News From Around The County
YREKA, Calif., — Authorities say a N. Yreka traffic stop led to the arrest of a local woman after she was stopped while driving a stolen van Wednesday, March 2. Fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, along with glass smoking pipes and other drug paraphernalia were also seized as a result of the stop, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif., — Authorities say a wanted felon was arrested after a search warrant served at his City of Shasta Lake residence on Friday morning, March 4, led to the seizure of fentanyl and methamphetamine, along with extensive packaging, use, and sales-related paraphernalia and other indicia of ongoing narcotics trafficking and sales. Several unlawfully possessed firearms magazines […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say nineteen children and one adult were injured after an SUV reportedly being driven by an Anderson teen plowed into a daycare center on Balls Ferry Road in Anderson on Thursday afternoon, March 3. According to authorities, fourteen of the children were transported by ambulances to area hospitals in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s accident, while […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal, state, and local officials yesterday announced the arrest of a Redding woman, 39-year-old Sherri Papini, whose Nov. 2, 2016, disappearance made global headlines and kicked off a frantic, weeks-long search. Officials continued their search until she was located nearly a month later wandering along I-5 in Yolo County on Thanksgiving Day of that year. Papini was […]
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YREKA, Calif., — City of Yreka officials found themselves responding to questions, concerns, and complaints over the weekend regarding an electronic informational signboard, after area residents and motorists spotted the words “LETS GO BRANDON”” flashing during their morning travels on Saturday. The signboard, which had been located on SR-3 east of Yreka as a part of the ongoing City water […]
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ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say a man who was in violation of a domestic violence restraining order and fled from officers after barricading himself inside his mother’s residence was later apprehended while hiding in the backyard of another person’s property Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Fentanyl-drugged Anderson mom revived then arrested after toddler seen holding baggy of […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Three felons, including one who was found to be an absconded fugitive from justice out of Utah, were arrested as a result of a traffic stop and probation search conducted at a Redding home Friday afternoon, February 25. During the traffic stop and subsequent search, officers discovered and seized approximately one ounce of suspected fentanyl, along with […]
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ANDERSON, Calif., —Â Authorities say a local woman was arrested and her child was taken into protective custody after officers found the allegedly fentanyl-drugged mother passed out in her running car and discovered her toddler-aged child was “manipulating” his mother’s baggy of fentanyl last night, Friday, Feb. 25. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Overnight Redding bike patrol helps take “dino-sized bite out […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Redding PD bicycle patrol officers were out in force again last night, conducting directed enforcement patrols in several key areas that have been the focus of countless citizen and business complaints related to what the department refers to as “quality of life” issues. More than 60 subjects were contacted during the Friday, Feb. 25th bike patrol, resulting […]
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YREKA, Calif., — For the third time in as many weeks, members of the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s new multi-agency Domestic Highway Enforcement (DHE) Team made a significant drug seizure along the I-5 corridor, north of SR-3, in Yreka. The Wednesday, Feb. 16 bust hauled in thousands of M30 oxycodone/fentanyl tablets – totaling nearly ten pounds – as well as seven […]
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