News From Around The County
REDDING — A man, already on parole for assault with a deadly weapon and who is classified as a “high-risk” offender, was arrested again today after attacking and hospitalizing several Redding police officers during a violent encounter at Shasta College. Officers responded to the college this morning, Tuesday, April 23, to assist campus security personnel in removing the violent subject […]
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REDDING — An allegedly intoxicated driver smashed into and damaged at least eight parked cars, as well as a fence and other private property, while fleeing from Redding police officers early Friday morning, April 19. At the end of the dangerous incident the man, who officials say “violently resisted arrest,” was apprehended and booked into jail for a variety of […]
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PALO CEDRO — A CHP aviation crew was instrumental in apprehending two men who fled from the scene of a rollover traffic accident east of Redding, in the unincorporated Palo Cedro area, early Saturday morning, April 6. The accident happened on SR-44, west of Deschutes Rd., according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Local man arrested again after Burney school […]
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BURNEY — A Burney man, already known for committing crimes throughout the Intermountain area, was arrested again after allegedly breaking into, vandalizing, and burglarizing Burney High School’s maintenance shop early Monday morning, April 15. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: SCSO investigating man’s death, after found not breathing No injuries reported after rollover crash near Old Station Drunken Snapchatting leads to Redding […]
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OLD STATION — Officials are at the scene of a rollover traffic accident involving a sedan that overturned and struck a tree this afternoon, Saturday, April 13. According to a CHP incident log, the accident happened near mile marker 7200 along Highway 44, about eight miles east of the junction of highways 89 and 44. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: SCSO […]
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REDDING — Already on probation for a prior DUI, a Redding man was arrested again after losing control of his vehicle and mowing down two power poles late Thursday night, April 11. The downed poles caused the power lines to come down across the top of the vehicle, which sparked a small brush fire around the wrecked sedan. Last night’s […]
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REDDING — A man is in custody after a lengthy Redding standoff that began early this morning, Friday, April 12. The hours-long standoff reportedly started after the alleged suspect fired a gun inside a home where he had been invited to stay the night. Redding PD’s SWAT Team, crisis negotiators, and Bomb Squad members were called to the scene of […]
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HAT CREEK — Authorities are investigating the death of a man in the Hat Creek area, who was found unconscious and not breathing inside his pickup truck last night, Thursday, April 11. The victim’s truck was found parked on a logging road off Hwy 89, just south of Charlie Bone Rd. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Two recent Shasta Lake incidents […]
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BELLA VISTA — A dispute between family members at a home in the Bella Vista area ended with family members shooting at each other Wednesday evening, April, 10. One of those involved in the shooting was later hospitalized with critical injuries after his brother shot him, in what officials have since called an act of self defense. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE — Four people were arrested during two separate incidents in City of Shasta Lake last Sunday, March 31. In the first incident, deputies arrested a man who was seen throwing large rocks at passing cars. The second incident, what one area resident later called a “three for one deal,” was the service of an arrest warrant […]
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