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PHOTO PROVIDED BY ERIC SPITZER PHOTO PROVIDED BY ERIC SPITZER

The helicopter that crashed into a Newport Beach neighbor- owned by Eric Spitzer, a Canyon Lake resident and former
hood on Tuesday is similar to this one. Both helicopters are member of the Canyon Lake POA Board of Directors. Eric Spitzer

Crashed helicopter owned by CL resident

A helicopter owned by Eric Spitzer, a Canyon Lake involved in this terrible accident.” More than 40 firefighters responded from the New-
resident and former member of the Canyon Lake POA Police and fire personnel responding to the scene port Beach Fire Department, Costa Mesa Fire Depart-
Board of Directors, crashed into a Newport Beach resi- found that the helicopter had come to rest at the front ment and Orange County Fire Authority. Volunteers
dential neighborhood on Tuesday, killing three of the of a home on Shearwater Pl. There were a total of five
four occupants on board. The helicopter was on its way people involved in the collision, four adults in the heli- from TIP (Trauma Intervention Program) were on-
to Catalina Island when it crashed. copter and an adult bystander. hand to assist anyone impacted by the accident.
Eric, owner of Spitzer Helicopter Leasing, said his According to the Newport Beach Police Depart- Revolution Aviation was founded in 1960. The com-
company leased the R44 to Revolution Aviation, a ment, three of the individuals succumbed to their in- pany is based in Orange County and uses John Wayne
flight school and touring company. The helicopter is juries at the scene. Two other people were injured; one Airport for its daily flight operations.
one of seven helicopters Revolution Aviation leases was transported to a local hospital and the other was Eric Spitzer, a ten-year resident of Canyon Lake, has
from Eric, who owns a fleet of 85 helicopters. transported to a local trauma center for medical aid.
According to Eric, the pilot was the owner of the At least two structures were impacted by the crash owned Spitzer Helicopter Leasing for 15 years. Eric is
flight school. “He was an acquaintance of mine,” said but no one inside the homes was injured as a result of served as a member of the Canyon Lake POA Board of
Eric. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families the crash, said the release. Directors from from 2013 to 2017.

Canyon Lake man arrested for

sales of marijuana, theft of utilities

Riverside County Sheriff’s Depart- a few months. he was booked at the Cois M. Byrd De-
ment’s, Special Investigation Bureau, A total of 82 mature marijuana plants tention Center. Bail was set at $60,000.
discovered an illegal marijuana indoor and 53 pounds of processed marijuana According to Lieutenant Paul Bennett
grow operation, along with the equip- for sales were removed from the resi- of the Riverside Sheriff’s Department,
ment for a butane honey oil lab, at a dence. Investigators also found seven Zeidlik admitted to investigators that PHOTO PROVIDED BY RIVERSIDE COUNTRY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
home in Canyon Lake on Friday, Jan. ounces of honey oil cannabis. he grew the marijuana for the purpose
26, at approximately 2:30 p.m. As a result of the search warrant and of sales for his mobile dispensary. He
According to the Riverside County investigation, resident Anthony Scott denied operating an extraction lab at the
Sheriff’s Department, there also was Zeidlik, 30, was arrested at his residence house, but all the necessary components
evidence that the occupants were steal- in the 29600 block of Bonanza Pl. He and equipment were located on site for a
ing electricity to operate the illegal was booked for operating a clandestine BHO Lab, a highly flammable and dan-
marijuana grow. An estimate of about lab, cultivation, sales of marijuana and gerous process of removing THC from
$60,000 theft of utilities occurred over theft of utilities. Jail records show that the marijuana. Anthony Zeidlik

How to report crime tips anonymously online

The Riverside Sheriff's Department provides a response back. The online Crime Tips form can be other suspicious activity that requires an immediate
the opportunity for citizens to report crimes online found at riversidesheriff.org/crimetips. law enforcement response.
anonymously. The reporter's name and contact in- The form is not monitored 24 hours a day and For emergencies call, 911. For non-emergencies
formation are only required if they wish to receive should not be used to report crimes in progress or call 1-808-950-2444.

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