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Upper Lake man arrested for alleged assault at South Cow Mountain OHV Area
NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendocino County officials earlier this month took an Upper Lake man into custody for allegedly assaulting another man at a recreation area on South Cow Mountain.
Nathanyal Elexander Geurts, 30, was arrested on Aug. 8 for making criminal threats, battery with serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism, according to a report from Lt. Greg Stefani of the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.
At approximately 10:19 a.m. that day Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies were requested at the Red Mountain Camp – located in the BLM South Cow Mountain Off Highway Vehicle Area – regarding a physical assault that was in progress, Stefani said.
Stefani said the caller stated that the victim was leaving the area in a white pickup and that the suspect in the case was driving a white Ford pickup.
While responding to the location deputies located a white Dodge pickup with broken windows and a smashed windshield stopped on Mill Creek Road in Talmage, which is an access road to the OHV area, Stefani explained.
The driver, 33-year-old Phillip Bacon of North Highlands, got out of his vehicle and deputies saw that his eye was swelling shut. Stefani said Bacon indicated that he was assaulted by his friend's brother, Nathanyal Geurts.
Bacon indicated that after he was assaulted that the suspect Geurts threw large rocks through his windows and then as he was leaving backed into the passenger side of his vehicle, Stefani said.
Stefani said Bacon also said that as Geurts was throwing rocks at him, he indicated he wanted to kill him.
Bacon was on his way to the hospital for medical attention when deputies encountered him, according to Stefani.
A “be on the lookout” was issued to the Lake County Sheriff's Office as Geurts is an Upper Lake resident, Stefani said.
Stefani said that a short time later Geurts was stopped by Lake County Sheriff's deputies and later questioned by Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies regarding the assault.
Geurts subsequently was placed under arrest and transported to the Mendocino County Jail with bail set at $30,000, Stefani said.