Search for Lake Co. suspect costs $40K

The Lake County Sheriff's Department has spent $40,000 in overtime looking for a suspect who has shattered windshields in 16 or more vehicles since July.\nThe Lake County Council on Tuesday authorized Sheriff Rogelio Dominguez to shuffle his 2006 budget to pay the 14 officers who have patrolled the four-lane highway on overtime. No arrests have been made.\n"We may have saved a life because the persons didn't shoot because there were officers nearby. Deterrence is important, but we are trying to do it in a financially responsible way," Dominguez said.\nRepublican Dan Bursac, a county police officer running against Dominguez in the Nov. 7 election, said he believes the investigation has been mishandled. He said the sheriff could have asked a local law enforcement task force to investigate "what appears to be someone with a BB gun, but instead he blows it up and goes straight to the FBI"