LAKEPORT — Witnesses testified in court Tuesday that a Lakeport man shot his ex-girlfriend”s new boyfriend because he was jealous.
Judge Andrew Blum found the prosecution presented sufficient evidence during the preliminary hearing to hold Daniel Beaty on charges including attempted murder, assault with a firearm, burglary and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Blum said there was also sufficient evidence for the special allegations that Beaty caused great bodily injury, used a handgun and discharged that handgun causing great bodily injury. Beaty is facing life in prison.
Beaty, 35, allegedly shot Glenn Jenkins, 36, of Willits multiple times May 3 at Tasha Cattani”s home on Third Avenue in Lucerne.
“Prior to the shooting, Beaty was extremely angry, screaming death threats on the phone on the way over to the house where he expected to find Mr. Jenkins,” Blum said.
“He was angry,” Blum said of Beaty. “He was jealous of Mr. Jenkins and Ms. Cattani. He was going to kill Mr. Jenkins and he certainly made an attempt to do so.”
“I believe he entered that home with the intent to assault and kill Mr. Jenkins,” Blum said.
Beaty will return to court 8:15 a.m. Aug. 30 for arraignment on the information.
Chief deputy district attorney Rich Hinchcliff dropped two other charges of threats to commit a crime resulting in death and obstructing or resisting a public officer, saying he didn”t present sufficient evidence for them. Blum agreed.
Public defender Jacob Zamora argued he thinks the District Attorney”s Office failed to provide evidence of intent, that some testimony conflicts and Beaty might have been trying to defend himself.
Jenkins testified for the defense, saying Beaty was not the man who shot him. Jenkins testified he was watching TV when he was shot.
“I remember the face of the man who shot me and that ain”t the man,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins said he didn”t remember being interviewed by Sgt. Jim Samples of LCSO at the hospital.
Samples testified he interviewed Jenkins at the hospital. Jenkins told Samples he heard that Beaty was making threats and that he was on his way to the house. Jenkins said he heard Beaty”s voice inside the house, yelling, “Where is he?”
Samples testified Jenkins said he ran inside the residence with a closed folding knife in his hand to confront Beaty.
“He saw sparks and felt stinging in his chest and knew he had been shot,” Samples said.
“He said at that point he was just trying to stay alive,” Samples testified Jenkins said.
Samples also interviewed James McClean, who goes by JJ. McClean said he went to the Third Avenue house with Beaty and Christopher Secord. Samples said McClean told him he heard Beaty yelling and screaming, “That dude is dead.”
“Beaty was upset about Tasha”s new releationship with Jenkins and he threatened to harm him,” Samples testified on what McClean said.
Samples said McClean told him they were only in the house a few minutes when a “big dude” entered, he saw flashes, heard bangs, thought Beaty was shot and ran outside with Beaty.
Samples also testified McClean told him he and Beaty drove to Alan Monroe”s house in Lucerne where Beaty told Monroe he just shot somebody and needed a ride out of town. Monroe took them to Clearlake Oaks.
Samples also interviewed Secord, who told him he went to the Third Avenue house with Beaty and McClean.
Secord told Samples he saw Beaty and McClean enter the house, a man ran up onto the porch and as soon as that man went inside, shots were fired, Samples testified.
McClean said that on May 2 he and Beaty went to a woman”s house where they were drinking Jagermeister and took hits of methamphetamine, Samples testified.
Sgt. Andy Davidson of LCSO testified he interviewed Cattani after the shooting. Cattani told Davidson she argued with Beaty over the phone. He told her he was going to come to her house and kill Jenkins.
“I swear to god he”s a dead man. I”m going to kill him,” Davidson testified about what Cattani told him of her conversation with Beaty.
Cattani told Davidson she saw Beaty enter her house with a gun, Jenkins followed and she saw Beaty turn and fire four to six shots at Jenkins, Davidson testified.
Davidson said he arrested Beaty at gunpoint as he ran from law enforcement.
Detective Tom Andrews of LCSO said he interviewed Cattani, who told him she had arguments with Beaty on the phone, which she handed to Jenkins, who then argued with Beaty. Cattani called Jenkins by the nickname of Jenks.
“A short time after, Daniel Beaty showed up to the residence and shot Jenks,” Andrews said of what Cattani told him.
Andrews said when he responded to the shooting he saw five .22-caliber bullet casings inside the house.
Andrews said he found the same caliber semi-automatic silver gun with a wood handle in the creek bed where McClean said it was.
Deputy Steven Herdt of LCSO testified he interviewed Audrey Fulton, who was at the shooting. Fulton told Herdt that Beaty had called her cell phone a number of times and texted her the morning of the shooting. The text said, “Tell that dude to come outside,” Herdt testified.
Herdt said Fulton told him Beaty and another man entered the house with Jenkins behind them, shots were fired and she hit the floor.
Herdt testified Fulton remembers Cattani saying, “Dan, what the hell are you doing here?”
Deputy Mauricio Barreto of the Lake County Sheriff”s Office responded to the shooting May 3 and saw Jenkins lying on a couch bleeding. Jenkins seemed like he was in a lot of pain, Barreto said. Jenkins told Barreto he didn”t know who shot him.
Barreto testified that he spoke with Cattani who told him her ex-boyfriend, Beaty, shot Jenkins about five times with a .22-caliber silver handgun with a wooden handle.
“She said that (Beaty) showed up, said, ?Where the (expletive) is he at?” and proceeded to shoot Mr. Jenkins,” Barreto testified.
A REACH Air Ambulance flew Jenkins to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for his injuries, Barreto said.
Cattani cried outside the courtroom during the preliminary hearing.
“Let me put it this way, I didn”t see the gun and I didn”t see him shoot him,” Cattani said.
She said gave law enforcement false information because she was on drugs when she spoke with them.
Cattani said she thinks it”s her fault if Beaty goes to prison because she gave false information to law enforcement.
Blum ordered to keep Beaty on a no-bail hold based on the Probation Department”s recommendation, the seriousness and violence of the charges, Beaty”s record and the likelihood he would be a flight risk.
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