NEWS OF RECORD
TUOLUMNE COUNTY
The Sonora Police Department reported the following:
FRIDAY
9:44 a.m., lost, found property — A brown purse with no identification and a set oftoyota keys were found at a business on Mono Way.
9:59 a.m., animal complaint — Three people said they saw a mountain lion near a red dumpster on South Washington Street.
2:36 p.m., suspicious circumstances — A young woman in a black ball cap and blue-andwhite striped zip-up sweatshirt and a young man with a braid in an A’s ball cap and a camo Tshirt smoked a bong, charged their cell phones using power from a business and threw trash on Sylva Lane.
5:01 p.m., controlled substances — Someone found a syringe with a substance in it on South Washington Street. An officer picked it up and disposed of it on South Washington Street.
6:39 p.m., animal complaint — Someone saw a mountain lion on a hillside near South Washington Street.
8:05 p.m., animal complaints — Abrown pit bull barked and growled behind the library and would not let a woman exit her vehicle on Greenley Road.
8:42 p.m., vandalism, property damage — A man said someone slashed or cut a tire on his white Pontiac at a business on Sanguinetti Road.
SATURDAY
11:49 a.m., trespass/loiter — Guests refused to leave a room at a business on South Washington Street.
3:03 p.m., suspicious circumstances — Someone said a man with long hair in a red hat and red shirt broke into vehicles with a tool at a business on Sanguinetti Road. An officer determined that the vehicle the man was seen getting into belonged to a woman he was with.
8:05 p.m., traffic violation — Someone said six or seven vehicles revved their engines at California State Automobile Association on Sanguinetti Road but the vehicles left before officers arrived.
SUNDAY
1:32 p.m., any civil problem — A woman said her landlord placed her and her son’s belongings outside without any notice or eviction on Shaw’s Flat Road.
5:45 p.m., suspicious circumstances — Someone said a man in the driver’s seat of a vehicle appeared intoxicated, argued with a woman who was a passenger and a girl he talked to took a bottle of alcohol out of the vehicle.
The Sheriff’s Office reported the following:
FRIDAY
7:28 a.m., Columbia — A trespass occurred on North Airport Road and resulted in a criminal citation.
11:42 a.m., Sonora — A fight in a vehicle on Highway 108 and Stockton Road resulted in an arrest.
12:07 p.m., Sonora — An old wallet was found in bushes on Jamestown Road.
1:06 p.m., Twain Harte — Someone was drunk in public at Eproson Park on Meadow Drive, and an arrest was made.
1:41 p.m., Columbia — A burglary occurred on Italian Bar Road.
2:21 p.m., Sonora — A woman said a dark-haired woman in her early 20s stopped at her house on Old Sonora Columbia Road and asked her to “call the cops” and to send deputies to a house behind a business and then drove off in a blue Ford Taurus.
2:29 p.m., Mi-wuk Village —
A cat was stolen on Lama Road Tamalin.
2:39 p.m., Groveland — A man said a silver Nissan with a male driver and a female passenger “prayed at them” and said the “devil needs to be taken out of them,” recorded them with a cell phone and followed him and his wife for 15 minutes on Pine Mountain Drive and Crescent Way.
3:01 p.m., Columbia — A woman said her neighbor stole all of her things out of her filing cabinet over the last few weeks on Green Street.
6:07 p.m., Sonora — A bald eagle was injured on Lori Lane and Phoenix Road.
6:47 p.m., Columbia — A Damin Road residence was burglarized.
10:08 p.m., Sonora — An assault occurred at a business on Hess Avenue and an arrest was made.
SATURDAY
2:05 a.m., Groveland — An assault occurred at a business on Highway 120.
10:07 a.m., Groveland — A fight occurred on Powderhouse Street.
10:07 a.m., Groveland — Vandalism occurred on Powderhouse Street.
10:54 a.m., Jamestown — A man in his 50s in a tan jacket with a black bag tried to get into
a vacant home on Fifth Avenue.
12:27 p.m., Groveland — Vandalism occurred on Butler Way.
1:59 p.m., Pinecrest — Someone said several people walked on thin ice on the lake.
4:21 p.m., Pinecrest — A firefighter found a thin 2- to 3-yearold female husky with a tan harness wandering around the lake.
4:29 p.m., Jamestown — Miscellaneous items were stolen on Railbed Road.
6:15 p.m., Twain Harte — Someone said a person lying down on blankets in a parking lot of a Tiffeni Drive church did not answer or move when the caller tried to determine if the person was OK.
6:29 p.m., Sonora — someone heard a gunshot on Leland Drive.
7:05 p.m., Columbia — A man threatened all of the other patrons at an establishment on Main Street.
7:28 p.m., Columbia — A man said his truck was stolen on Gunsight Road.
SUNDAY
9:59 a.m., Jamestown — A Railbed Road residence was burglarized.
