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HOPLAND GRADE – Cleanup following a Tuesday big rig rollover continued through much of the day on Wednesday.
The truck and trailer, fully loaded with lumber, had tipped over mid-afternoon Tuesday while being escorted down the Lake County side by California Highway Patrol. CHP had cited the driver for being on the narrow highway, which large trucks are prohibited from traveling.
The driver and a juvenile riding in the truck escaped without serious injury, but the roadway had been closed for several hours Tuesday afternoon and evening while the roadway was cleared.
However, the overturned truck with its load of lumber hadn't yet been removed on Tuesday. That arduous task continued Wednesday, as the truck and lumber were pulled up from their resting place over the embankment by Willits Towing.
One lane of traffic was closed as work continued through the course of the day.
Shortly before 2 p.m. the CHP reported that another big rig was attempting to make its way up the grade from the Lakeport side.
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Chief Deputy James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said 20-year-old Edward Wayne Isham was arrested after deputies responded to his mother Julie Wheadon's Flicker Circle home.
Wheadon had reported to sheriff’s dispatch that Isham had been acting strangely and had left their house with a box cutter following a disagreement with her, according to Bauman. Wheadon called the sheriff’s office becauses she was concerned Isham may harm himself or someone else.
Two deputies responded initially to the call and Isham was located a short distance from the home with some other subjects, Bauman reported. When deputies tried to detain Isham, he would not comply and he repeatedly resisted their efforts to separate him from the others.
Bauman said a deputy deployed a taser to thwart any further physical resistance but Isham broke from the conductive darts and continued to fight. Additional sheriff’s units and the Lakeport Police Department responded to assist during the struggle.
A deputy deployed a taser a second time, with Isham again breaking away from the conductive darts, according to Bauman. After a third taser deployment failed, pepper spray was deployed and then a fourth taser deployment enabled deputies to take Isham into custody.
Once Isham was in custody, deputies learned from Wheadon that he had become enraged when she turned off some loud and obscene music he was playing in the house, Bauman said.
Isham had grabbed a fireplace poker at one point but it was taken from him by his grandmother. Bauman said Isham then retrieved a box cutter from beneath a couch.
Although he did not threaten any of his family, his demeanor was aggressive enough for his mother to call 911, according to Bauman. Isham left the house after Wheadon called and apparently remained outside until deputies located him.
Bauman said Isham was subsequently booked at the Lake County Jail on misdemeanor charges of resisting and obstructing a peace officer in the performance of his duties.
Isham required no medical attention and is currently being held on a $2,500 bail, according to jail records.
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Chief Deputy James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office reported that on Saturday, July 26 the members of the Region II Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force conducted a compliance sweep of the registered sex offenders living in the communities of Lakeport, Upper Lake, Nice and Lucerne.
Three, two-officer teams, consisting of members of the sheriff’s office and the District Attorney’s Office spent the day conducting compliance checks on a total of 120 sex registrants throughout the north end of the county, Bauman reported.
The task force, led by Sheriff’s Det. Mike Curran, found approximately 95 percent of the registrants visited to be in compliance with the terms of their registration, and the terms of their probation or parole when applicable, according to Bauman.
Several, however, were found to be out of compliance with their registration requirements in some manner, said Bauman, and those cases will be referred to the District Attorney’s Office for complaints to be filed.
Bauman said two of the registrants, identified as 51-year-old Richard Allen Berry of Nice, and 32-year-old Logan Shane Sloan, also of Nice, were arrested for parole violations.
Berry had violated the terms of his parole by possessing pornographic material and Sloan’s parole violation was due to his consumption of alcohol. Bauman reported that both are being held at the Lake County Jail without bail.
The SAFE Task Force will continue its efforts to ensure sex registrant compliance with addition sweeps, parole searches and probation searches in other parts of the county in the months to come, Bauman reported.
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HOPLAND GRADE – Highway 175 over the Hopland Grade was shut down for several hours Tuesday afternoon and into the evening as officials cleaned up the roadway following a loaded lumber truck tipping over.
The big rig had tipped over and gone down an embankment around 3 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The two occupants of the vehicle escaped without serious harm.
CHP officers at the scene said the truck driver had been cited at around 2:30 p.m. for being on the winding highway, on which large semis are prohibited.
They were escorting the truck down the hill on the Lake County side when, about three quarters of a mile from the county line, the truck wasn't able to smoothly negotiate a turn and its back end dropped off the road. That caused the entire rig and trailer filled with lumber to flip over, the CHP reported.
Lake County Sheriff's deputies, emergency medical personnel and Caltrans – the latter taking control of closing the road – also responded to the scene.
The driver was uninjured although a juvenile in the truck's sleeper had a minor head injury, according to the CHP.
Willits Towing responded to remove the truck and to clean up the lumber spill, CHP reported.
CHP said the highway was closed from 3:45 p.m. until 8 p.m. to allow for the roadway to be cleared.
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