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Fortuna Police Department press release:
FORTUNA, CA - 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:o Violation of Probation.
- Brett Bothelia Mehrtens (age 23)
o Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Jimmy Lewis Johnson (age 43)
o Violation of Probation
o Felony Warrant.o Felony Warrant
- Lance Eric Ostlund (age 28)
o Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
o Violation of Probationo Felony Warrant
- Jesse Rawlin Lussow (age 40)
In addition, the following subjects were arrested and released with a promise to appear:o Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Brandie Lee McGraw (age 29)
o Child Endangermento Possession of a Controlled Substance
- John Thomas Burbridge (age 25)
o Probation Violation.o Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- Nicole Jean Stockhoff (age 33)
o Probation Violationo Felon in Possession of Ammunition
- Justin Kyle Christensen (age 31)
o 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.
Individual booking photos available at: www.FriendlyFortuna.com/Arrests
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