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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help in locating a missing Lower Lake woman.
Pamela Jo Roay, 67, left her home on Tish-A-Tang Road in Lower Lake on foot between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said in a Tuesday night report.
Roay is described as a white female with short gray hair and hazel eyes, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and 340 pounds. A description of her clothing was not available.
She is considered at risk due to medical conditions and currently does not have her prescription medication.
Anyone with information on her location should call Lake County Sheriff's Dispatch at 707-263-2690.
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Clearlake resident Adam Huskey, 32, died as the result of the crash, which occurred on Monday morning, police said.
Authorities said that at 10:45 a.m. Monday Clearlake Police officers responded to Emory Avenue south of Mullen Avenue for a report of a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
When they arrived, the officers found the collision involved a Chevrolet Silverado occupied by two people and a motorized skateboard ridden by one person.
The driver of the Chevrolet was identified as 24-year-old Clearlake resident Dillon Alan Mahoney and the rider of the motorized skateboard was identified as Huskey, police said.
Police said Huskey sustained major injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
As a result of the investigation and based upon probable cause, officers arrested Mahoney for vehicular manslaughter.
Mahoney was booked into the Lake County Jail. He remained in custody on Wednesday, with bail set at $150,000. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.
This is the second crash in the city that has killed a pedestrian in less than a week.
At around 1 a.m. July 20, 43-year-old Clearlake resident James Torrey Jr. was hit by a drunk driver on Highway 53 just north of Dam Road, dying a short time later, as Lake County News has reported.
If you witnessed the Monday collision on Emory Avenue, please contact Officer Christopher Kelleher by email at
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The council’s action at its meeting on Thursday, July 21, approved Clearlake Police Chief Andrew White entering into an agreement with Lakeport for supplemental law enforcement services.
White’s written report to the council noted that the Lakeport Police Department requested assistance from the Clearlake Police Department to cover patrol shifts due to temporary staffing challenges.
“The Clearlake Police Department has sufficient staffing to provide this coverage on an overtime basis without negatively impacting coverage in Clearlake,” White wrote.
He also noted, “While agencies routinely provide day-to-day mutual aid without compensation, in the proposed situation, it is appropriate for the receiving entity to compensate the entity providing the services.”
White said that rather than suggesting a one-way agreement, the agreement presented to the council permits either police to provide supplemental law enforcement services to the other. “This alleviates re-negotiating and approving in agreement should circumstances necessitate Lakeport providing law enforcement services to Clearlake.”
Chief White and Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen presented the proposed contract to the council at its Thursday meeting.
Rasmussen said law enforcement hiring is very difficult, with a drastic decrease in people who want to go into the profession. He said that’s the case not just in Lake County but elsewhere.
“I’m currently in a situation where we're down numerous positions,” said Rasmussen.
Lakeport Police has 13 sworn positions, compared to Clearlake Police’s 25.
He said the week before the meeting he had hired three new people, but they won’t be ready for some time due to needing to go through recertification or police academies.
The Lakeport Police Department doesn’t intend to have Clearlake Police officers be the primary leads on investigations, especially major ones, in an effort to limit time they would have to be in court on those cases, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen asked for help beginning in August.
He said the two agencies have a long relationship of cooperation and joint training and they’re comfortable working together.
Det. Trevor Franklin, president of the Clearlake Police Officers Association, said the overwhelming response from his members was that they wanted to help Lakeport.
In response to concerns about burnout and overworking officers, Franklin emphasized that taking shifts in Lakeport will be voluntary for Clearlake’s officers.
City Attorney Ryan Jones said Clearlake’s officers will be covered by the city of Clearlake if they sustain any injuries.
Councilman David Claffey asked if Clearlake’s officers would use their own equipment.
White said they can use their own equipment or Lakeport’s. He said there is a reimbursement if Clearlake uses its cars.
However, he added that Lakeport has different police cars and Clearlake’s officers are interested in driving them.
City Manager Alan Flora said that if Clearlake starts purchasing Dodge Chargers and Chevy Tahoes — the types of vehicles the Lakeport Police Department has — they’ll know what happened.
Councilman Russe Cremer moved to approve the agreement. Vice Mayor Russ Perdock — who praised the two chiefs for their innovation during the discussion — seconded. The council approved the contract unanimously.
After the vote, Claffey asked if they could break out costs and expenses for the work of Clearlake’s officers. White said yes.
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The agreement would provide up to $4.25 billion to participating states and local governments to address the opioid crisis.
While Bonta’s office said critical details of the settlement remain the subject of ongoing negotiations, Teva disclosed the agreement Tuesday ahead of its earnings announcement Wednesday.
“This agreement is another major step toward addressing the opioid crisis and healing our communities,” said Attorney General Bonta. “Nothing can undo the harm opioids makers like Teva have inflicted on families across the country or the lives lost to the opioid epidemic. But this agreement will provide much-needed relief for its victims and importantly, critical funds for overdose prevention and opioid addiction disorder treatment.”
Teva, an Israel-based drug manufacturer, makes Actiq and Fentora, which are branded fentanyl products for cancer pain, and a number of generic opioids including oxycodone. States alleged that Teva:
• Promoted potent, rapid-onset fentanyl products for use by non-cancer patients;
• Deceptively marketed opioids by downplaying the risk of addiction and overstating their benefits, including encouraging the myth that signs of addiction are actually “pseudoaddiction” treated by prescribing more opioids; and
• Failed to comply with suspicious order monitoring requirements along with its distributor, Anda.
The parties have agreed on the following financial terms:
• Teva will pay a maximum of $4.25 billion in monetary payments over 13 years. This figure includes amounts Teva has already agreed to pay under settlements with individual states, funds for participating states and local governments, and the $240 million of monetary payments in lieu of product described below.
• As part of the financial term, Teva will provide up to $1.2 billion in generic naloxone (valued at Wholesale Acquisition Cost or WAC) over a 10-year period or $240 million of cash in lieu of product, at each state’s election. Naloxone is used to counteract overdoses.
• The settlement will build on the existing framework that states and subdivisions have created through other recent opioid settlements.
A final settlement remains contingent on agreement on critical business practice changes and transparency requirements.
The negotiations are being led by the following states: California, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.
While New York is among the 12 states that negotiated this proposed settlement framework, Teva and New York are still engaged in further negotiations.