News From Around The County
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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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a wanted PRCS felon with eight outstanding warrants who has been arrested eleven times in the last two years was arrested again after leading officers on a dangerous, 100 mph pursuit from Redding to Red Bluff yesterday afternoon, March 21. The man was apprehended after sliding down a hotel laundry shoot, right into the waiting […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Although Shasta County Sheriff’s Office officials have said they were not yet ready to release any specific details or information, an SCSO Sergeant confirmed to SCNS this afternoon that a homicide investigation is underway in the small, Intermountain area town of Burney. The victim, confirmed as Mark Anderson, of Burney, recently died after an unspecified altercation that […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif. — A wanted Redding felon with four felony warrants was arrested after leading deputies on a short, high-speed pursuit and attempting to hide in the backyard shed of a Cottonwood mobile home yesterday morning, Friday, March 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Gunfire within half-block of FRJUSD’s Burney office forces lockdowns, bus diversions – Two arrested Prayer vigil and […]
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SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Concerned family and friends who have been searching for missing Pit River Tribal member Nick Patterson, 26, who has been missing since January, 2020, are holding a prayer vigil and rally for the missing man today, Saturday March 20. The rally is scheduled to go from 3 p.m. until sunset. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Gunfire within […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say an ongoing heroin sales investigation led to the arrest of a man accused of selling heroin and other drugs at Redding area parks Tuesday, March 16. During their investigation, Redding PD Neighborhood Police Unit (NPU) officers served a search warrant at the alleged suspect’s home and located approximately two ounces of heroin, three ounces of methamphetamine, […]
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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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BURNEY, Calif. — When Melissa Sweet moved to the Intermountain community of Hat Creek more than 20 years ago, she was drawn to the secluded and rural mountain area by the quiet and slow pace of mountain living. With the nearest town of Burney just a few miles away, Melissa thought the area would be the perfect community to bring […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities are crediting citizens with helping to apprehend a man and woman who led officers on a vehicle pursuit before attempting to hide inside a Redding Lowes Saturday afternoon, March 13. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Pair dead after two-vehicle Hwy 44 crash Driver sought after hit and run kills Burney woman, 63 UPDATE: Search for missing Redding […]
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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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