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Clearlake Police seek male suspect in attempted kidnapping
CLEARLAKE, Calif -- Clearlake Police are seeking a suspect in a March 9 attempted kidnapping.
The suspect is described as a heavy set white male adult with gray hair approximately 5'5" to 5'7" feet tall driving a black full size newer model truck with a chrome grill and silver rims.
When last seen the suspect was clean shaven and wearing a blue shirt. On March 9, 2014 at approximately 9:45 am, the Clearlake Police Department received a report of an attempted kidnapping in area of Crawford Avenue near the intersection of Cypress Avenue.
Officers responded to the area and contacted the female victim. The victim advised police that an unknown white male adult, who was driving a newer black model full size truck, pulled alongside of her while she was walking in the area. The unknown male adult asked the female if she had any money.
The unknown male, stopped the vehicle, exited the driver door and approached the victim. The male then grabbed the female by the arm and attempted to pull her into his vehicle.
The victim reported she was able to get free and jogged to a residence.
The male then left the area in the black truck. Officers conducted a search of the area for the possible suspect and vehicle however they were unable to locate him. Do to the nature of the investigation, the victim’s name is being withheld.
The victim described the suspect as a heavy set white male adult with gray hair, with a possible height between 5’5” to 5’7”. The male was clean-shaven wearing a blue shirt. The truck is described as a black full size newer truck, unknown make with a chrome grill and silver rims.
Persons with information regarding this incident or possible suspect information are encouraged to contact Officer T. Parson at 707-994-8251 ext.507.
Sheriff's office identifies woman arrested following early morning chase
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities said a vehicle pursuit that occurred early Thursday began after a local woman fled from deputies who approached her car at a local park.
Kathryn Dawn Delorenzi, 50, of Lakeport, was arrested early Thursday, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Delorenzi was taken into custody just before 2 a.m. after leading sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers on a nearly 40-minute vehicle chase that began at the Rodman Slough and ended at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 53 near Clearlake Oaks, as Lake County News has reported.
Brooks said deputies saw Delorenzi's silver Honda parked, with the windows fogged up, at the Rodman Slough County Park parking lot, where vehicles can't be parked after 11 p.m. unless the drivers are fishing.
He said Delorenzi sat up in the car when the deputies approached but refused to roll down the windows.
Radio traffic indicated deputies had approached Delorenzi at around 1:15 a.m., and after she refused to roll down the windows or get out of the car, a deputy said they had her at gunpoint.
Brooks said Delorenzi then started the car and took off on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff toward Nice.
When she was passing through the Nice area, Delorenzi reached speeds of about 90 miles per hour, said Brooks. She also was swerving in and out of both lanes of traffic, as well as a turning lane in Nice.
The CHP, which joined the pursuit and closed the roadway to protect other drivers, put down a spike strip near Glenhaven, which flattened three of Delorenzi's tires, Brooks said.
However, Delorenzi continued driving on her melting and flattened tires, wheel rims and her remaining left rear tire, Brooks said.
The CHP then put down a second spike strip near Key Boulevard in Clearlake Oaks, as Lake County News has reported.
Brooks said Delorenzi slowed to about 5 to 10 miles per hour after hitting the second spike strike.
During the chase, deputies had asked if CHP officers would conduct a “pursuit intervention technique” or “PIT maneuver,” which involves bumping the vehicle to make it go into a spin, but the CHP declined, according to radio reports.
Brooks explained that such a maneuver could have put Delorenzi's vehicle into a “scary” spin, which could have been dangerous. Instead, she was allowed to continue driving at low speed until she stopped.
He said the pursuit ended near the “Y” intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 53.
Deputies – assisted by a Clearlake Police K9 – conducted a “high risk” stop, Brooks said, and took Delorenzi into custody at gunpoint, handcuffing her and placing her in a patrol car.
When a deputy asked Delorenzi why she had evaded law enforcement, she began reciting the Lord's Prayer and the Serenity Prayer, Brooks said.
While conducting a search of Delorenzi's Honda, authorities found a cat in a carrier under the front seat, according to Brooks.
Brooks said Delorenzi told deputies she needed medical help. Lake County Fire Protection District's Station 70 sent paramedics to the scene to evaluate her. She was not injured and was taken to the Lake County Jail.
Delorenzi was booked into the Lake County Jail on two misdemeanor county ordinance violations and a felony charge of evading a peace officer with disregard for safety, with bail set at $35,000. She remained in custody early Friday.
A search of jail booking records showed that Delorenzi was arrested by the Lakeport Police Department on Jan. 9.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said Delorenzi was arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct while under the influence of a drug and trespassing at the Employment Development Department at 55 First St.
He said Employment Development Department staff reported that Delorenzi had come into the office three times on Jan. 8 and 9, demanding money and that they give her a job. When they asked her to leave, she began making vulgar remarks.
