LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Three Bay Area residents were arrested on Thursday afternoon as they were allegedly attempting to transport marijuana to Oakland.

Chiew Meuy Saephan, 26, and Chan Chiem Saephan, 52, both of Oakland, and Chan Tong Saephan, 50, of Suisun City were arrested after a California Highway Patrol officer stopped their pickup in the area of Highway 175 and McKinley Drive near Middletown.

The report from the CHP's Clear Lake Area office said Officer Rob Hearn was driving directly behind the 2004 Toyota pickup, which had a closed tonneau cover, just before 4 p.m. Thursday when he smelled the overwhelming odor of unburned marijuana and stopped the pickup.

When Hearn contacted the pickup's three occupants, they admitted to transporting marijuana and said they were headed to Oakland, according to the report.

The CHP said approximately 100 marijuana plants were found in the pickup.

Although all three subjects presented medical marijuana recommendations, they were found to be violation of Proposition 215 and were arrested, the CHP said.

Chiew Meuy Saephan was charged with felony counts of marijuana cultivation and transportation. Her bail was set at $15,000.

Chan Tong Saephan was booked on the same charges, with an additional misdemeanor count of driving without a license, while Chan Chiem Saephan was charged with a single count of felony marijuana cultivation, according to jail records. The bail for the men also was set at $15,000 each.

Jail records showed that Chan Tong Saephan posted the required percentage of bail and was released, while the other two subjects remained in custody on Friday evening.

The Lake County Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force assisted the CHP with transporting the marijuana from the scene to be destroyed, the report said.

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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – On Sunday, Oct. 6, more than 20 representatives from schools, districts, agencies and service providers crowded into the newly renovated building known as “The Hub,” adjacent to the Upper Lake High School campus, to welcome State Superintendent of Schools Tom Torlakson and show support for the innovative initiative.

Torlakson praised the collaboration, enthusiasm and determination of the The Hub team.

The Hub – based on the community school model, where services for children and families are located on or near the local school – is common to urban areas, but there are limited examples of rural communities developing such a model.

Torlakson recognized the collaborative spirit, and the hard work of willing partners in developing a dynamic rural community school model.

One in five students in the United States attends a rural public school, and The Hub is considered a model for rural communities to create a support system to ensure that our children have equal opportunities for future success.

The Hub, which opened its doors on the first day of school, removes barriers for students and families to get the support they need.

It can be difficult to navigate the various agencies to find needed resources and services, and transportation around the Lake is often challenging.

The Hub seeks to be a “one stop shop” where students and families can connect with the resources that will help them succeed.

“The concept of The Hub is to support families by providing services and resources that meet the needs of the whole child, all centered around the school as ‘the hub’ of the community,” said Lake County Superintendent of Schools Wally Holbrook. “The more we can support families, and build a community of support to provide access to the services and resources they need, the more we can help each and every child reach their full potential.”

The long-term vision is to establish The Hub in each community in Lake County.

For more information on The Hub, please contact Joan Reynolds at 707-262-4146 or visit http://www.lakecoe.org/departments/program_subpages/lake_county_office_of_education_healthy_start/436 .

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A group of unhappy parents told the Upper Lake High School District Board on Wednesday night that they wanted bus service to be restored to areas that had been cut at the end of September.

As of Sept. 30, school bus route one – which serves both the elementary and high school districts – now only goes to Blue Lakes, where previously its coverage area also had included Elk Mountain Road, Witter Springs, Bachelor Valley, Rancheria Road, Pitney Lane, Clover Drive and White Rock Canyon and Blue Lakes, as Lake County News has reported.

While the loop through Bachelor Valley and other areas was cut, district officials said parents can take their children to Blue Lakes for pickup as an alternative.

However, a number of parents said the plan wasn't sufficient.

Parent Kevin Gross spoke to the board in an item agendized for a discussion but no action at the Wednesday evening meeting.

About 30 people attended, which Board member Claudine Pedroncelli would not later in the evening was a “very unusual” turnout for a typical board meeting.

Gross, whose 9-year-old son now is no longer picked up in the mornings or dropped off at his daycare, asked why parents weren't notified ahead of the action, which district officials said took effect.

Parent Tori Minton said she has three children who attend Upper Lake schools, and without the busing services she has to make three full round trips each day to drop them off and pick them up.

“I feel that it's a very big inconvenience, and we pay school taxes,” she said.

Other parents faulted the district for an “unacceptable” decision that they said left children walking home in areas like Rancheria Road, where there are no sidewalks or stop signs.

Upper Lake High School Superintendent/Principal Patrick Iaccino explained that the bus service cuts were necessary.

“We knew it was going to affect some people,” he said, adding that the goal was to keep the impacts to a minimum.

“Every one of these students matter to me,” he said. “Yes, we make decisions that affect students and there is no way around that.”

District officials explained at the Wednesday night meeting that the decision to scale back the busing services on route one was accepted by both the elementary and high school districts.

Iaccino and Valerie Gardner, the elementary superintendent, along with the districts' business managers and senior bus driver sat down with Don Boyd, Upper Lake High School District's assistant superintendent of student services, to discuss ways to reconfigure the route in September, based on ridership numbers from the first four weeks of school.

The Upper Lake High School District provides transportation services not just to its own students but to those in the elementary district, which owns two buses.

Parents questioned why they weren't involved in that decision. Iaccino replied that it was the kind of administrative decision he makes on a daily basis.

Two couples got up and left, saying that bringing their concerns to the board was a waste of time.

When one parent suggested the decision to change the bus services had been hastily made, Board member Valerie Duncan countered that the decision wasn't a quick one, with the district looking at busing for more than a year.

The proposal to reconfigure route one had come from Boyd, whose duties include the complicated business of the district's transportation services.

“I didn't make it personal, I didn't make it about families, I didn't make it about income,” said Boyd.

Instead, he had tried to come up with the best solution possible at the request of the superintendents of the high school and elementary school districts.

Iaccino said the decision has been a difficult one, with the district having lost a lot of funding and, with it, teaching jobs in recent years.

Minton asked the board if the decision was set in stone. “Yes” was the response.

Boyd explained the challenges with busing services at different times of the day.

In the morning, the buses essentially run two routes to pick everyone up, he said. In the afternoon, ridership is less due to children going to the after school program or taking part in sports.

However, he said the schools also get out at different times, and the buses often fill up at the elementary school, requiring them to run a route before going back to pick up middle school and high school students.

“The morning is not the biggest issue,” Boyd said.

He told parents that there is far more involved than they can imagine in the process of transporting their children to and from school.

Boyd said the decision was not made to hurt families or cause them inconvenience.

He said he has taken a lot of heat for the decision, which wasn't his to make. Rather, he had made the recommendation.

“You can throw me under the bus,” he said.

He also pointed out that this is the first year that the elementary district is doing full-day kindergarten, which has brought 60 new children into the mix. While he couldn't say if all of those children were riding the bus, it had an impact on services.

Ron Raetz, a member of the Upper Lake Union Elementary School District Board – who attended with fellow elementary board colleagues Joanne Breton and Marilyn Pivniska – accused the high school board of putting them in a bad position.

At one point an angry Raetz was gaveled during the meeting as he and Boyd went back and forth.

“Those buses have been going out there forever,” Raetz said. “We still need to get kids to school.”

Raetz said the elementary school board district should have been told of the decision.

Iaccino replied by suggesting that their superintendent, Gardner, should have shared the information with them.

Raetz asked if they were blaming his superintendent.

Boyd said it was Gardner who had asked for the changes. “As usual, Mr. Raetz, you got your facts wrong.”

Board member Rich Swaney said he and his colleagues were given the information about the decision but neither board voted on it. He said he believed the community members would come together and come up with a solution.

“Get me a bus and I'll drive it,” Minton said from the audience.

