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Wednesday, March 23~ 2011 3B
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Miscellaneous
Friday, March 11
Left me by the San Francisco
Bay: In Chester, a sergeant in-
dicated a caller reported she
was the victim of an identity
theft. The Livermore Police
Department in Alameda
County reported it had the
suspect in custody. The caller
requested information on file.
The caller had contacted the
appropriate parties and filed
proper paperwork.
Everyone's an expert: In
Quincy, a caller reported a
horse that needed attention,
as it was undernourished. The
reporting party wanted some-
one to check on the animal
and get back to her. A deputy
advised the horse was 35
years old. Information was
given to the reporting party.
Well, you're gonna have to go
stand in a different line now
... In Quincy, someone report-
ed a female caused a fight
about 15 minutes before and
broke the Department of Mo-
tor Vehicles front door while
leaving. A deputy advised it
was a civil matter and the
damage would be worked out
with the building owner.
the business and advised a
crime wasn't being commit-
ted.
BB guns don't abuse animals,
psychopaths abuse animals:
In Quincy, a caller reported
his two dogs were both shot
with a BB gun while in an en-
closed backyard. The report-
ing party wanted information
on file.
Monday, March 14
Student threat: In Quincy, a
caller at Quincy Elementary
School reported a student
threatened to shoot another
student Friday after being
suspended. The victim did not
report the incident to the of-
fice until after the weekend.
Student assault: In Chester, at
the high school, a caller re-
ported some sort of fight in
front of the high school. A ju-
Venile. was assaulted. A
deputy spoke to a party in-
volved and reported the
school would handle it.
Tuesday, March 15
Student threats: In Portola, at
the high school, a caller re-
ported a student made threats
toward another student. A
sergeant reported the school
would handle it.
Wednesday, March 16
Sunday, March 13 Horizontal geyser: In
Apparently they weren't ex- Greenville, PG&E reported
tremely young: In Portola, a flow leaving Belden Dam ex-
caller reported possible un- ceeded the 400-cubic-feet-per-
derage drinking at Jimmy's second mark and was now at
Roadhouse. Dispatch reported 423 cfs (a fire hose flows at be-
the caller was extremely tween 2 and 5 Cfs). Officers
drunk. The caller re-contacted were notified. PG&E's general
dispatch a few minutes later supervisor was notified. Cal-
to report the same informa- Fire, California Highway
tion. Information was given to Patrol Chico, and Plumas
a deputy. A deputy checked County Office of Emergency
Services were notified. All oth- if she needed anything. A
er notifications were to be han- deputy visited to confirm. A
dled by PG&E. Dispatch noted deputy reported it was OK. A
this was only an advisory, deputy requested fire be
paged. A deputy reported fire
Flooding: In Quincy, someone was on scene.
requested fire be paged to a
residence that was flooding in
the basement. CHP REPORT
Flooding: In Vinton, someone
reported water was flooding Rollover, March 14
and rushing across the street. At approximately 7 a.m.
The call was transferred to Monday, March i4, Lonn
the CHP: Wangsgard, 57, of Greenville,
was driving a 2000 Chevy at
... and leaking: In Portola, a approximately 40 mph on
caller reported receiving in- Highway 89, just south of the
formation from the city of a Wolf Creek underpass.
sewage spill into the Feather Conditions were cloudy and
River. Dispatch contacted a icy.
man who advised a cap on one According to the California
of the cleanouts was damaged Highway Patrol, Wangsgard
and sewage leaked out. The drove through a patch of ice
caller reported the cap was on the roadway and lost con-
fixed and an unknown trol, The vehicle shot across
amount leaked out. Informa- both lanes. Wangsgard turned
tion was given to Environ- the steering wheel to the right
mental Health Director Jerry and the vehicle rolled and
Sipe. landed facing south in the
northbound lane.
Thursday, March 17 Wangsgard was wearing his
... and more flooding: In Por- safety belt. There were no in-
tola, Jerry Sipe requested a juries and the vehicle was
deputy check the flood areas towed.
in Portola and Clio/Graeagle
and report back to him on his Unsafe speed, March 14
cellphone. He advised that the Monday, March 14, at 7:15
Reno weather center reported a.m., Laura Kurpjuweit, 47, of
the Middle Fork was at 9 feet, Quincy, was driving a 2003
which is considered moderate GMC Envoy XL eastbound on
floodlevel. Dispatch contacted Highway 70 at 50 mph" ap-
CHP who advised there was 2 proaching the Spring Garden
inches of flooding near Dyson Overhead.
Lane and A24. Conditions were clear, cold
and icy.
