"Tonka"

Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force agents, aided by a uniformed Willits police officer, serving a search warrant at 64 Franklin Avenue on July 27, shot and killed a family pet, an 8-year-old half-pit bull mix named Tonka.

When agents searched the home, they found nothing directly linking the residents to the arrest of Craig Anthony Gelber, the target of the search, according to MMCTF Commander Bob Nishiyama.
Nishiyama alleges Gelber sold chemicals used for the manufacture of methamphetamine to undercover agents and had been observed at the 64 Franklin Avenue location with marijuana starts. That same day, search warrants were served at locations in Livermore and Covelo in the same case. In Covelo, officers found a 300-plus plant marijuana grow site. Gelber was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime.