News From Around The County
Kaitlyn Bradshaw, contributing writer Burney – Deputies from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Burney Station arrested a man Saturday, April 09, after the man allegedly broke into a woman’s residence while she was sleeping in her room. After breaking into the occupied house, located in the 37000 block of Blue Way, the man reportedly went to sleep in a bed inside the […]
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BURNEY – A man was arrested on Friday, March 04, after a member of the Word of Life Church in Burney, reported a suspicious subject armed with a knife in the church parking lot, according to Shasta County Sheriff’s Sergeant Quentin Johnston. The citizen called 911 at about 10:40 a.m., and told SHASCOM emergency communications dispatchers that the male was acting […]
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~Shasta County’s Most Wanted~ Angela Freya Blevins Angela Freya Blevins DOB 10/16/1993 5’08 / 105 lbs Brown Hair / Green Eyes Charge: Robbery Patrick Francis Burke Patrick Francis Burke DOB 08/10/1989 6’00 / 140 lbs Brown Hair / Hazel Eyes Charge: Carry Conceal Dirk or Dagger Kurt Richford Kuhn Kurt Richford Kuhn DOB 05/20/1966 6’00 / 175 lbs […]
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UPDATE 3/23/2016 REDDING – A woman killed Saturday, March 19, after being struck by a vehicle has been identified by coroner’s officials as Jennifer Pruitt, 32, of Redding. According to the Shasta County Coroner’s Office, a post-mortem exam completed on Monday listed Pruitt’s cause of death as “multiple traumatic injuries consistent with a car versus pedestrian.” Pruitt’s blood has been sent […]
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REDDING – Officials from the Redding Police Department hosted a Force Options Training seminar with members of the Shasta County Northern Hispanic Latino Coalition, on March 21. Force Options Training simulates the same training all California peace officers are required to undergo every two years, in order to maintain their POST (Peace Officers Standards and Training) Certification. Daniela Contreras, a reporter […]
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REDDING – Redding Police officers arrested a woman who one Redding Police official classified as a “prolific thief,” after she allegedly committed a commercial burglary on March 20. The arrest occurred after an alert business owner realized an office shared in the same building as his was being burglarized, according to Redding Police Sergeant Ron Icely. In a press release from the […]
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BURNEY – Deputies conducting a probation search at a residence in Burney on Monday, Mar. 14, located illegally possessed weapons and property stolen from the Pit River Tribe financial office, according to Shasta County Sheriff’s Sergeant Marc St. Clair. Following investigative leads, deputies from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Burney Police Station conducted a probation search in the 36000 block of Oak […]
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BURNEY – A probation search at 15796 Stagecoach Drive, in the Mill Creek Subdivision outside of Oak Run on Thursday, Mar. 10 yielded three illegally possessed firearms and over 40 pounds of marijuana. The target of the search, identified by sheriff’s officials as Harley Wack, 36, was not located at the time of the search and is currently believed to be evading […]
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REDDING – Investigators from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred on Wednesday, Mar. 09, according to Shasta County Sheriff Sergeant Brian Jackson. The investigation began at 9:43 p.m., when deputies from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a reported domestic violence incident in progress, occurring at 20096 Sugar Plum Way, in an unincorporated area […]
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From: Shasta County Sheriff’s Department On Tuesday, 2/23/16, staff from the Hatchet Mountain Windmill Project reported a burglary to their office building and equipment yard, located at 19400 Bunchgrass Lookout Road, in Burney. During the initial report, staff reported approximately $70,000 of property stolen, including a 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup valued at $48,500. The responding deputy took fingerprints and […]
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