Later, long after the bus discussion ended and as the meeting was drawing to a close, board members reflected on the matter, regretting that it was causing any impact on families but maintaining the necessity.

Pedroncelli emphasized, “Creativity is a must,” and suggested carpools and other solutions could be used.

Swaney suggested that if the district's finances improve, they could add back services, including the scaled back bus routes.

However, he was concerned about the accusations that had been made against the district, pointing out that none of the concerned parents had taken with them any of the information provided by the district regarding ridership, which had been the basis for the action.

They agreed it was a tough decision, with Iaccino adding that making such decisions and dealing with any response is what he gets paid to do.

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The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight.

The results were published recently in Science as one article in a five-paper special section on the Curiosity mission. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean of Science Laurie Leshin is the study's lead author.

“One of the most exciting results from this very first solid sample ingested by Curiosity is the high percentage of water in the soil,” said Leshin. “About 2 percent of the soil on the surface of Mars is made up of water, which is a great resource, and interesting scientifically.” The sample also released significant carbon dioxide, oxygen, and sulfur compounds when heated.

Curiosity landed in Gale Crater on the surface of Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, charged with answering the question “Could Mars have once harbored life?”

To do that, Curiosity is the first rover on Mars to carry equipment for gathering and processing samples of rock and soil.

One of those instruments was employed in the current research: Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) includes a gas chromotograph, a mass spectrometer, and a tunable laser spectrometer enabling it to identify a wide range of chemical compounds and determine the ratios of different isotopes of key elements.

“This work not only demonstrates that SAM is working beautifully on Mars, but also shows how SAM fits into Curiosity's powerful and comprehensive suite of scientific instruments,” said Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator for SAM at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. “By combining analyses of water and other volatiles from SAM with mineralogical, chemical, and geological data from Curiosity's other instruments, we have the most comprehensive information ever obtained on martian surface fines. These data greatly advance our understanding of surface processes and the action of water on Mars.”

“This is the first solid sample that we've analyzed with the instruments on Curiosity. It's the very first scoop of stuff that's been fed into the analytical suite. Although this is only the beginning of the story, what we've learned is substantial,” said Leshin, who co-wrote the article, titled “Volatile, Isotope and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover.” Thirty-four researchers, all members of the Mars Science Laboratory Science Team, contributed to the paper.

In this study, scientists used the rover's scoop to collect dust, dirt, and finely grained soil from a sandy patch known as “Rocknest.” Researchers fed portions of the fifth scoop into SAM. Inside SAM, the “fines” – as the dust, dirt, and fine soil is known – were heated to 835 degrees Celsius.

Baking the sample also revealed a compound containing chlorine and oxygen, likely chlorate or perchlorate, previously known only from high-latitude locations on Mars. This finding at Curiosity's equatorial site suggests more global distribution. The analysis also suggests the presence of carbonate materials, which form in the presence of water.

In addition to determining the amount of the major gases released, SAM also analyzed ratios of isotopes of hydrogen and carbon in the released water and carbon dioxide. Isotopes are variants of the same chemical element with different numbers of neutrons, and therefore different atomic weights. SAM found that the ratio of isotopes in the soil is similar to that found in the atmosphere analyzed earlier by Curiosity, indicating that the surface soil has interacted heavily with the atmosphere.

“The isotopic ratios, including hydrogen-to-deuterium ratios and carbon isotopes, tend to support the idea that as the dust is moving around the planet, it's reacting with some of the gases from the atmosphere,” Leshin said.

SAM can also search for trace levels of organic compounds. Although several simple organic compounds were detected in the experiments at Rocknest, they aren't clearly martian in origin. Instead, it is likely that they formed during the heating experiments, as the non-organic compounds in Rocknest samples reacted with terrestrial organics already present in the SAM instrument background.

“We find that organics are not likely preserved in surface soils, which are exposed to harsh radiation and oxidants,” said Leshin. “We didn't necessarily expect to find organic molecules in the surface fines, and this supports Curiosity's strategy of drilling into rocks to continue the search for organic compounds. Finding samples with a better chance of organic preservation is key.”

