News From Around The County
SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — Three people were injured, including one who sustained major injuries and remains hospitalized, after a boating accident involving two vessels that collided Wednesday afternoon, March 24. The accident, which was not caused by impairment according to officials, happened on the Pit Arm of Shasta Lake west of Arbuckle Flat Campground. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: New details […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif. — Authorities say a wanted felon was apprehended after barricading herself first in someone’s home and then inside their bathroom Saturday morning, March 20. The woman, since identified as Cassidy Corrine Faler, age 36, of Redding, was eventually taken into custody after deputies forced their way into the bathroom where the parolee had been hiding. […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif. — A family of four, including two children, ages 11 and 3, were seriously injured while another driver reportedly sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle, roll-over traffic collision involving two pickup trucks in Cottonwood Tuesday morning, March 18. The crash, which left three of the seriously injured victims trapped inside the mangled wreckage of their truck, happened along […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a wanted Oregon felon with prior convictions for first-degree manslaughter and arson was arrested after attempting to steal items from an Anderson Walmart and then providing a false name to officials Saturday, March 13. The suspect, Jeffery Kenton, 59, of Oregon, remains in custody in Shasta County Jail while awaiting extradition back to Oregon, according […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Already on probation for a prior arson conviction, a knife-wielding and wanted felon was arrested for arson again after he was seen starting fires in a gully near the Tractor Supply business in the 1900 block of Marx Way in Anderson yesterday morning, Sunday, Feb. 28. The fires that led to the man’s arrest were reported within […]
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LAKEHEAD, Calif. — Authorities have confirmed a person was killed after an all-terrain vehicle crash near the McCloud Bridge Day Use Area east of Lakehead, yesterday afternoon, Saturday, Feb. 28. The fatal, solo-vehicle crash happened in the area of Gilman and Fenders Ferry roads, about 45 miles northeast of Redding. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Woman killed crossing Redding street The life […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m. See Original Story below. ANDERSON, Calif. — Two men were arrested and three females, including a 17-year-old girl, were rescued during a multi-agency human trafficking operation in Anderson Saturday evening, Feb. 20. The purpose of the operation was to target human sex traffickers and also focused on providing resources to suspected victims of human trafficking, […]
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LAKEHEAD, Calif. — Authorities attempting to serve a civil warrant at a Lakehead residence Thursday morning, Feb. 18, instead were able to once again arrest Camren James Taylor, an oft-arrested felony probationer who was wanted on eight outstanding felony charges and considered armed and dangerous. A woman who provided a false name and was later found to have multiple outstanding […]
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Calif. — Authorities say a Redding woman was arrested in the fatal stabbing of her ex-husband after a violent and deadly encounter in an unincorporated area of Anderson early Thursday morning, Feb. 4. The fatal incident happened in the 5400 block of Deschutes Road, between Panorama Point and Balls Ferry roads. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted for repeatedly burglarizing elderly victim’s […]
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REDDING, Calif. — An Anderson man who was wanted in connection with multiple burglaries of an elderly Redding resident’s home was apprehended just hours after Redding PD issued a wanted flyer asking for the public’s help locating him. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Redding PD UAV and K-9 instrumental in apprehending wanted felon Anderson PD Chief expresses why he loves Shasta […]
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