Full Notification

Public Information Release
April 22, 2016
Lieutenant Steve Brooks, Public Information Officer


At 2:40 PM on April 21st, 2016, doctors at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, California determined that Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Jake Steely had suffered irreversible brain damage and pronounced him brain dead. Deputy Steely, a nine year law enforcement veteran at both the Lakeport Police Department and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, had chosen to be an organ donor. With his family’s approval, he remains on life support so that his organs may be donated this week.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, along with several other law enforcement agencies, will escort him and his family home to Lake County within the upcoming days.

Deputy Steely is survived by his wife, Lynda Steely; children, Alexsandria Calbreath, Braiden Wayment, Tori Wayment, Nia Steely and Ty Steely; brother, Caleb Steely and David Laird; sisters, Anna Mix, Leabeth York, Abigail Steely, Becky Steely and Deborah Langley; Parents Luke and Karen Steely; grandmother, Marian Steely.

Cards and condolences will be accepted at the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 1220 Martin Street, Lakeport, CA 95453. For those wanting to make a donation to assist the Steely family during this tragic time, a “go fund me” account has been set up in Deputy Steely’s name and a “Dep. Jake Steely Family” account has been opened at Mendo-Lake Credit Union in Lakeport.