When she came into the office on Jan. 9 she again was told to leave and staff attempted to block the door, then called police, Rasmussen said.
When a Lakeport Police officer arrived, he found Delorenzi in front of the building. Rasmussen said she was making statements that didn't make sense and behaving strangely, and wouldn't follow the officer's orders, leading to him taking her into custody.
Rasmussen said the Jan. 9 arrest was his agency's only contact with Delorenzi.
Her booking record for the vehicle pursuit arrest has her scheduled to appear in court on March 10.
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Man wanted for rape, burglary sentencing turns himself in to police
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A man wanted by police for failing to appear for sentencing in a rape and burglary case has turned himself in to authorities.
Douglas Scott Rupert, 40, voluntarily surrendered himself at the Clearlake Police Department just before 3 p.m. on Friday, according to Sgt. Martin Snyder.
Snyder said Rupert was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Lake County Jail.
On Jan. 28 the Lake County Superior Court issued an arrest warrant for Rupert after he failed to turn himself in for sentencing in a July 2013 rape and burglary case for which he was convicted, as Lake County News has reported.
The Clearlake Police Department thanked the community for assisting with information regarding Rupert's possible location.
Clearlake Police arrest suspect in series of burglaries
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Early Thursday Clearlake Police officers arrested a Clearlake man who they believe is responsible for burglarizing several city businesses this week, and for previous incidents in 2012 and 2013.
Michael Matthew Jenson, 21, was arrested at around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, according to police.
The investigation that led to Jenson's Thursday arrest began this week, according to Clearlake Police Sgt. Rodd Joseph.
On Monday at 12:16 a.m. Clearlake Police officers responded to an alarm at Radio Shack, located at 14915 Olympic Drive, Joseph said.
When officers arrived it was discovered that someone had smashed a window to the front of the business and had stolen two computers. Joseph said the subject who committed the burglary was not identified and managed to flee with the stolen property.
Several hours later, just before 6 a.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a “glass break” alarm sounding at Lakeshore Sports, located at 14913 Lakeshore Drive, Joseph said.
Officers arrived to find a broken glass window at the front of the business. Joseph said almost $900 worth of laser gun sights, knives and flashlights had been stolen in the burglary.
Video surveillance was obtained from the business documenting the crime. Joseph said a lone male subject was seen in the surveillance video committing the crime, but at that point was not positively identified.
Then, just after 3 a.m. Thursday, Clearlake Police officers responded to another “glass break” alarm at Lakeshore Sports, according to Joseph.
When officers arrived on scene within less than a minute of the call, they discovered another window smash. However, the window remained intact, which Joseph said indicated that the suspect had not made entry into the business.
Video surveillance of the crime showed a subject trying to break the window with a large chunk of asphalt, but leaving the area just prior to police arriving on scene. Joseph said the subject in this latest crime appeared to be the same suspect from the previous burglary at the business on Monday.
While officers were on scene investigating the incident at Lakeshore Sports, another “glass break” alarm came in from Radio Shack at around 4:08 a.m., Joseph said.
Joseph said officers arrived on scene within a minute of the call and discovered another window smash to the front of the business, with the area of smashed glass large enough for a person to enter. Officers immediately began conducting an area check for the suspect.
Within a short period of time, Officer Andrew Adams and Officer Trevor Franklin located a male subject prowling around the back side of Rite-Aid, located at 15025 Olympic Drive. The subject was in possession of a couple of laptop computers and other items, Joseph said.
Joseph said the male subject – later identified as Jenson – fled from officers on foot, leaving property behind. After a short foot pursuit, Adams and Franklin took Jenson into custody. Jenson was uncooperative with officers.
The two laptop computers, a Sony PlayStation 3, a cellular phone and an iPhone screen repair kit were found in Jenson's possession. All of this property was determined to have been stolen from Radio Shack and valued at nearly $1,000, Joseph said.
Video surveillance obtained from Radio Shack implicated Jenson in the latest burglary, Joseph said. Additionally Jenson was identified as the responsible in the two earlier burglaries at Lakeshore Sports.
Jenson was arrested on three counts of commercial burglary for the Radio Shack and Lakeshore Sports incidents, prowling at Rite-Aid, obstruction, possession of stolen property and felony two no bail warrants, one of the warrants being for burglary, Joseph said.
Jenson was booked into the Lake County Jail and is being held without bail, according to jail records.
Joseph said that Jenson had been arrested on Feb. 3, 2013, for a burglary at Lakeshore Sports that had occurred two days earlier.
During the arrest and booking process at that time, Jenson also admitted to committing a burglary to Xsite Motorsports, located at 14883 Lakeshore Drive, on Sept. 26, 2012, Joseph said.