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Three juveniles were arrested along with 18-year-old Patrick Jerel Johnson of Kelseyville, according to a Wednesdsay report from Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

On Monday, Oct. 31, at approximately 11 p.m., sheriff’s deputies and officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to a report of more than five male subjects assaulting a man in front of a home on Konocti Road in Kelseyville, Bauman said.

He said that as law enforcement started to reach the scene, a large group of juveniles reportedly ran in all directions through neighboring yards and over fences in an attempt to flee.

When the responding units arrived in the area, two male teenagers immediately were detained after being caught running through a yard on Konocti Road, Bauman said. As deputies continued to search the area, another teenaged male was detained in front of a home on Oak Ridge Drive and another two were found hiding beneath a parked car on the same street.

Deputies identified one of two apparent assault victims as 30-year-old Thomas Randall Thornburgh. Bauman said Thornburgh had sustained several facial injuries and had obviously been in an altercation.

Thornbaugh told deputies he had been visiting at a friend’s home on Konocti Road when he heard several people outside of the home shouting obscenities and fighting. When he went outside and told a group of teenagers to get off of his friend’s property, they threatened to assault Thornbaugh, according to Bauman.

The teens reportedly then started fighting amongst themselves and when Thornburgh tried to break up the fight, he was knocked to the ground from behind, Bauman said.

Thornburgh got up, but was then tackled to the ground again where he was kicked and punched by as many as five people at one time. Bauman said Thornburgh struggled with several subjects on the ground until they started hearing sirens approaching, which caused his assailants to disperse and flee into the neighborhood.

A second victim, later identified as 21-year-old Samantha Pfannmuller, reportedly also was struck by one of the teenagers as she too tried to break up the fight, Bauman said.

For several hours, deputies canvassed the neighborhood for additional witnesses and conducted further investigation to determine a motive for the apparently random altercation, Bauman reported.

Bauman said preliminary information only revealed that the group of teenagers deputies had detained, who were all primarily from Kelseyville, had allegedly encountered and were being verbally challenged by a group of teens from Lower Lake on Konocti Road.

When Thornburgh heard the commotion outside, he went out to tell them to leave and the group turned on him, Bauman said.

Three of the four juveniles initially detained by deputies were transported to the Lake County Juvenile Hall. Bauman said one was booked for misdemeanor battery. One was booked for misdemeanor battery and making criminal threats. The third was booked for battery with great bodily injury and making criminal threats. The fourth juvenile was cleared of any criminal allegations and released.

The fifth man, Johnson, was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked for misdemeanor battery and making criminal threats, Bauman said.

Bauman said Thornburgh declined any medical treatment for his injuries. Pfannmuller was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital where she was treated and released.

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The 58-year-old Clearlake man – whose name has not been released pending family notification – was discovered shortly before 2 p.m., according to a report from Clearlake Police Sgt. Rodd Joseph.

Officers were dispatched to the 14100 block of Lakeshore Drive on the report of a person in the water, Joseph said.

Police and fire radio reports at that time indicated a possible drowning victim.

When officers arrived, they found the deceased male subject face down in the water, according to Joseph.

Joseph said the man was nude, but his clothes and personal effects were located nearby on the shore.

An autopsy will be conducted in the next few days to determine cause of death, Joseph said.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation are urged to contact Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251. Callers may remain anonymous.

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The National Weather Service in Sacramento had issued advisories for wind and winter weather throughout Tuesday for Lake County and numerous other areas of the state.

In Lake County, the winds appeared to pick up in the evening, with power lines reported to be down in Nice at Lakeview Drive, Buckingham Way in Kelseyville, Schindler at Fourth and Fifth streets in Clearlake Oaks, and Highway 20 near Ceago outside of Lucerne, according to radio reports.

The wind also was reported to be knocking down trees, California Highway Patrol reports showed.

Wind was carrying debris across area highways, and at one spot along Highway 20 in Nice an awning from a home was scattered across the road, causing a hazard.

What followed were numerous power outages affecting homes all over the county, with Pacific Gas & Electric estimating that as many as 6,100 customers may have been affected at one point.

The outages began in Clearlake at about 7:30 p.m., and followed in Clearlake Oaks about an hour later, with additional blackouts reported in Cobb, Lakeport, Lucerne, Nice and Upper Lake at about 9 p.m. and afterward, according to PG&E.

The power for many of those customers had been restored by about 11 p.m., although PG&E spokesman JD Guidi said 350 Upper Lake residents as well as about 20 Clearlake Oaks customers had not yet been restored by that point.

Guidi said at that time outages continued in the East Bay.

PG&E's online outage map showed that the power failures were continuing around the region on Tuesday, including in Sonoma, Santa Rosa and Calistoga.

The National Weather Service issued an overnight wind advisory for Lake County that warned of wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour over ridges above 2,000 feet.

The agency also reported that a series of cold weather systems moving down from the Gulf of Alaska are expected to bring cooler temperatures and chances of precipitation to Northern California through the weekend.

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