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Lake County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Daniel A. Dunlap

SHERIFF'S OFFICE NEWS
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Deputy Jerrold Infalvi Receives Lake Chiefs Of Police Life Saving Award

       
        On Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Deputy Jerrold Infalvi received the Lake County Chiefs Of Police Life Saving Award.  Eastlake Chief of Police John Ruth presented the award to Deputy Infalvi.  In that presentation Chief Ruth stated "I would like to recognize and commend the outstanding job performance and life saving efforts exhibited by Deputy Jerrold Infalvi on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.   I believe that without Deputy Infalvi's actions this victim would not have survived the car accident."
    In his letter of commendation for Deputy Infalvi, Sgt. Pat Peterson recognized Jerry for saving the life of an automobile crash victim.  On Wednesday, December 9, 2009, Jerry and Mentor patrolman Tim Abbott responded to a five (5) vehicle crash at the intersection of Mentor Avenue and Old Johnnycake Ridge Rd.  The 63 year old occupant of one of the vehicles was found unconscious, locked in his vehicle, and turning blue.   Deputy Infalvi took immediate measures and opened the man's airway.  However, the man suddenly stopped breathing and no pulse could be found.  Deputy Infalvi began CPR until the Mentor Fire Department arrived.  Patrolman Abbot voiced that he was very impressed by Deputy Infalvi's actions.  As a result of Deputy Infalvi's actions the man was brought back to life. 
    Deputy Infalvi was very modest regarding such accolades.  He noted that he also received assistance from Patrolman Greco in administering CPR, as well the assistance of Patrolman Abbot in extricating the man from his vehicle.  He felt it was a team effort, and that he did nothing more then performing his job to the best of his abilities.
    However, Lieutenant Scott Shannon of the Mentor Fire Department commented "It is important to understand that Deputy Infalvi absolutely made a difference with this emergency.  The initial arriving engine was staffed by only two persons and needed to deal with 5 vehicles, one which was leaking gasoline, and 4 initial victims.  Without the intervention of Deputy Infalvi, our many tasks would have been much more difficult then they already were."
    Congratulations Deputy Infalvi at a job well done!

 

February 2010  Hiring Anniversaries

       
        The following Sheriff's Office employees are celebrating service anniversaries in February 2010.  We commend them for their years of service to the Sheriff's Office and to the citizens of Lake County.


THIRTY YEARS              Sergeant Roger Loveland  
TWENTY-NINE YEARS        Clerk Barbara Kato
TWENTY YEARS           Correction Officer Kelli DeVore
TWELVE YEARS                  Sgt. Larry Harpster
ELEVEN YEARS                   Deputy Donovan Buchs, Deputy Robert Harps, Deputy Frank Yurkovich
EIGHT YEARS                       Clerk Christina Weiss
SEVEN  YEARS                     Dispatcher Stephanie Humphrey
SIX YEARS                             Dispatcher Adam LaSota, Dispatcher Melissa Leslie, Correction Officer Alisa Manley
FIVE YEARS                          Major Charles Caldwell 
THREE  YEARS                    Corrections Officer Aaron Wery, Corrections Officer Benjamin Longbons
TWO  YEARS                         R.N. Patricia Rock

January 2010  Hiring Anniversaries

       
        The following Sheriff's Office employees are celebrating service anniversaries in January 2010.  We commend them for their years of service to the Sheriff's Office and to the citizens of Lake County.


THIRTY-ONE YEARS            Deputy Tom Cotter   
TWENTY YEARS            Lt. Todd Menmuir
SEVENTEEN YEARS           Chief Deputy William E. Crosier
SIXTEEN YEARS                  Clerk Margaret Horvath
ELEVEN YEARS                   Deputy (Detective) Don Seamon, Clerk Alicia Sumers
NINE YEARS                          Corrections Officer Scott Thompson, Deputy Brian Butler
SEVEN  YEARS                     Correction Officer Eric Vanjo
SIX YEARS                             Corrections Officer Tim Akey, Correction Officer Vickie Ivary
THREE  YEARS                    Corrections Officer Gerard Blaszczak
TWO  YEARS                         R.N. Diane Snow

Minimum Security Jail Closes

On Monday, December 14, 2009, the Minimum Security Jail located at 2025 Blase-nemeth Rd. closed its doors.  Due to a cut of 1.5 million dollars from the Sheriff's Office 2010 budget the facility had to be closed, and 13 Corrections Officers laid-off.  The inmates housed at the MSJ were returned to the main jail at 104 east Erie Street in Painesville, which added beds to accommodate the expanded jail population.

In terms of its history, the Lake County's Local Corrections Planning Board, made up of Judges, Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, Public Defenders, Commissioners, Probation, and other local officials began planning for solutions to the growing jail population in Lake County. The Lake County Minimum Security Facility was a realization of this collaborative effort. Its 78 beds was used to house minimum security inmates, such as Work Release, in a more cost efficient manner that kept available needed bed space in the main jail on Erie Street to house serious offenders who pose a threat to the safety and security of the community.  Many of the inmates housed in this  facility were involved in the Work Release Program that permitted offenders to leave the jail each day and work in the community. This program gave them the opportunity to provide for their families financially while they were serving time in jail. Other offenders housed performed community service work throughout the community to improve our ever expanding area. In the evenings these offenders returned to participate in programming to develop job skills, received drug and alcohol treatment counseling, anger management classes, and other educational programming to help them return to the community better than when they first arrived. 

