LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Don Anderson, Lake County attorney and candidate for the office of district attorney, has released his first book, “408 Lakeport,” about the killing of a Lake County Sheriff's sergeant.

On May 1, 1981, Sgt. Richard Helbush of the Lake County Sheriff's Office was gunned down while stopping to help two people with a flat tire.

Unbeknownst to Sgt. Helbush, the people he stopped to help were both drug addicts fleeing from law enforcement after killing a merchant in Stockton the day before.

Anderson apprehended the two suspects outside of Middletown after a gun battle between the killers and law enforcement officers.

One of Helbush’s killers is Annika Deasy, a native of Sweden. In some parts of Sweden, Deasy is considered a martyr and she has the distinction of being in prison longer than anyone in Sweden’s recorded history.

Recently, in a prisoner exchange between California and Sweden, Deasy was returned to her native country. She is scheduled to be released from custody in May of 2011.

The book documents Deasy’s life, the murder in Stockton and the killing of Sgt. Helbush. The book also documents how the officers were affected by the murder of their friend, Sgt. Helbush, and the subsequent shootout with his killers.

The book has been in the making for 11 years. “This story is a part of Lake County history that most people do not know, but should,” said Anderson.

The will be available at Anderson’s booth at the Lake County Fair.