Ukiah Man Arrested for Alleged Assault with a Deadly Weapon
UKIAH, CA — “On 11/30/2025 at approximately 6:30 P.M., Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the area of Lake Mendocino Drive and Highway 101 in Ukiah, CA, for a reported brandishing of a firearm. The reporting person and victim, a 38-year-old male from Ukiah, CA, reported an unknown male subject approached him and pointed a firearm at him. The victim left the area in his vehicle, but was followed by the male suspect who intentionally used his vehicle to strike the victim’s vehicle as the he tried to escape.
Sheriff’s Deputies and Officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Ukiah Police Department (UPD) responded to the area. The victim was contacted by law enforcement and provided additional investigative information. A CHP Officer located and attempted to stop the suspect’s vehicle, however it fled the area and eluded law enforcement. CHP Officers again located the involved suspect vehicle at an apartment complex in the 1700 block of Tanya Lane in Ukiah, CA and monitored that location while additional information was obtained. A shelter-in-place Nixle alert was issued by the Sheriff’s Office for the Tanya Lane area as law enforcement investigated this incident.
Eloy Lopez Jr. exited an apartment on Tanya Lane and was detained while a search warrant for his apartment was obtained. Deputies ensured no one else was inside Lopez’s apartment and continued to investigate this incident which included obtaining additional statements from other involved subjects, processing of physical evidence, and searching Lopez’s apartment.
Based on the totality of their investigation, Deputies determined there was probable cause to arrest Lopez for 245(a)(1) PC – Assault with a deadly weapon other than firearm, 417.4 PC – Brandishing an imitation firearm, and 11350(A) HS – Possession of a controlled substance. Eloy was transported to the Mendocino County Jail where he is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the California Highway Patrol and the Ukiah Police Department for their assistance during this investigation.
This incident is still actively being investigated and anyone with information regarding this incident is requested to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center at 707-463-4086 (option 1). Information can also be provided anonymously by calling the non-emergency tip-line at 707-234-2100.”
