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Police arrest third suspect in August kidnapping, assault case
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Clearlake Police officer on Thursday arrested a San Francisco woman wanted in connection with an August kidnapping case.
Michelle Lynn Harris, 42, was arrested Thursday afternoon, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs of the Clearlake Police Department.
At about 1 p.m. Thursday Officer Travis Lenz observed a 2008 BMW traveling north on Highway 53 approaching Lakeshore Drive, Hobbs said.
He said that Lenz recognized the vehicle as being involved in a kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and burglary case from August.
Lenz also recognized the driver as Harris, who he knew to have an outstanding $1 million warrant for her arrest for the August kidnapping case, Hobbs said.
Hobbs said Lenz conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and arrested Harris without incident. Harris later was transported to the Lake County Jail, where she was booked.
The two other suspects in the case, Derrick Earl Thompson, 40, and Ike Frederick Mitchell, 43, were previously arrested by Clearlake Police in August and September and are currently in the Lake County Jail, Hobbs said.
Anyone with information regarding the location of wanted persons is asked to contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251. Callers may remain anonymous.
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Lakeport Police Department administrative office to be closed for holidays
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department reported that its administrative office will be closed due to the holiday season and staff work furloughs from Friday, Dec. 21, through Tuesday, Jan. 1.
The office will be open for regular business on Wednesday, Jan. 3, according to a report from Lt. Jason Ferguson.
Ferguson said Lakeport Police officers will be available to handle calls for service throughout the office closure and can be reached at the police department.
For any questions or information regarding the release of towed and stored vehicles and sex offender registrations, contact the on duty watch supervisor.
For further information contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491.
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Police seek Lakeport indecent exposure suspect
LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying the suspect and the suspect vehicle involved in an indecent exposure incident on Monday.
The agency reported that at approximately 3:45 p.m. Monday Lakeport Police officer were dispatched to investigate the report of an indecent exposure incident on Lakeshore Boulevard between Beach Lane and Lange Street.
The female victim advised that she was walking in that area of Lakeshore Boulevard between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Monday when the male suspect drove up to her and asked her if she wanted a ride, police reported.
The suspect returned a few minutes later and made a sexual gesture while exposing his genitals, according to the Tuesday report.
The vehicle is described as a white, late 1990s Toyota four-door passenger car.
The suspect is described as a white male, 25 to 30 years old, with shaggy brown, ear length hair, wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone having information on this incident, the suspect or his vehicle is asked to contact the Lakeport Police Department, 707-263-5491.
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Clearlake Police arrest Spokane murder suspect; found sleeping in victim’s car behind grocery store
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Clearlake Police have arrested a Spokane, Wash., man on the run since last week and wanted in connection with a woman’s murder.
Tony Callihan, 38, was taken into custody Friday morning, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs of the Clearlake Police Department.
On Saturday he remained in jail custody, awaiting extradition back to Washington state. Spokane Police spokesperson Officer Jennifer DeRuwe said it’s not clear when Callihan would be returned to Spokane.
DeRuwe said Callihan will face first-degree murder for killing 48-year-old Spokane resident Michelle Koenen, whose body was found by police in her apartment last Friday, Dec. 7.
“He strangled her,” said DeRuwe.
DeRuwe said Callihan went to his stepfather’s house afterward, got some money and admitted to killing someone.
“The stepdad is the one who called us,” DeRuwe said.
Police then went to Koenen’s apartment and found her body, according to DeRuwe.
DeRuwe said Callihan and Koenen knew each other, but it’s not clear just what their relationship was.
After Koenen’s murder, Callihan stole her 2006 Dodge Stratus and fled, DeRuwe said.
DeRuwe said Callihan is well known to Spokane Police. “He doesn’t like the police. He runs from us all the time.”
Spokane-area media reported that Callihan had been spotted in Ellensburg, Wash., on Monday, after allegedly stealing gasoline.
DeRuwe said Ellensburg is about about two and a half hours from Spokane, heading west toward Seattle.
She said Ellensburg is a turning point – Callihan could have continued to Seattle but instead he turned south and went through Portland, Ore., where he picked up a male transient.
Hobbs said Clearlake Police received a report at 5 a.m. Friday of a suspicious vehicle parked by the recycling Center at Ray’s Food Place on Dam Road. They found Callihan and the male transient sleeping in the car.
Although DeRuwe said Callihan has a history of running from police, Hobbs said Callihan gave police his real name when contacted and was taken into custody without incident.
Hobbs said Clearlake Police arrested Callihan on a fugitive from justice warrant, with Spokane Police lining up the murder arrest warrant afterward.
DeRuwe said that fugitive warrant was issued by the Washington State Department of Corrections because Callihan, who recently had gotten out of state prison, had failed to follow the terms of his release.
She said Spokane Police detectives have been able to speak with the transient, and the vehicle itself will be sealed for evidence.
DeRuwe was not sure why Callihan headed to California. “I think he’s just trying to get away from us,” she said, noting that his family and other ties are in the Spokane area.
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