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LCSO: Five people arrested in evacuation areas Tuesday
On July 31st, at approximately 10AM, officers patrolling the evacuated areas conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling on Main Street near 5th Street in Kelseyville. The driver was identified as Clifford Allen Shores, 57, of Kelseyville. Shores became argumentative and confrontational with the officers. A records check found that Shores had an expired driver license. The officers attempted to place handcuffs on Shores, but he attempted to pull away and resisted. As the officers struggled with Shores, they all fell to the ground. The officers were able to gain control of Shores and place him under arrest. Shores was booked into custody for Unauthorized Person in an Evacuated Area, Resisting Arrest, and Unlicensed Driver.
On July 31st, at approximately 10AM, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of Hwy. 20 and Main Street in Upper Lake. The officer contacted the driver, Randall Perry Martire, 58, of Nice. Martire told the officer he understood the mandatory evacuations and had been warned the previous day. He told the officer he heard the Chevron gas station was open and was checking. The officer asked if he had refueled, but Martire told him the vehicle he was driving had fuel and it was a vehicle at home that needed fuel. Martire was arrested and cited for Unauthorized Person in an Evacuated Area.
On July 31st, at approximately 1049 AM, officers contacted a male, Glenn David Carter Jr., 43, of Upper Lake riding a bicycle on Hwy. 20 near Upper Lake Lucerne Road in Upper Lake. Carter had been warned the previous day about being in the evacuated area. He told officers he was going to his sister’s house. He was arrested and cited for Unauthorized Person in an Evacuated Area.
On July 31st, at approximately 11AM, an officer was in the area of Hwy. 20 and Sayre Avenue in Nice when he observed a male subject, later identified as Thomas Carl Reppermund, 63, of Nice, run across Hwy. 20. Reppermund kept running up a hill between residences on Hwy. 20. Officers followed Reppermund until he stopped. Reppermund told the officers he used a boat to enter the evacuated area and ran because he didn’t want to be contacted. Reppermund was arrested and cited for Unauthorized Person in an Evacuated Area.
On July 31st, at approximately 145PM, officers were dispatched to the area of Bottle Rock Road and Brower Lane in Kelseyville for a report of a male walking around the neighborhood. Officers located Brandon Harry Young, 33, of Kelseyville. Young had been seen going into yards in the neighborhood. Young told officers he knew he was in a restricted area as he had been told to leave at the road block on Hwy. 29. Young was arrested and booked into custody for Unauthorized Person in an Evacuated Area.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public that if they live in an evacuated area and have not evacuated, they are asked to stay at their property and shelter in place. This will help the law enforcement personnel patrolling the evacuated areas in determining people who should not be in the area and aid first responders with keeping roadways clear.