CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department reported that during the Clayton fire nearly two dozen people were arrested for various charges in the evacuated portion of the city.

During the time the Clearlake Avenues were on a mandatory evacuation order for the Clayton fire, the Clearlake Police Department drastically increased its staffing to patrol the evacuated area, according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs.

From the time the evacuations started on Aug. 14 until they were lifted on Aug. 16, the Clearlake Police Department had from 10 to 15 law enforcement officers specifically patrolling the evacuated area of Clearlake, Hobbs said.

The officers participating in the saturation patrols were from the following agencies: Clearlake Police Department, Lakeport Police Department, Lake County District Attorney’s Office, California State Parks, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Benicia Police Department, Vacaville Police Department, Fairfield Police Department and the Solano County Sheriff’s Department, according to Hobbs.

During the two days of mandatory evacuation in Clearlake, Hobbs said the following 22 people were located and arrested in the evacuated area:

– Mark Matheson, 58, was arrested for driving with a suspended driver’s license and displaying false registration tabs.
– Jordan Nagel, 22, was arrested for an arrest warrant.
– Shawn Hammond, 47, was arrested for an arrest warrant.
– Sarah Simpson, 23, was arrested for an arrest warrant and possession of a narcotic controlled substance.
– Michael Row, 31, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and resisting arrest after he fled from officers on foot.
– Sarah Ashely, 24, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and resisting arrest after she fled from officers on foot.
– Gregg Dumper, 51, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and resisting arrest after he fled from officers on foot during a traffic stop.
– David Ramirez, 54, was arrested for an arrest warrant.
– Joshua Smith, 33, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area, possession of burglary tool s and violation of parole. Smith is on active state parole for burglary.
– David Favors, 43, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area.
– Michelle Wicor, 57, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area.
– Calvin Cotter, 27, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area.
– James Gauthier, 52, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area.
– Jamie Athas, 46, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area.
– Lathina Decosta, 23, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and possession of a controlled substance.
– Jeremiah Wertz, 31, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area, possession of a controlled substance for sales, felon in possession of tear gas, carrying a concealed knife and driving with a suspended driver’s license.
– Robert Wilcox, 46, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area, evading in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended driver’s license.
– Jessica Fowler, 28, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and resisting arrest after she fled from a vehicle during a traffic stop.
– Chris Montoya, 50, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and violation of probation.
– Jonathan August, 25, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area.
– Bradley Thorstenson, 26, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area, and violation of probation. Thorstenson is on active felony probation for burglary.
– Juan Sanchez, 24, was arrested for being in a closed disaster area and resisting arrest after he fled from officer on foot.

Since the time the evacuation was lifted on Aug. 16, the Clearlake Police Department has yet to receive any burglary reports in the evacuated area, Hobbs said.

Hobbs said the Clearlake Police Department thanked all the law enforcement agencies that helped during the Clayton fire evacuation in Clearlake.

“With their help we were able to provide a highly visible law enforcement presence in the evacuated area,” Hobbs said.