The results shed light on the composition of the planet's surface, while offering direction for future research, said Leshin.

“Mars has kind of a global layer, a layer of surface soil that has been mixed and distributed by frequent dust storms. So a scoop of this stuff is basically a microscopic Mars rock collection,” said Leshin. “If you mix many grains of it together, you probably have an accurate picture of typical martian crust. By learning about it in any one place, you're learning about the entire planet.”

These results have implications for future Mars explorers. “We now know there should be abundant, easily accessible water on Mars,” said Leshin. “When we send people, they could scoop up the soil anywhere on the surface, heat it just a bit, and obtain water.”

In addition to her work research as part of the Mars Science Laboratory Team, Leshin is Dean of the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she leads the scientific academic and research enterprise at the nation's first technological university.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Caltrans reported that the Highway 53 rehabilitation project in Clearlake will require traffic control on Saturday, Oct. 12, for paving at the intersection of Highway 53 with Lakeshore Drive/40th Avenue.

Work hours will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

One-way traffic control will be in effect, and motorists should anticipate up to 15-minute delays.

This project includes installing a traffic signal at Olympic Drive, widening shoulders, adding and lengthening turn pockets at intersections, and repaving more than four miles of Highway 53 from 40th Avenue to just south of Highway 20.

Work is anticipated to be completed later this fall, Caltrans said.

The contractor is Teichert Construction of Davis.

For more information about this project contact Dan Kraft, Caltrans resident engineer, at 707-994-5074.

For the most current road information on all California State highways, call 1-800-427-7623 (1-800-GAS-ROAD) or visit www.dot.ca.gov .

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Meals On Wheels was the beneficiary of a recent dinner and dance fundraiser at Highlands Senior Service Center in Clearlake.

More than 200 guests contributed to raise $5,556.13 for the program through ticket sales and silent auction and raffle proceeds for the “Rockin' to the '50s” event, held Saturday, Sept. 21.

Meals On Wheels serves more than 100 homebound seniors in the Clearlake area Monday through Friday, also offering frozen meals for weekends and holidays. More than 40,000 meals are delivered annually, according to Highlands Senior Service Center Executive Director Linda Burton.

The community's support for the program is especially important because of a 20-percent federal funding cut, Burton said.

Volunteers for the program are always needed.

For more information call the Highlands Senior Service Center at 707-994-3051.

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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A Tuesday afternoon enforcement stop by a Lake County Sheriff’s patrol deputy has resulted in the arrest of a Santa Rosa man and the seizure of 61 pounds of processed marijuana.

Andres Contreras Carrillo, 35, was arrested for the possession of marijuana for sale and for the transportation of marijuana, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.

At 3 p.m. Tuesday, a deputy was traveling southbound on Highway 29 in the Lower Lake area when he noticed a black Mercedes Benz traveling in front of him, Brooks said.

As the Mercedes approached Clayton Creek Road, the driver suddenly turned on his left turn signal and made a quick turn onto Clayton Creek Road, Brooks said. As the vehicle turned, it crossed over both of the double yellow lines.

Brooks said the deputy noticed a vehicle traveling northbound on Highway 29 in the same area and believed the driver of the Mercedes made an unsafe turn by not allowing enough distance between him and the oncoming vehicle.

The deputy conducted an enforcement stop of the Mercedes on Clayton Creek Road, near the entrance of Modern RV and contacted the driver, identified as Carrillo, Brooks said.

As the deputy was explaining the reason for the stop, he could smell the strong odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Brooks said the deputy advised Carrillo that he could smell the marijuana and asked how much he had in the vehicle.

Carrillo said he had about 40 pounds of marijuana in the back seat area of the vehicle, Brooks said. Carrillo told the deputy he had a medical marijuana recommendation, although he did not have the document with him.

Brooks said the deputy searched the vehicle and located on the back seat a bed sheet covering two large garbage bags. Inside the garbage bags were multiple smaller bags containing processed marijuana. Each smaller bag weighed about one pound. The deputy opened the trunk and located two more large garbage bags filled with processed marijuana.

