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LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office on Monday released the name of an elderly Bay Area man whose body was recovered from Clear Lake over the weekend.
Lt. Steve Brooks identified the man as Rudolf Schulze, 87, of San Lorenzo.
Schulze had been unloading his boat at the Fifth Street boat ramp on Saturday shortly after 3 p.m. when he dove into about 10 feet of water, according to witness accounts given to police.
After Schulze failed to resurface, Lakeport Fire and the Northshore Fire Dive Team responded, with divers finding his body a short time later, about 45 feet offshore, as Lake County News has reported.
“According to witnesses, Mr. Schulze drove to Lake County every couple of weeks to go fishing,” Brooks said.
While Schulze's death appears to have been from drowning, Brooks said the exact cause is pending the results of an autopsy.
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Police report new details about Saturday drowning
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department has offered additional information about an elderly man's drowning in Clear Lake on Saturday.
Officer Mike Sobieraj said the drowning victim was an 87-year-old man from San Lorenzo, whose name has not yet been released.
Sobieraj said witnesses reported that man was launching his boat off of the Fifth Street boat ramp on Saturday afternoon. The man was offered help in launching but said he was fine.
“According to witnesses he dove into the water,” said Sobieraj. “And then they saw some bubbles and he never resurfaced.”
The man was said to have gone into water that was about 10 feet deep, according to Sobieraj.
Police and firefighters were dispatched for a water rescue at 3:20 p.m., Sobieraj said.
In addition to Lakeport Fire, Northshore Fire sent its dive team to help look for the man, as Lake County News has reported.
Divers found the man's body about 45 feet offshore, according to Lakeport Fire Chief Doug Hutchison.
Sobieraj said the county coroner's office will investigate the cause of the man's death.
Based on common protocols, the coroner's investigation is expected to include any preexisting medical issues the man may have had.
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Police seek identity of man who tried to take pictures under woman's skirt
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who last week attempted to use a camera to take pictures under the skirt of a woman shopping at Walmart.
Sgt. Rodd Joseph said the disorderly conduct incident was reported last Thursday, June 12.
At around 6:30 p.m. that day two women were shopping together in the Walmart “households” area of the store, Joseph said.
While one of the women was reaching up in an attempt to get an item from a top display shelf, a male subject walked up and squatted down behind her. Joseph said the man was holding store merchandise which he used in an attempt to conceal a small camera.
The man positioned himself so he could place the camera up under the unsuspecting woman’s skirt in order to take a photograph. Joseph said the victim was unaware of the suspect’s actions at the time of the incident.
However the woman’s friend witnessed the incident and confronted the subject. The man denied his actions and began complementing the two women on how beautiful they were. Joseph said the subject then fled the store without being identified.
The subject is described as a light-skinned black male adult in his 30s, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, with an average build. He had very short, shaved and styled hair, according to Joseph.
The man was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark colored T-shirt with a large white design on the front which read “DAD,” and driving a dark blue, newer model Jeep Liberty.
On Thursday, the Clearlake Police Department was able to secure video footage from Walmart of the crime, along with photographs of the subject both entering and leaving the store, which are shown here.
Anyone with information regarding this man's possible identity or current address are urged to contact Joseph at 707-994-8251, Extension 338. Callers may remain anonymous.
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Lakeport Police Department says missing child found safe
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department said a child reported missing on Wednesday has been located and is safe.
Fourteen-year-old Sebastian Jaime Lopez had last been seen at around 4 p.m. Wednesday at his sister's house on Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville, as Lake County News has reported.
On Thursday morning a Lakeport Police update said the boy had been found.
Additional details on the case were not immediately available.
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Lakeport Police Department seeks missing child
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is seeking the community's help in locating a missing child.
The agency said it is trying to find 14-year-old Sebastian Jaime Lopez.
The boy was last seen at around 4 p.m. Wednesday at his sister's house, located at 4450 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville, police said.
Sebastian was wearing black shorts, a gray shirt and black Van tennis shoes, according to the report.
He stands 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs 145 pounds, has green and brown eyes, and sandy blond hair.
If you have information that can assist in helping safely locate Sebastian Lopez, please call 911 or contact the police department at 707-263-5491.
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