How to resolve AdBlock issue? Police officers join with Santa Claus to deliver Christmas presents
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On Christmas morning members of the Clearlake Police Officers Association assisted Santa Claus in delivering toys to several families in the city of Clearlake.
This has been a tradition for the Clearlake Police Officers Association for many years.
Throughout the year, association members meet a lot of families and children who are going through difficult times.
Through theses contacts, families are chosen and asked to see if they would like a visit from Santa Claus on Christmas morning.
Police officers collect handwritten letters from the children and deliver them to Santa Claus. On Christmas morning, Santa Claus is given a personal escort to deliver toys to the children, which this year resulted in 15 children receiving a visit from Santa Claus.
This program means a lot to the Clearlake Police Officers Association and has been successful because of community support.
This year, the Police Officers Association would like to send a special thank you to Angelo Sendejas, Paul Gehringer, Janice Douglas and Melanie Douglas for their donations and support to the Clearlake Police Officers Association Christmas Program.
Ryan Peterson is president of the Clearlake Police Officers Association.
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Clearlake Police Department issues advisory on counterfeit bills
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department on Tuesday advised residents and businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit US currency being circulated in the city.
In the last week, several new cases of counterfeit US currency being used to pay for goods and services have been reported to the Clearlake Police Department, according to Sgt. Rodd Joseph.
Joseph said these latest cases all have involved counterfeit $100 bills.
In at least one of the most recent incidents, a genuine US $5 bill was washed and reprinted to resemble a $100 bill, Joseph said.
Washing is a procedure where the currency’s ink is removed from the genuine bill, then the bill is reprinted to resemble a larger note, chiefly $20 and $100 bills, Joseph explained.
Since the paper on these “washed” bills is genuine US currency, the counterfeit check pen used to check this type of counterfeit currency will always indicate the bill as being genuine, when in fact it may be a counterfeit, he said.
The original presidential watermarks and security strips usually will remain and indicate the actual value of the “washed” currency, according to Joseph.
Joseph said the other form of counterfeit currency police have seen recently has been printed counterfeit currency made by a scan or photocopy of the actually currency.
The paper used in this type counterfeiting process is not genuine and usually a counterfeit check pen will easily identify these types of bills as being counterfeit, Joseph said.
He said the paper will often look and feel odd as compared to genuine US currency and will be missing most if not all of the security features used to help reduce counterfeiting.
Police asked businesses and residents to remain vigilant in helping to identify counterfeit currency before it is accepted as legal tender for services or payment.
Joseph said all cases of counterfeit US currency reported to the Clearlake Police Department are forwarded to the US Secret Service for review.
Anyone with a suspected counterfeit bill or with information as to where these counterfeit bills are originating is asked to contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251.
Callers may remain anonymous.
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Police: More mail thefts reported in Lakeport
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Two days after police discovered unreported mail thefts in the city, Lakeport Police said they're received a report of two subjects stealing from mail boxes.
Late on Friday morning Lakeport Police officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Hillcrest Drive to investigate the report of two male subjects taking mail from residential mail boxes, the agency said.
The responding officer investigated and determined that an alert resident saw two subjects taking mail from a box, according to police.
The resident yelled at the subjects and they dropped the mail a short distance away and then fled the area. The subjects were not located by the police, the report noted.
The subjects are described as Hispanic or American Indian male juveniles between the ages of 14 and 17, between 5 feet 8 inches tall and 5 feet 10 inches tall, and wearing black and red ball caps and clothing, police said.
Police said the subjects are likely looking for cash, gift or credit cards, checks or other valuable items that may be contained in both incoming and outgoing mail.
On Wednesday, while investigating a report of a stolen purse, police discovered mail stolen from residents in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Hartley Street and the 1400 block of Mellor Drive, as Lake County News has reported.
In that case, items of mail – including Christmas cards – were torn open, police said.
Police have leads as to potential suspects and are following up on in the earlier case, but at this time it is not currently known if the two cases are related.
The Lakeport Police Department urges residents to take precautions with their incoming and outgoing mail.
Police suggested that residents pick up incoming mail as soon as possible and not leave outgoing mail in the box for long periods prior to pick up or drop it off at the post office or a secure box in town.
These investigations are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491.
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Lakeport Police Department investigates report of man taking photos or video of students
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is investigating a report of a suspicious male subject seen taking photographs or video of students at two city schools on Thursday.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said his agency's officers were dispatched to Terrace Middle School at 1 p.m. Thursday to investigate the incident.
Lakeport Police officers immediately responded but were unable to locate the subject on the school campus, Rasmussen said.
He said officers interviewed school staff members who witnessed the incident and contacted the unidentified subject, who was reported to be verbally abusive.
Witnesses advised that the subject was on a bicycle stopped in the middle of the road between Clear Lake High School and Terrace Middle School. He was using a cellular phone to take photo or video of Clear Lake High School Students, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said witnesses reported that the subject then moved to the road adjacent to the Terrace Middle School basketball courts and again used the phone to take either video or photos of students.
The subject is described as being a white male adult between 40 and 50 years old, unshaven with a very short crew cut, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, 190 to 200 pounds, having a deep voice and wearing a white shirt and dark-colored pants, Rasmussen said.
The subject's bicycle is described as being a white full-size mountain bike with a shock absorber on the top frame tube, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said Lakeport Police officers searched the streets and neighborhoods areas around the school and were unable to locate the subject after he was last seen by a witness at the intersection of Lange and Giselman streets near Lakeport Elementary School.
Lakeport Police officers are continuing to investigate this incident and hope to identify and locate the subject, Rasmussen said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Lakeport Police at 707-263-5491.
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Lakeport Police Department investigates mail thefts
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The theft of a purse from a vehicle in Lakeport has led to the discovery of mail thefts in the city.
At 12:30 p.m. Wednesday Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen was contacted at the police department by a woman reporting that her purse had been stolen, according to Lt. Jason Ferguson.
The woman said that at about 6 p.m. Tuesday her purse was stolen from inside her vehicle in the 600 block of 14th Street, Ferguson said.
Ferguson said she reported that she was contacted on Wednesday regarding her purse being located behind Safeway.
Along with the purse were several pieces of incoming and outgoing mail, which appeared to have been taken from mailboxes in the 1400 block of Mellor Drive, and the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Hartley Roads, Ferguson said.
He said the mail was returned to the post office to be given back to the residents at those locations.
The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491.
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