Carrillo told the deputy that he was traveling to a storage shed to store the marijuana when he was pulled over. Brooks said Carrillo also told the deputy that he smokes about 60 pounds of marijuana a year and said it may even be more than 60 pounds a year he uses.

Carrillo was arrested and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. All four garbage bags had a combined weight of approximately 61.5 pounds, Brooks said.

Carrillo is currently still in custody on a no bail immigration hold. His bail on the marijuana charges is currently set at $15,000, according to jail records.

The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A routine license plate check conducted by a Lake County Sheriff’s patrol deputy has resulted in one arrest and the seizure of methamphetamine.

Genevieve Eileen Buendia, 38, of Clearlake was arrested following a subsequent vehicle stop, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.

Just before 11 p.m. Monday, a deputy noticed a vehicle traveling in front of him which exhibited an expired registration tab, Brooks said. Lake County Central Dispatch advised that the vehicle's registration had been expired since July 2008.

The occupants of the vehicle were able to park and exit the vehicle prior to the deputy conducting an enforcement stop, according to Brooks.

He said the deputy contacted Buendia, who explained she had just purchased the vehicle earlier in the evening. However, she was unable provide the deputy with the name of the person who had just sold her the vehicle.

Buendia provided the deputy with consent to search the interior of the vehicle, where he located 10 empty bindles/baggies commonly used in the packaging of methamphetamine, according to Brooks.

The deputy searched a cigarette pack belonging to Buendia and located a plastic bindle containing methamphetamine, Brooks said. The bindle was similar to the others located inside the vehicle.

Brooks said Buendia was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility for booking.

During the booking process at the jail, correctional officers discovered Buendia was in possession of two additional bindles containing methamphetamine, Brooks said. Both of the additional bindles were of the same type as the empty bindles located in the vehicle.

Buendia was also charged with possession of a controlled substance for sale, transportation of a controlled substance and bringing a controlled substance in a jail, Brooks said.

The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Kelseyville man who last Thursday allegedly led deputies on a high speed chase was arrested the following day and found to be in possession of 90 pounds of marijuana as well as ammunition.

Masud Michael Sekander, 29, was arrested for evading a peace officer, cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and a felon in possession of ammunition, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

On the evening of Thursday, Oct. 3, a black Mercedes sedan traveling at speeds estimated to be more than 100 miles per hour passed two Lake County Sheriff’s detectives and a deputy sheriff and was pursued for approximately eight miles, Brooks said.

The pursuit started when the Mercedes sedan passed one of the detectives at Highway 53 and Dam Road in Clearlake. Brooks said the detective, who was driving an unmarked sheriff's detective vehicle, turned on his vehicle’s emergency lights and attempted to stop the speeding vehicle, but could not get it to stop and could not close the distance on it.

The speeding vehicle, at that point estimated to be driving more than 110 miles per hour, passed another detective in an unmarked sheriff's vehicle near Highway 29 and Highway 53 in Lower Lake, Brooks said.

Brooks said that detective turned on his vehicle’s emergency lights and attempted to stop the Mercedes sedan, but he was unable to close the distance.

The Mercedes passed a deputy sheriff driving a marked sheriff's patrol vehicle at more than 100 miles per hour. The deputy, with his emergency lights and siren activated, pursued the Mercedes sedan for approximately six miles, but lost sight of it on Point Lakeview Road and Konocti Vista Drive in Kelseyville, Brooks said.

A thorough search for the Mercedes was conducted, but the deputy and detectives were unable to locate it, according to Brooks.

On the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 4, a deputy received information that someone on Wheeler Drive in Kelseyville, had possibly been involved in a high speed pursuit with law enforcement the previous night, Brooks said.

He said the deputy made contact with Sekander at the residence. As the deputy spoke with Sekander, the deputy detected a very strong odor of marijuana emanating from within the residence.