As she continued east, she
began to veer to the right and
traveled over an area of the
roadway covdred with ice,
causing the rear tires to lose
traction with the roadway.
Traveling at a high rate of
Gas leak: In Meadow Valley, a
caller reported her carbon
monoxide detector kept beep-
ing. She also advised she
didn't want fire to respond
and would fix it herself. The
caller said she would call back
speed, she attempted to nego-
tiate the veering turn.
According to CHP, due to
unsafe speed and icy condi-
tions, Kurpjuweit was unable
to steer through the turn.
As a result, her vehicle
traveled out of control to the
right and the left front tire
struck a snow berm causing
drag. Due to amount of drag,
Kurpjuweit's vehicle spun out
of control clockwise and
rolled over onto its left side.
After rolling, the vehicle's
roof collided with the snow
bank leaving a large indenta-
tion in the snow. Kurpjuweit's
vehicle continued to roll over
while spinning in a clockwise
fashion and later came to rest
on its tires, upright within a
snow bank south of Highway
70.
Kurpjuweit and her two
passengers were wearing
their seat belts. They were
transported to Plumas Dis-
trict Hospital in Quincy with
minor injuries.
Stuck in snow, March 14
On Monday, March 14, at
8:45 a.m., Scott Harding, 37, of
Westwood, along with passen-
ger Joaquin Cedano, 26, of
Greenville, were traveling at
approximately 50 mph in a
2004 Ford F-250.
Conditions were cloudy and
icy.
According to CHP, Harding
lost control of the vehicle on
Highway 89, just south of
Canyon Dam. After fishtail-
ing, it ran into the east shoul-
der snow embankment.
The vehicle was stuck and
had to be towed from the
scene.
Both men were wearing
safety belts, and there were no
injuries.
Parking lot mishap,
March 15
On Tuesday, March 15, at
7:25 p.m., Megan Robson, 19,
of Fremont, was driving a 1998
Dodge 1500 pickup through
the Plumas Pines shopping
center parking lot. Conditions
were wet and raining.
According to CHP, Robson
was driving at 15 - 20 mph
when she struck a steel pole
full of concrete. Robson stated
she never saw the pole. '
Robson's two passengers,
Lily Ando, 23, and Christo-
pher Martin, 18, both of Quin-
cy, were not wearing seat
belts. They received minor in-
juries. Robson, who was wear-
ing her seat belt, was not in-
jured.
Trapped, March 18
On Friday, March 18, at 1:05
a.m., Heather Bailey, 39, of
-Quincy, was driving her 2001
Ford Expedition westbound
on Highway 70 west of Old
Highway, at approximately 55
- 60 mph.
According to CHP, due to
her suspected alcoholic intoxi-
cation, Bailey made an unsafe
turning movement to the
right and allowed her vehicle
to travel onto the north road-
way shoulder.
The front of Bailey's vehicle
struck the dirt, grass and rock
embankment. The impact
caused the vehicle to roll over
one time; it landed on its
wheels facing southeast.
Bailey was trapped inside
the vehicle in the driver's
seat. She was extricated and
transported to Plumas Dis-
trict Hospital with head lacer-
ations and a possible
neck/spinal injury, and she
was also arrested.
m
California continues to
record a drop in the number
of deaths related to driving
under the influence (DUI).
While the news is encourag-
ing, it is important to
remember the factors that
contributed to the decrease
-- among them, enforce-
ment.
"Law enforcement
throughout the state contin-
ues to do their part by re-
moving impaired drivers
from the roadway," said Cal-
ifornia Highway Patrol
(CHP) Commissioner' Joe
Farrow. "With renewed
grant funding we can contin-
ue to turn up the heat on
drunk drivers before they
kill or injure innocent peo-
ple."
The'CHP's Border to Bor-
der II DUI Enforcement Pro-
gram is funded by a federal
grant which will enable offi-
cers to combat impaired
drivers thus continuing to
reduce the number of alco-
hol-involved fatal and injury
collisions statev ide, as well
as the number of people af-
fected by the devastation it
causes.
Utilizing grant-funded
overtime, the CHP will con-
duct sobriety and driver li-
cense checkpoints, DUI task
force operations and deploy
DUI enforcement patrol op-
erations statewide.
However, enforcement
alone will not solve the prob-
lem. Educat.ion through pub-
lic awareness campaigns is
another key component in
reducing the number Of peo-
ple killed and injured every
year by impaired drivers.
"Drinking alcohol then
getting behind the wheel is
not acceptable behavior,"
said Farrow. "Not only do
you endanger yourself and
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and more than 13,000 in- toring public."
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