Probation Sweep Snags a Number of Violators, Say Fortuna Police
This is a press release from the Fortuna Police Department. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On June 15, 2017, Officers with the Fortuna Police Department teamed with Officers from the Humboldt County Probation Department and conducted compliance checks on 47 Felony Probationers and Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) subjects in the City of Fortuna.
“We organized this operation to ensure these probationers and PRCS subjects were in compliance with their court orders and to hold them accountable”, said Chief William Dobberstein.
As a result of this operation, a total of eight subjects were arrested.
The following subjects were arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility:
Brett Bothelia Mehrtens (age 23)
- Violation of Probation
Jimmy Lewis Johnson (age 43)
Jesse Rawlin Lussow (age 40)
- Felony Warrant
In addition, the following subjects were arrested and released with a promise to appearBrandie Lee McGraw (age 29)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Child Endangerment
John Thomas Burbridge (age 25)
- Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Probation Violation.
Nicole Jean Stockhoff (age 33)
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Probation Violation
Justin Kyle Christensen (age 31)
- Felon in Possession of Ammunition
- Probation Violation
Several other probationers were not home during the operation however, officers located evidence of fresh crimes and violations of their probation and will be seeking arrest warrants.
Additionally, during the operation, officers discovered several of the probationers and PRCS subjects did not live at the addresses they reported to the probation department. These technical violations of their Court order will be handled by the Probation Department.
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Book um Danno…
Great job being proactive, and dealing with these problems now, before they become even worse.
It appears all of these people have no desire to change and continue to break the law. Great job FOPD !! This needs to be done throughout the county on a regular basis.
Now, if they could just find Alex Church & his Meth head GF!!!
Good job fopd! Lance is a loser who robbed my neirbor while he was helping fix lances bycycle
Awsome job,wish they could keep them locked up awhile