR AS THEY PULLED UP TO THEIR HOUSE WHEN GINA COELLO GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, FELL, AND WAS RUN OVER BY A REAR TIRE. POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING IF ANTHONY COELLO WAS IMPAIRED OR CULPABLE IN THE ACCIDENT.
SENTENCING IN INFANT DEATH DELAYED JKB 3/6/12
· THE SENTENCING OF A LOLETA WOMAN IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN THE DEATH OF HER INFANT SON WHO DIED AFTER DRINKING METHAMPHETAMINE CONTAMINATED BREAST MILK WAS DELAYED BY TWO WEEKS YESTERDAY.
UNDER ADVICE OF HER ATTORNEY, 27 YEAR OLD MAGGIE WORTMAN PLEADED GUILTY TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER LAST MONTH, THINKING SHE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROBATION. HOWEVER, DUE TO HER BEING ON FELONY PROBATION FOR DRUG CHARGES AT THE TIME HER SON MICHAEL ACOSTA III DIED, SHE APPEARS TO BE STATUTORILY INELIGIBLE. A JUDGE GRANTED HER ATTORNEYS REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT TO INVESTIGATE IF SHE IS ELIGIBLE, OR IF THEY WANT TO RETRACT HER PLEA.
SALE TAX INCREASE SOUGHT TO SAVE POOL JKB 3/6/12
· FORT BRAGG VOTERS WILL BE CASTING BALLOTS IN A SPECIAL ELECTION THURSDAY FOR A HALF CENT SALES TAX INCREASE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE FINANCIALLY TROUBLED C.V. STAR AQUATIC CENTER.
MAIL IN BALLOTS SHOULD BE IN THE MAIL BY TODAY TO ENSURE THEY MAKE IT TO THE ELECTIONS OFFICE ON TIME. AS OF LATE YESTERDAY A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF THE 3,225 BALLOTS ISSUED HAD BEEN RETURNED. THE MEASURE NEEDS A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY TO PASS. IF IT DOES, THE SALE TAX IN THE CITY OF FORT BRAGG WILL RAISE TO 8.375%, THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTY. LAST MONTH, THE CENTER CLOSED ITS SWIMMING POOLS AND SLIDES IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE COSTS. IF APPROVED THE SALES TAX INCREASE WILL GENERATE ABOUT $700,000 A YEAR FOR THE CENTER.
