Crime & Safety
Body Found In Bay ID'd; Missing Woman With Alzheimer's Found; Alleged Rapist Arrested: North Bay Police Log
A look at a few of this week's police, fire and courtroom incidents around San Anselmo and Fairfax and across the North Bay.

MARIN COUNTY, CA – The following is a collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the North Bay this week.
Crews Contain Vegetation Fire In San Rafael
- The roughly one-acre blaze broke out off Bellam Boulevard and Windward Way.
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- A DUI sobriety and driver license safety checkpoint scheduled for Friday has been canceled, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Alleged Rapist Arrested In San Rafael
- Michael Lee Freeman, 43, of Novato, was arrested when he went to Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center with the alleged victim.
Missing Woman With Alzheimer's Disease Found Safe, San Rafael Police Say
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- Erlene Flagg, 99, was last seen leaving her San Rafael home in a Ford Escape. She may have been headed to Graton Resort in Rohnert Park.
Vegetation Fire Burns In Novato
- The blaze reportedly broke out on a hillside behind Oliva Drive in Novato.
Body Found In Tomales Bay ID'd As Tomales Bay Oyster Co. Owner
- Charles "Tod" Friend 70, of Oakland, was found by a group of people who continued to look for him after a multi-agency search was suspended.
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