Red Mountain Camp alleged assault results in BOLO

On 8-8-2015 at 10:19 AM Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were requested at the Red Mountain Camp (located in the BLM South Cow Mountain Off Highway Vehicle Area) regarding a physical assault that was in progress. The caller stated that the victim was leaving in a white pickup from the area and that the suspect in the case was driving a white Ford pickup.

 While responding to the location Deputies located a white Dodge pickup with broken windows and a smashed windshield stopped on Mill Creek Rd., Talmage, which is an access road to the OHV area.

The driver, Phillip Bacon, got out of his vehicle and deputies saw that his eye was swelling shut and he indicated that he was assaulted by his friend's brother, Nathanyal Geurts. Bacon indicated that after he was assaulted that the suspect Geurts threw large rocks through his windows and then as he was leaving backed into the passenger side of his vehicle. Bacon also indicated that as Geurts was throwing rocks at him that he indicated he wanted to kill him. Bacon was on his way to the hospital for medical attention.

 A "Be on the Lookout" was issued to Lake County Sheriff's Office as the suspect Geurts lived in Upper Lake. A short time later Geurts was stopped by Lake County Sheriff's Deputies and later questioned by Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies regarding the assault. Geurts was subsequently placed under arrest for the listed offenses and transported to the Mendocino County Jail with bail set at $30,000.00.