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Lakeport Police logs: Saturday, Jan. 10
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026
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Sheriff's office plans additional weather radio giveaways for fire survivors
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office still has NOAA weather radios available to Valley fire area residents.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office/County Office of Emergency Services received grant funding from the State Farm Insurance Co. to purchase approximately 333 of the Midland WR120 desktop weather alert radios, as Lake County News has reported.
In addition, the agency purchased some visual alert-strobe lights to give out with radios for those residents who have hearing difficulties, officials said.
On Thursday, the sheriff's office held a giveaway of the radios at the Middletown Library.
Undersheriff Chris Macedo said approximately 220 of the 333 NOAA weather radios were given out at that time.
Macedo said the following criteria was used to establish to determine who would be eligible for the aforementioned equipment:
– Those residents who currently were residing in the footprint of the Valley fire;
– Residents were required to provide proof of residency by showing either a valid California Driver’s License or California Identification Card that listed the physical address; or
– Utility bill such as a water, phone cable or energy that has the service (home) address listed
post office box addresses were insufficient and were not be accepted as proof of residency.
Since there are still approximately 113 of the radios left, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office/County Office of Emergency Services will schedule additional dates and times until all of the radios are issued, Macedo said.
Macedo said that once all of the radios are given away, the sheriff’s office will have exhausted all of the funds they received from State Farm Insurance and no more radios will be available.
If homeowners or residents are interested in more information about the NOAA weather radios, they are urged to visit http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/info/nwrrcvr.html#buy .
Clearlake Police officer involved in fatal early morning shooting
CLEARLAKE PARK, Calif. – A Clearlake Police officer shot and killed an individual in an early Tuesday morning confrontation that occurred during a response to a burglary call.
Lt. Tim Celli said neither the name of the officer nor the person who was fatally shot were being released early Tuesday.
Celli said that at 12:26 a.m. Clearlake Police officers were dispatched to a burglar alarm located in the 3200 block of Park Street in Clearlake Park, with the first officer arriving on scene approximately four minutes after the initial dispatch.
The first arriving officer confronted an apparent burglar and attempted to detain the subject in an adjacent wooded area, Celli said.
A physical fight ensued between them. The officer deployed a Taser but the struggle continued, according to Celli.
Celli said that during the struggle the burglar attacked the officer, striking him in the head with an object and causing significant injury.
During the attack, the officer drew and fired his service weapon at the subject, who was later pronounced deceased at the scene, Celli said.
Celli said the officer was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.
The investigation has been turned over to the Lake County District Attorney’s Office, according to Celli.
Because the case is still an active investigation, Celli said no additional details were available early Tuesday.
REGIONAL: Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office plans active threat training exercise at college campus March 30
NORTH COAST, Calif. – On Wednesday, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office will host an active threat training exercise at Mendocino College in partnership with the college and various Mendocino County public safety agencies.
The college's Ukiah campus is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road.
The training exercise will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and access to the college campus will be restricted to authorized persons participating in the training exercise for safety reasons, according to Capt. Gregory Van Patten of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
Van Patten said the public should remain aware that simulated gunfire and explosions will be used during this training exercise.
He said there also will be a heavy presence of public safety personnel and vehicles on the college campus during this training exercise.
For the past several months Mendocino County law enforcement agencies have participated in one-day training sessions to update their skills in responding to active threat situations, Van Patten said.
Van Patten said the March 30 training exercise at the Mendocino College campus in Ukiah will be used to test and evaluate those who have attended any of the previous one-day training sessions.
Man arrested for threatening Lakeport Police officers in separate incidents
LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Lakeport man who threatened police officers twice in less than three weeks was taken into custody on Thursday night.
Jason Micah Whitcher, 45, remains in the Lake County Jail on a no-bail hold for a misdemeanor probation violation, according to jail records.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said that at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday two officers who were working in the department patrol office on South Forbes Street heard someone outside trying to open the door handles and electronic locks.
The officers contacted the subject, who they recognized as Whitcher, and he then tried to walk inside but was stopped, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said the officers saw that Whitcher was highly intoxicated, placed him under arrest and transported him to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for medical clearance.
At approximately 5 a.m. Friday Whitcher was determined to be OK for booking into the jail, Rasmussen said.
At that time, officers began to secure him for removal from the hospital and transport to the Lake County Jail. Rasmussen said Whitcher became verbally and physically resistive and officers had to use physical force to secure, move and place him in the police vehicle.
During the short transport to the jail, Whitcher spit on the officer through the safety cage in the vehicle and also threatened to physically harm the officer when the handcuffs were removed, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said officers booked Whitcher for public intoxication, battery on a peace officer, resisting/delaying and obstructing a peace officer, threatening an executive officer and for violation of probation.
Whitcher was last arrested by the Lakeport Police Department on the afternoon of March 7 when he was reported to be drunk and disorderly in Library Park, Rasmussen said.
During that incident, Whitcher made several threats to kill the arresting officer. That arrest resulted in Whitcher being placed on summary court probation, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said Whitcher has been living in Lakeport since December 2014, during which time he has been arrested by police 10 additional times, mostly for public intoxication.
In addition to these arrests, Whitcher also has prior arrests for charges including, possession of drugs and paraphernalia, being under the influence of drugs, sales or transportation of drugs, vandalism, theft, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, burglary, threatening a school or public officer, battery on a person, challenging to fight, battery on a peace officer and resisting a peace officer, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said Whitcher's prior convictions include four for resisting/delaying and obstructing a peace officer and one for battery on a peace officer.