More in Blue Lake - UPDATED

UPDATED:

◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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Blue Lake's remaining officers placed on leave

Blue Lake's two remaining police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave by City Manager Wiley Buck, days after the officers signed a letter of no confidence in the city manager.

Buck confirmed officers Jody Poulnott and Joseph Dominic Gerace were placed on leave Friday, but said the decision had nothing to do with the letter, which Poulnott said was signed by himself, Gerace, Records Supervisor Ruby Seal and Public Works Director Mike Falor.

”Don't tie those together,” Buck said Monday. “They are two separate issues that are unfortunately happening at the same time.”

Buck said the decision to place Poulnott and Gerace on leave was due to the fact that they have been working without a supervisor in the department, which he said opens the city up to liability issues.

BLPD evidence storage facility burgled

The Blue Lake Police Department's evidence storage facility was recently burglarized, but it remains unclear exactly what, if anything, was taken.

Humboldt County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Brenda Godsey said the department responded to an alarm call from the facility located in the Blue Lake Corp Yard at 2:30 a.m. on March 10.

”We found some pry marks around the door and went and made entry, but we couldn't determine if anything was taken,” Godsey said.

Humboldt County District Attorney's Office Chief Investigator Michael Hislop was called to the scene, Godsey said, as someone who was familiar with the facility because of his office's investigation into a criminal case against Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen. Hislop said it didn't appear anything had been taken from the facility.

UPDATED:

◼ Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen has been cleared of all major charges first filed against him in 2008. - Arcata Eye MARCH 2012

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