Brooks said the deputy requested a sheriff's narcotic detectives respond to the scene. Narcotic detectives authored and served a search warrant at the residence and located approximately 86 pounds of unprocessed marijuana and three pounds of processed marijuana inside the house.

The black Mercedes sedan that was pursued the previous night was located in the garage. Handgun ammunition was found inside the Mercedes, Brooks said.

Sekander admitted to being the driver of the Mercedes during the pursuit. Brooks said Sekander was arrested and transported to the Hill Road Correctional Facility, where he was booked.

NORTH COAST, Calif. – The family of a Bay Area man who went missing late last month in the Mendocino National Forest is seeking the community's help in the effort to locate him.

Gene Penaflor, 72, was last seen at around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the Spruce Grove area, located north of Lake Pillsbury and Hull Mountain on the Mendocino County side of the forest.

Family members said Penaflor had gone deer hunting in the area, where he's been hunting for the last seven years, when he failed to meet his hunting partner for lunch.

Penaflor disappeared without a trace, and his hunting partner never heard the help signal they had established – three quick successive shots, according to family members.

Family said Penaflor was in good health and had no medical conditions.

A search and rescue effort involving nearly a dozen counties from around the region took place over four days, officials reported.

The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team led the effort, and was assisted by search and rescue teams and law enforcement from Lake, Solano, Glenn, Tehama, Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, San Mateo, Sonoma and Siskiyou counties, along with the Bay Area Mountain Rescue group.

A California Highway Patrol helicopter and search dogs and handlers with the California Rescue Dog Association also were employed in the effort, which was suspended due to weather concerns on Sunday, Sept. 29, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office reported.

By the time the search ended, there were no leads and no signs of Penaflor, whose son Jeremy described him as an avid hunter who has survival skills and is extremely knowledgeable about the wilderness.

Penaflor, who is Filipino, is described as having black hair and brown eyes, is 5 feet 2 inches tall, and weighs 133 pounds.

When he was last seen, he was wearing a camouflage jacket, jeans and a knit hat carrying a deer rifle, Mendocino County Sheriff's officials reported.

Anyone with information about Gene Penaflor should contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department at 707-463-4411, or his son Jeremy Penaflor at 415-533-0000.

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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Lakeport man was arrested on Wednesday after he was discovered to have a cache of weapons at his residence during a marijuana compliance check.

Nathaniel Fulton Hendrickson, 41, was placed under arrest for possession of a firearm and ammunition, which he is prohibited from possessing because he's a convicted felon, according to Lt. Jason Ferguson.

At 11 a.m. Wednesday Lakeport Police Officer Angie Bell responded to a residence in the 300 block of Crawford Street to conduct a marijuana compliance check where marijuana plants could be seen in the backyard, Ferguson said.

Bell located Hendrickson at the residence, and he admitted to having the marijuana garden, according to Ferguson.

During a walk through the garden Officer Bell inquired as to whether or not Hendrickson had any weapons in the residence. Ferguson said Hendrickson told Bell his father had a shotgun inside the home.

Bell asked Hendrickson if he was a convicted felon and he stated that he was. A records check on Hendrickson confirmed that he is a convicted felon. As a result, he's prohibited from possessing, being in custody of or control of any firearm, as well as possessing any type of ammunition, Ferguson said.

Ferguson said Officer Bell obtained consent from Hendrickson to enter the residence and, once inside, she obtained consent from Hendrickson's father, with whom he lives, to check for weapons.

Located inside the north bedroom was a loaded .357 magnum pistol, .22 caliber pistol, 12 gauge shotgun and three loaded .22 caliber rifles, along with numerous rounds of various caliber ammunition, Ferguson said.

Located in the south bedroom, which Hendrickson claimed was his, was a loaded 12 gauge shotgun and two nylon lanyards containing a total of 46 rounds of 12 gauge ammunition, according to Ferguson.

Based on Hendrickson being a convicted felon, he was placed under arrest for possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was transported to the Hill Road Jail where bail was set at $15,000, Ferguson said.