WINTER WEATHER 3/12/12
- A WINTER STORM WILL BE DESCENDING ON THE NORTH COAST TONIGHT BRINGING WITH IT A LOT OF SNOW AND WIND TO THE UPPER ELEVATIONS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR MENDOCINO, HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET, AND 12 TO 30 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET, WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO GO INTO EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 45 MILES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN MENDOCINO, HUMBOLDT AND DEL NORTE COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS, AND TO AVOID TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE.
IN LAKE COUNTY A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 11 PM TONIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL 5 PM TUESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET, WITH 1 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.
TWO KIDNAPPED CHILDREN RECOVERED SAFE JKB 3/12/12
- TWO CHILDREN ABDUCTED FROM WILLOWS FRIDAY MORNING WERE RECOVERED SAFE AND SOUND, AND A COVELO MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THEIR KIDNAPPING.
A STATEWIDE AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED FRIDAY FOR 2 YEAR OLD RANDI AND 5 YEAR OLD VANESSA MARTINEZ, WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY TAKEN FROM THEIR MOTHER BY HER EX-BOYFRIEND, 30 YEAR OLD DALE TUTTLE JR. TUTTLE WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME WITH THE GIRLS AFTER HE WAS SPOTTED AT AROUND 1 PM AND FOLLOWED BY A MOTORIST WHO HAD HEARD THE AMBER ALERT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, TUTTLE IS NOT THE GIRLS BIOLOGICAL FATHER AND DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO TAKE THE GIRLS.
HIKER RESCUED JKB 3/12/12
- A CHP HELICOPTER HELPED FIND A HIKER WHO BECAME LOST AT NIGHT AT THE POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE HIKER CALLED FAMILY MEMBERS ON HIS CELL PHONE AND SAID HE WAS TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY OUT OF THE PARK. A CHP HELICOPTER WAS DISPATCHED TO AID IN THE SEARCH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEY WERE ABLE TO SPOT THE HIKERS HEADLAMP USING NIGHT VISION GOGGLES. THE WAYWARD HIKER WAS DESCRIBED AS COLD BUT UNINJURED WHEN THEY LANDED TO PICK HIM UP. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
UNDERCOVER DRUG BUST JKB 3/12/12
- A MONTH LONG UNDERCOVER OPERATION BY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES HAS LED TO THE ARREST OF A LAKEPORT MAN.
41 YEAR OLD NOE REYES GUTIERREZ HAD BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE LATE DECEMBER WHEN HE SOLD AN OUNCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE TO AN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE IN YUBA CITY. A MONTH LATER HE MET AGAIN WITH THE SAME DETECTIVE IN CLEARLAKE AND SOLD ANOTHER OUNCE OF METH. A THIRD DELIVERY WAS SET UP FOR FEBRUARY 2ND FOR THE SALES OF TWO OUNCES OF METH THAT GUTIERREZ SAID WOULD BE READY THE NEXT DAY. HE WAS ARRESTED WHEN NARCOTICS AGENTS SWEPT IN AND SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT ON HIS HOME FEBRUARY 3RD.
DRUG ARREST JKB 3/12/12
- A CLEARLAKE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF NEARLY A POUND A CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE LAST MONTH.
NARCOTICS TASK FORCE MEMBERS SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT ON THE HOME OF 52 YEAR OLD RICKY BRYAN LOCATED THE METH IN A LOCKED SAFE IN BRYANS BEDROOM. THEY ALSO FOUND $3,240 IN CASH A LOADED .22 CALIBER PISTOL, A LOADED 9 MILLIMETER PISTOL, FIVE POUNDS OF MARIJUANA AND SEVERAL GLASS PIPES USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE. BRYAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE SCENE AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES.
BURGLARY ARRESTS JKB 3/12/12
- FOUR JUVENILES AND AN 18 YEAR OLD FORT BRAGG MAN WERE ARRESTED ON BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO TWO BURGLARIES ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS ON ALBION RIDGE ROAD LAST WEEK.
THE BURGLARIES OCCURRED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. WHILE INVESTIGATING THOSE CRIMES, DEPUTIES MADE CONTACT WITH THE JUVENILES AT ANOTHER HOME LOCATED ON ALBION RIDGE ROAD. BASED ON THOSE INTERVIEWS, DEPUTIES OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT AND FOUND NUMEROUS ITEMS OF STOLEN PROPERTY TAKEN FROM THE TWO LOCATIONS. ALL OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS RECOVERED. THREE JUVENILE BOYS AND ONE GIRL BETWEEN THE AGES 15 AND 16 WERE ARRESTED ON FRIDAY. 18 YEAR OLD MARCUS BAKER WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT AND ARRESTED AT HIS HOME ON SATURDAY.
