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Lakeport Police logs: Saturday, Jan. 10
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026
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Clearlake Police K9 helps apprehend man wanted on felony warrants
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake resident was taken into custody on Saturday with the help of a police K9 after he attempted to flee from police.
Lance Leland Scarborough, 38, was arrested Saturday evening, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs.
At 5 p.m. Clearlake Police officers went to a residence in the 3600 Block of Mountain View Street in Clearlake to locate Scarborough, who had two outstanding felony warrants for his arrest out of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for robbery, Hobbs said.
Scarborough, along with an accomplice, allegedly attempted to steal marijuana at gunpoint from a Lower Lake home in October 2013, as Lake County News has reported
In addition, Scarborough has been on active felony probation with a search term, according to Hobbs.
Scarborough immediately locked the doors to the residence and refused to come outside. After approximately 30 minutes of talking to Scarborough he still refused to come outside and used his body and a couch he had pushed up against the front door to hold it closed, Hobbs said.
As officers were attempting to force the door open, Officer Travis Lenz deployed his recently acquired K9 partner Dex into the residence through a window. Hobbs said Dex quickly apprehended Scarborough.
While Dex was apprehending Scarborough, Hobbs said Scarborough was not able to continue to use his body to hold the door closed and officers were able to open the door enough to get inside the residence.
Hobbs said that once inside the house, officers were able to safely arrest Scarborough for the outstanding warrants and resisting arrest.
Scarborough sustained injuries to both his lower legs as a result of the K9 apprehension, Hobbs said.
Hobbs said Scarborough was treated at the scene for the injuries and then transported to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake for further treatment and to be medically cleared for incarceration.
Once medically cleared for incarceration, Scarborough was transported to the Lake County Jail, Hobbs said.
Scarborough is being held without bail on one of the felony warrants, according to jail records.
Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force eradicates more than 38,000 marijuana plants from south county
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force this week located and eradicated approximately 38,695 marijuana plants from multiple south county locations.
On Tuesday narcotics detectives eradicated 35,155 marijuana plants, which were growing in two large corn fields. The corn fields were located off of Spruce Grove Road in Lower Lake, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
Brooks said detectives also located five marijuana grow sites in the Jerusalem Valley area, where they eradicated 325 marijuana plants. The grow sites were on vacant land parcels which were absent dwellings or structures. Detectives searched the grow sites and were unable to locate any suspects, witnesses or additional evidence.
On Wednesday, narcotics detectives eradicated 3,215 marijuana plants from 25 separate grow sites. The majority of the grow sites were vacant land parcels, which were located in the Rocky Creek and Morgan Valley area of Lower Lake, Brooks said.
One of the marijuana grow sites was located in the 10000 block of Sky High Ridge in Lower Lake. Brooks said the site had an unpermitted structure on the parcel.
He said detectives noticed that the front half of the structure was being used as a honey oil lab, which was in plain view. The back half of the structure which appeared to be used as sleeping quarters contained an SKS rifle and a .22 caliber rifle, which were seized as evidence. Detectives also located two handguns which were also seized as evidence.
During the investigation, 45-year-old Paul Mozal of Boulder, Colo., arrived at the grow site. Mozal denied being involved with the honey oil lab, but admitted to growing marijuana plants on the property, according to Brooks.
Brooks said detectives are submitting the report for complaint against Mozal.
The majority of the grow sites were identified during prior overflight missions. The purpose of the overflights is to seek out probable illicit marijuana growing operations, Brooks said.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.
Sheriff's office identifies apparent drowning victim
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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