News From Around The County
ANDERSON — Authorities say a prostitution sting involving undercover officers posing as 15 and 16-year-old girls led to the arrest yesterday of five men they allege agreed to meet at an Anderson motel for sex. The Friday, Sept. 7 arrests included men from the cities of Anderson, Redding, Shasta Lake, and Shingletown, as well as one 48-year-old suspect who officials […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 6, 7:51 p.m., With coroner’s release of victim’s name SHASTA LAKE — Officials have released the identity of a Redding woman who died after she was struck and crushed by a large log her friends had rolled down a hill while visiting Woods Island, on the Pit River Arm of Shasta Lake. Authorities are calling the fatal […]
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ANDERSON — An out of compliance and unregistered sex offender was arrested last Saturday evening, Aug. 25, after an alert citizen spotted and recognized the man inside Anderson’s Wal-Mart. The store where the man was found and arrested is at 5000 Rhonda Rd., and several fast food restaurants and a T-Mobile store share the Supercenter’s parking lot. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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ANDERSON — The discovery of rotting and unstable dynamite during a code enforcement inspection of a private Anderson residence forced residential evacuations and road closures, while bomb squad members safely disposed of the potentially dangerous items. The dynamite was found at a home on Barney Rd. late Thursday afternoon, Aug. 30, and the discovery caused officials to close Barney Rd. […]
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ANDERSON — Following reports of narcotics activity occurring in or around the Anderson Teen Center on East Center Dr., Anderson PD’s Problem Oriented Policing Team conducted a plain clothes operation in the area. LEADING THE ANDERSON AREA HEADLINES: UPDATED: No injuries after accident involving NCS bus loaded with children, CHP investigating Anderson probation compliance check and warrant sweep nets 8 […]
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ANDERSON — A recent probation compliance and warrant service operation throughout the Anderson area resulted in a total of eight arrests, Anderson PD announced on social media. The POP Unit conducts these operations monthly to ensure compliance by the supervised offenders in the Anderson area, officials explained in a recent Facebook release. LEADING THE ANDERSON AREA HEADLINES: Duo expecting prostitute […]
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From Anderson PD/Facebook The Anderson Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team arrested two subjects this afternoon for solicitation of prostitution at a local motel. The investigation began last week when Nasib Singh, age 36, of Anderson, went to a local day spa for a massage. Towards the end of the massage Singh offered to pay for sexual services, which the […]
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From Anderson PD/Facebook On Friday, August 17, 2018, at about 7:28 PM an Anderson Police Officer was conducting patrol of the Gateway Shopping Center, located in the 2600 block of Gateway Dr., when he observed a suspicious vehicle parked behind one of the businesses. The officer observed three subjects loitering around a silver sedan that was parked behind the business […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 4:40 p.m. See original story below. COTTONWOOD — A minor, rear-end traffic collision involving a small passenger vehicle and bus filled with elementary-age children from North Cottonwood School resulted in no injuries, according to a school official who responded to a request for information regarding the crash. The accident, which was reported to California Highway Patrol […]
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REDDING — Five people were hospitalized and a woman was arrested after the alleged suspect ran a red light and fled the scene of a traffic collision in Anderson Friday morning, Aug. 17. Two of those who were injured were minors, according to Anderson PD officials. The victims’ injuries were described as moderate to severe after the hit and run […]
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