The facility will remain open to handle the Sheriff's Office responsibilities for registering Concealed Carry permits, fingerprinting, as well as Sexual Offender registration.

Employee HighLights

      Celebrating his 11th anniversary with the Sheriff’s Office this month is Dispatcher Eric Higham.  The son of a retired 6th district Cleveland police officer, Eric was hired by the Sheriff’s Office December 27th, 1998.  Prior to being hired at LCSO, he worked at both the Harley and Radisson hotels, as well as Euclid Super K’s loss prevention division.  During his time at Super K, Eric had two brushes with fame.  First, he was tasked with compiling surveillance footage that was used by both the FBI and America’s Most Wanted, in an effort to locate someone suspected of shooting an armored guard in the front lobby.  He also met WWF superstar ‘The Undertaker’ while on a security detail during an autograph session at the store.
    Over his 11 years with the Central Communications division, Eric says the job has not changed that much.  “We still send assistance to the residents of the county,” he says, only now it is done with computerized mapping features and digital radios in a recently-remodeled dispatch facility.
    About his career in dispatching, Eric says “I like the different situations that arrive daily, and it really helps me to put my life in perspective.  I consider myself lucky to be in the position that I am.”  Speaking of being a lucky guy, Eric has a wonderful family consisting of his wife of 13 years, Jo Anne, and children Rebecca (10yrs), Seth (8yrs), and Caleb (6yrs).
by Dispatch Web Reporter Adam LaSota

 December 2009  Hiring Anniversaries

       
        The following Sheriff's Office employees are celebrating service anniversaries in December 2009.  We commend them for their years of service to the Sheriff's Office and to the citizens of Lake County.


TWENTY-NINE YEARS        Deputy Dale Pohto    
FOURTEN YEARS                Corporal Carey Warner-Sorber, Administrative Assistant Sue Zuber, Clerk Sue Guthrie
THIRTEEN YEARS               Lt. Jeff Sherwood, Deputy Dan Bachnicki, Deputy Joe Basco
TWELVE YEARS                  Sgt. Kevin Borris, Corrections Officer Michael Kato
NINE YEARS                         Corrections Officer Michael Cayen
EIGHT  YEARS                      Corrections Officer Jean Pennock
SEVEN YEARS                     Dispatcher Jamie Shahan, Corrections Officer Michael Kish
SIX  YEARS                           Deputy Robert Izzo
FOUR  YEARS                      Dispatcher Michael Legan, Corrections Officer Jeffrey Kuhns,
                                                 Corrections Officer Jean Lynch
ONE  YEAR                            Corrections Officer Brian Swick

November 2009  Hiring Anniversaries

       
        The following Sheriff's Office employees are celebrating service anniversaries in November  2009.  We commend them for their years of service to the Sheriff's Office and to the citizens of Lake County.


TWENTY-FIVE YEARS   Lt. Cynthia Brooks, Corrections Officer Paul Kimberly, Sgt. Kay Garden
TWENTY-THREE YEARS    Lt. Ron Walters, Corrections Officer John Marsich    
NINETEEN YEARS               Payroll Clerk Jackie Irwin
EIGHTEEN YEARS               Corrections Officer James Reilly
FOURTEEN YEARS              Corrections Officer Rosa Ortiz
ELEVEN YEARS                   Corrections Officer Thomas Pluth, Records Clerk Melissa Kulchock
TEN YEARS                    Corrections Officer Martin Bontrager
NINE YEARS                          Corrections Officer Mark McKenna, Deputy David Doughty
EIGHT  YEARS                      Deputy John Kelley, Deputy Scott Sitz, Deputy Stan Shadowen
FOUR YEARS                        Corrections Officer Matt Zupancic, Deputy Jeff Dybzinski
TWO  YEARS                         Corrections Officer Michael Gladding
ONE  YEARS                          Corrections Officer Matthew Greig

October 2009  Hiring Anniversaries

       
        The following Sheriff's Office employees are celebrating service anniversaries in October  2009.  We commend them for their years of service to the Sheriff's Office and to the citizens of Lake County.


TWENTY-THREE YEARS    Sgt. Kay Garden
TWENTY-ONE YEARS         Lt. Cynthia Baker    
TWENTY YEARS            Sgt. Donald Durst, Mark Vosburg
SIXTEEN YEARS                   Sgt. Kevin Coleman
TEN YEARS                    Kris Reed
NINE YEARS                          Sgt. Barbara Morris, Corrections Officer Melissa Chernis,
                                                   Corrections Officer Matthew Zarbock, Corrections Officer Brian Leonard,
                                                   Corrections Officer Pamela Brueggeman
EIGHT  YEARS                      Corrections Officer Rusty Shultz
FIVE YEARS                  Deputy Jeff Belle, Corrections Officer Matthew Paul
FOUR YEARS                        Corrections Officer Judith Leary, Corrections Officer Paul Sansalone,
                                                   Katie Silvula
THREE YEARS                      Dispatcher Lisa Braemer, Dispatcher Cynthia McGill
TWO  YEARS                         Deputy William Leonello, Robert Kundrat
ONE  YEARS                          Corrections Officer Alex Friel

 

 Historical File of Sheriff's Office News 2009
      
 Historical File of Sheriff's Office News 2008

Historical File of Sheriff's Office News 2007

Historical File of Sheriff's Office News 2006