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Lakeport Police logs: Saturday, Jan. 10
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026
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Tires slashed on Lakeport Police Department vehicles; police seek leads
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in identifying who is responsible for slashing tires on two police patrol vehicles on Thursday night.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said the two vehicles each had one tire slashed at different times between 9:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Thursday.
The tires were damaged while the vehicles were parked in the area of Second and N. Main streets, while officers were on foot in the downtown area conducting bar checks, Rasmussen said.
Both tires were destroyed and had to be replaced. Rasmussen said the current damage is estimated to be between $350 and $400.
Officers currently are investigating the case in an effort to identify the responsible individual or individuals, Rasmussen said.
“It is disappointing that there are persons willing to destroy public safety property, costing the public unnecessary expense and placing us in a situation where an on duty patrol unit may not be able to respond quickly to an emergency situation,” Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen asked that anyone with information on the case contact Lakeport Police through dispatch at 707-263-5491, Extension 32.
Anyone with information who wishes to remain anonymous may leave a message on the patrol line at 707-263-5491, Extension 17, or the investigations line at 707-263-5491, Extension 12.
Deputy sheriff shot, wife arrested
LAKEPORT, Calif. – A part-time sheriff's deputy was shot early Friday morning, with authorities later arresting his wife on charges including attempted murder.
Robert Piveronas, 66, was shot in the early morning assault and flown by air ambulance to an out-of-county trauma center.
An update on his condition wasn't immediately available early Friday afternoon.
District Attorney's Office investigators arrested his wife, Paula Ann Piveronas, 63, within a few hours of the shooting for attempted murder, assault with a firearm and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, based on jail records.
She is being held on $700,000 bail, according to her booking sheeting.
Lakeport Fire Protection District personnel were dispatched to the couple's home at 2750 Reeves Lane outside of Lakeport at approximately 7:11 a.m. Friday for a medical aid, according to radio reports.
Initial reports indicated three shots were fired, with Robert Piveronas hit once in the chest and once in the stomach.
Paramedics transported him to Lampson Field to meet the REACH air ambulance that flew him out of county, based on radio reports.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff confirmed Paula Piveronas' arrest, and said three investigators with his office remained at the scene on Friday afternoon to determine what led to the shooting.
At that point, Hinchcliff said he still didn't have details on the circumstances surrounding the shooting; with the investigation still ongoing, he hadn't yet had the chance to be briefed by his staff.
Hinchcliff said the District Attorney's Office was involved pursuant to the county's critical incident protocol.
“We normally investigate things involving officers from other agencies,” which is meant to avoid conflicts with agencies investigating cases involving their own personnel, Hinchcliff said.
Robert Piveronas has worked as a 900-hour sheriff's deputy, including duties with the boat patrol and some work as a bailiff, according to county records.
Sheriff's officials did not respond to a request for information on the case.
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Clearlake Police officers rescue man from lake
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The quick actions of two Clearlake Police officers saved a man whose boat capsized in Clear Lake Sunday night.
Clearlake resident Ronald Bell, 55, was pulled safety from the lake, according to a report from Sgt. Dominic Ramirez of the Clearlake Police Department.
Ramirez said that just after 7 p.m. Sunday Clearlake Police officers Elvis Cook and Travis Parson were on patrol when they were dispatched to the 12400 block of Lakeshore Drive to assist the Lake County Sheriff’s Office regarding a subject yelling for help who was possibly in Clear Lake.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office boat patrol also was being dispatched to the area and was responding from Lakeport, Ramirez said.
When Cook and Parson arrived in the area they heard a male subject who was approximately 150 yards from the shoreline yelling for help. Ramirez said the man, later identified as Bell, was yelling to officers that he was tired, cold and cramping, and stated he was going to drown.
Cook and Parson commandeered a small aluminum boat from a nearby resident, according to Ramirez. The officers began rowing the boat out to Bell, who they found and pulled into the boat.
Bell told the officers that he was out fishing in a small aluminum boat when it tipped over, dumping him in the water, Ramirez said.
Ramirez said Cook and Parson rowed Bell to the shoreline, where Lake County Fire Protection District paramedics provided medical aid.
Late Monday, Bell was reported to be in stable condition and was being treated for precautionary reasons, Ramirez said.
Clearlake woman arrested after leading police on chase, ramming police vehicle
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Police took a Clearlake woman into custody over the weekend after she led officers on a late-night vehicle pursuit and rammed a police car more than once.
Sherri Elaine Painchaud, 31, was arrested following the chase, which occurred late on Friday, Nov. 29, according to Sgt. Dominic Ramirez of the Clearlake Police Department.
Just before 11 p.m. Nov. 29, Clearlake Police officers Elvis Cook and Travis Parson were on routine patrol when they attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on a vehicle in the city of Clearlake for traffic violations, Ramirez said.
The driver of the vehicle, Painchaud, failed to yield to the patrol vehicle's emergency lights and led the officers on a vehicle pursuit, according to Ramirez.
Ramirez said Painchaud fled from officers for approximately six miles through the city on residential streets. At times she was traveling at high rates of speed in excess of 50 miles per hour, in wanton disregard for the safety of persons and property, passing vehicles over double yellow lines and running red lights.
During the pursuit Painchaud lost control of her vehicle and came to a stop. Ramirez said the pursuing patrol vehicle came to a stop behind her vehicle in order to conduct a high risk vehicle stop.
As the patrol officers began to exit their vehicle, Painchaud placed her vehicle into reverse and rammed the front end of the patrol vehicle, causing moderate damage to it. After ramming the patrol vehicle Painchaud fled the scene and officers continued to follow her, Ramirez said.
Ramirez said Painchaud continued to flee from the officers and after several miles she struck a dirt embankment. At that time she struck the front end of the pursuing patrol vehicle a second time in order to elude the pursuing officers.
Painchaud sped off after hitting the patrol vehicle a second time and the pursuit continued, Ramirez said.
Finally, Painchaud's vehicle became disabled in the lake bed of Borax Lake. Officers conducted a high risk stop and she failed to comply with officers verbal commands, Ramirez said.
She refused to exit the vehicle, rolled up the windows and locked the doors. Ramirez said the officers on scene broke out the side windows to the vehicle in order to deploy the Clearlake Police K9 Max into the vehicle when Painchaud gave up and complied with the officers' verbal commands.
Ramirez said Painchaud was arrested for felony assault on a police officer, felony battery, felony vehicle evasion, a felony parole violation, and driving while under the influence.
She was booked into the Lake County Jail where she is being held without bail, according to jail records.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call Officer Parson at the Clearlake Police Department, 707-994-8251.