11:07 a.m., Jamestown — A woman said her landlords came to her home, took photos of her children and the house, and the woman took out a pocket knife and threatened her dog on Wahine Drive.
11:40 a.m., La Grange — A woman said someone threatened to kill her at a business on Highway 132.
11:51 a.m., Sonora — Someone reported a theft on Lolly Lane.
3 p.m., Soulsbyville — A man said mail was stolen from his mailbox on Soulsbyville Road.
3:24 p.m., Sonora — A theft occurred on Blue Bell West.
3:24 p.m., Chinese Camp — A man about 25 years old standing 5’10” and weighing 150 pounds acted strange before disrobing and was seen running around naked and headed east toward the hills on Red Hills Road.
Arrests
Cited on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs:
FRIDAY
10 p.m., Sonora — Frank Mendes Melo, 49, of the 15000 block of Montgomery Road, Snelling, was booked after an arrest on Highway 108 and Highway 49.
SATURDAY
7:11 p.m., Tuolumne — Steven Dean Gray, 50, of the 19000 block of Evergreen Drive, Tuolumne, was booked for driving under the influence and driving without a license, following an arrest on Gerber Road and Ponderosa Way.
Felony bookings:
FRIDAY None reported.
SATURDAY
9:29 p.m., Sonora — Robert Frank Baiko, 37, address unknown, was booked on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance in prison/jail/ etc. and a misdemeanor charge of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, following an arrest on Fairview Lane.
4:26 a.m., Groveland — Megan Taylor Wright, 25, of the 33000 block of Evergreen Road, was booked on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant after an arrest on Evergreen Road.
SUNDAY
None reported.
CALAVERAS COUNTY FRIDAY
8:40 a.m., San Andreas — A battery occurred on Hildebrandt Street.
8:50 a.m., Mokelumne Hill — Wood was stolen on Flat Gulch Lane.
10:35 a.m., San Andreas — A wheelchair was stolen on Mountain Ranch Road.
10:54 a.m., Valley Springs — Two women left a business with two bags of merchandise on Highway 26.
11:21 a.m., Mountain Ranch — Equipment was stolen on Michel Road.
1:49 p.m., Valley Springs — Firearms were discharged on Farris Drive.
2:59 p.m., San Andreas — Unauthorized camping occurred on East Saint Charles Street.
5:41 p.m., Valley Springs — Assault with a deadly weapon occurred on Berkesey Lane.
7:30 p.m., Valley Springs — Firearms were discharged on Kirby Street.
9:02 p.m., West Point — A burglary occurred on General Court.
9:49 p.m., Copperopolis — A battery occurred on Feather Drive and an arrest was made.
10:35 p.m., Murphys — An assault occurred on Main Street.
SATURDAY
9:16 a.m., Arnold — A theft occurred on Innsbruk Drive.
9:48 a.m., Burson — A theft occurred on Wade lane.
1:34 p.m., Valley Springs — A burglary occurred on Berkesey Lane.
4:36 p.m., Mountain Ranch — A woman said she thought two teens on bicycles were “casing” her house on Mountain Ranch Road.
4:48 a.m., Valley Springs — A man yelled in a front yard on Oak Street.
11:54 a.m., Burson — Communal mailboxes were broken into on Burson Road.
Noon, San Andreas — A battery occurred on Lewis Avenue.
12:06 p.m., Copperopolis — A battery occurred on Council Trail.
1 p.m., Mountain Ranch — Someone flagged down an officer to turn over mail found from Rocky Road and a post office box in San Andreas.
2:47 p.m., Railroad Flat — A theft occurred on South Railroad Flat.
7:14 p.m., San Andreas — A trespass occurred on Pope Street and a citation was issued.
Arrests
SUNDAY
Cited on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs:
FRIDAY
None reported.
SATURDAY
None reported.
SUNDAY
8:25 p.m., Murphys — Marissa Devincenzi, 24, of the 600 block of Gardner Lane, was booked for driving while intoxicated and a misdemeanor charge of hit and run with property damage after an arrest on Williams Street.
Felony bookings:
FRIDAY
8:40 a.m., San Andreas — Man Yee Chan, 44, of the 1800 block of 47th Avenue, San Francisco, was booked on suspicion of keeping a place to sell a controlled substance, using a room to sell a controlled substance, conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of marijuana for sale, plant/etc., marijuana after an arrest on Moro Road.
8:40 a.m., San Andreas — Weiren Huang, 48, of the 2000 block of Moro Road, was booked on suspicion of, keeping a place to sell a controlled substance, using a room to sell a controlled substance, conspiracy to commit a crime, plant/ etc., marijuana and possession of a large capacity magazine, after an arrest at his home.
SATURDAY
11:34 p.m., Angels Camp — Cody Wayne Starr, 22, of the 100 block of Monteverde Street, Angels Camp, was booked on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant after an arrest at his home.
SUNDAY
None reported.