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A report from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Sgt. Derek Scott Thursday reported that deputies had arrested Jeremy R. Jeffers, 19, of Lakeport, in Ukiah on Monday night.
At 8:30 p.m. Monday, Scott reported that deputies were dispatched to Jeffers Pool and Spa at 123 Lake Mendocino Drive for a welfare check on Jeffers, who was reported to possibly be in possession of a firearm.
Deputy Andrew Whiteaker arrived at the scene, where he observed Jeffers' right arm inside the bed of a truck and an unidentified male relative standing to the rear of the truck, Scott reported. When Whiteaker asked about the firearm the relative told him that Jeffers had it in his hand.
Scott's report said Whiteaker then pulled out his firearm and immediately ordered Jeffers to put the gun down. Jeffers reportedly told Whiteaker to shoot him as he was going to jail.
Whiteaker then took out a Taser and used it to try to subdue Jeffers, but failed, Scott's eport stated.
Shortly afterward Sgt. Scott arrived at the scene and helped take Jeffers to the ground, where he was arrested.
Once Jeffers was subdued, his relative told Whiteaker that Jeffers had held him at gunpoint for about an hour prior to the authorities arriving, according to Scott's report.
While Jeffers had allegedly held the other man at gunpoint, he allegedly made criminal threats to the relative, causing him to believe that he would be killed if he tried to leave the scene.
Authorities transported Jeffers to the Mendocino County Jail on charges of robbery, terrorist threats, false imprisonment, resisting an officer and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place.
Lt. Rusty Noe of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office told Lake County News that Jeffers was in possession of an unspecified type of handgun. Noe had no information about previous contacts between Jeffers and law enforcement.
A Mendocino County Jail official confirmed that Jeffers remains in jail on $125,000 bail.
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Candidates have filed to run for seats on nearly two dozen boards and districts throughout Lake County.
The November ballot will feature only those districts where candidates outnumber vacancies, according to Registrar of Voters Diane Fridley's office.
Below is a list of candidates for the various education boards and special districts.
EDUCATION
Kelseyville Unified School District Board (three vacancies):
– Don Boyd, appointed incumbent, educator.
– John R. DeChaine, criminal prosecutor for the Lake County District Attorney's Office, parent.
– Andy Dobusch, incumbent.
– Chris Irwin, sales manager.
– Philip Murphy pear and walnut grower.
– Gary Olson, real estate broker.
– Valerie A. Ramirez, incumbent.
– Mireya Gehring Turner, county supervisors' assistant.
Lakeport Unified School District Board (three vacancies):
– Craig Kinser, incumbent.
– Philip T. Kirby, school administrator.
– Robyn K. Stevenson, incumbent.
– Patricia Jonas Voulgaris, retail business owner.
– Bob Weiss, incumbent.
Lucerne Elementary School District Board (one vacancy):
– Kay Hancock, retired teacher.
– Bruce Higgins, incumbent.
Upper Lake Union Elementary School District (two vacancies):
– Walt Christensen, incumbent.
– Valerie Petz, appointed incumbent.
Upper Lake Union High School District Board (two vacancies):
– Colleen Alexander, incumbent, Nice.
– Annie Barnes, administrator, grant writer, Upper Lake.
– Dawn R. Binns, business owner, Upper Lake.
– Howard Chavez, deputy director of education, Lucerne.
– Gary L. Lewis, sales/marketing director, Upper Lake.
Lake County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1 (one vacancy):
– George H. Rider, incumbent, Lower Lake.
Lake County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2 (one vacancy):
– Mark A. Cooper, incumbent, Clearlake.
Lake County Board of Education, Trustee Area 4 (one vacancy):
– David Browning, appointed incumbent, Lakeport.
– Larry A. Juchert, retired business owner, Lakeport.
Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Trustee Area 1 (one vacancy):
– Paul B. Ubelhart, incumbent, Willits.
Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Trustee Area 3 (one vacancy):
– Joan M. Eriksen, incumbent, Ukiah.
– Larry MacLeitch, retired professor and trustee, Ukiah.
Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Trustee Area 4 (one vacancy):
– Wade Koeninger, incumbent, Hopland.
Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Trustee Area 7 (one vacancy):
– Jerry DeChaine, professor of chemistry, Kelseyville.
– Gary Taylor, incumbent, Kelseyville.
SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Anderson Springs Community Services District (two vacancies):
– Penelope D. Falduto, appointed incumbent.
– Beatrice A. Moulton, retired law professor.
– Daniel L. Wood, custodian.
Anderson Springs Community Services District (one vacancy for an unexpired term):
– John Engels, appointed incumbent.
Butler-Keys Community Services District (three vacancies):
– James Evans, incumbent.
– Frank Gillespie, incumbent.
– Jeanne Renli Schiele, incumbent.
Hidden Valley Lake Community Services District (three vacancies):
– Robert W. Barton, incumbent.
– Frances Bunce, appointed incumbent.
– Lyle W. LaFaver, incumbent.
Kelseyville Fire Protection District (two vacancies):
– Donald R. Carter, incumbent.
– William H. H. Wolfe, appointed incumbent.
Lake County Fire Protection District (three vacancies):
– William W. Llewellyn, incumbent, Lower Lake.
– Rozie Cheek, incumbent, Clearlake Park.
– Thomas W. Walker, incumbent, Clearlake.
South Lake County Fire Protection District (three vacancies):
– Rob Bostock, appointed incumbent, Cobb.
– Madelyn Martinelli, incumbent, Middletown.
– Danny L. McCabe, incumbent, Cobb.
Adams Springs Water District (two vacancies):
– Kathy DeMartini, appointed incumbent.
– Evan Robert Willig, incumbent.
Adams Springs Water District (one vacancy for an unexpired term):
– Gloria Poulsen, appointed incumbent.
Buckingham Park Water District (two vacancies):
– George Hawley, incumbent.
– James Horne, appointed incumbent.
– Michael B. Meese, appointed incumbent.
Callayomi County Water District (two vacancies):
– Linda Olhiser, retired controller.
Clearlake Oaks County Water District (three vacancies):
– Mike Anisman, retired law enforcement.
– June A. Greene, incumbent.
– Helen G. Locke, retired telecom manager.
– Glenn R. Rowe, incumbent.
– Frank Toney, highway maintenance worker.
– Bob White, incumbent.
Cobb Area County Water District (two vacancies):
– Renada Breeden, incumbent.
– Kees Winkelman, appointed incumbent.
Cobb Area County Water District (one vacancy for an unexpired term):
– Robert Paul Trautwein, appointed incumbent.
Konocti County Water District (two vacancies):
– Donnie Bachman, appointed incumbent.
– Darin M. McCosker, incumbent.
Scotts Valley Water Conservation District, Division 1 (one vacancy):
No candidates filed.
Scotts Valley Water Conservation District, Division 2 (one vacancy):
No candidates filed.
Upper Lake County Water District (three vacancies):
– Wilda C. Beavers, incumbent.
– Henry Ward Beecher, incumbent.
– Allen E. Merriman, incumbent.
Villa Blue Estates Water District (two vacancies):
– Mark Fetzer, satellite technician.
– Dennis John Knudsen, incumbent.
– Clara Summerfield, incumbent.
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