News From Around The County
LAKEHEAD, Calif. — Authorities attempting to serve a civil warrant at a Lakehead residence Thursday morning, Feb. 18, instead were able to once again arrest Camren James Taylor, an oft-arrested felony probationer who was wanted on eight outstanding felony charges and considered armed and dangerous. A woman who provided a false name and was later found to have multiple outstanding […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Already on felony probation, a convicted arsonist was arrested again after a series of incidents that included lighting two fires, vandalizing a video dispensing machine, and then resisting arrest in the Intermountain area town of Burney Friday afternoon, Feb. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Proposed Wiley Project intended to reduce fire dangers in the Lassen National Forest […]
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The Fall River Resource Conservation District (RCD) recently announced a newly proposed project aimed at reducing fire dangers in the Lassen National Forest in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties. The area of the Wiley Project has a history of large and devastating fires, including Pondosa, Scarface, Day, and Hors 4 Corners. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Victim hospitalized after Redding area quad […]
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REDDING, Calif. — The Redding Police Department yesterday announced the addition of a new armored rescue vehicle to the department’s fleet of official vehicles, saying, the new vehicle “is an extremely valuable addition” to their department. The new armored rescue vehicle will be used during critical incidents, SWAT callouts, and other dangerous situations and will allow officers to enter active, […]
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CORRECTION: This accident occurred in the Redding area, not the Whiskeytown area as initially reported. -TM REDDING, Calif. — A female suffered significant injuries after an all-terrain vehicle, quad-related accident in Redding, behind and just west of the Shasta Dam earlier this afternoon, Monday, Feb. 15. According to coordinates provided by a CHP incident log regarding the accident, the crash […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2 p.m., With additional details regarding victim’s status and cause of crash, along with correction regarding the fire agencies that responded to – or arrived at – the scene. MONTGOMERY CREEK, Calif. — At least one person was injured after a solo-vehicle, rollover accident in the Montgomery Creek area this afternoon, Friday, Feb.12. The sedan burst […]
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REDDING, Calif. — A armed and dangerous felon already on parole for assault with a deadly weapon was arrested last night after allegedly trying to stab two people, including at least one of his family members, while threatening to kill them and a neighbor Wednesday evening, Feb. 10. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Woman killed after pulling “replica handgun” on […]
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REDDING, Calif. — A Redding Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) probationer who was arrested just last month for being a felon in possession of a firearm was arrested again on similar charges after boarding a RABA bus with a stolen and loaded AR-15 type semi-automatic rifle in his bag Tuesday morning, Feb. 9. Although the repeat offender did not offer any […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6:08 p.m. Originally published: Sunday, Feb. 7, 1:15 p.m. See Original Story, Photos, and Video below. REDDING, Calif. — Coroner officials have identified a woman who was fatally shot after allegedly pulling out a “replica firearm” and pointing it at Redding police officers Sunday morning, Feb. 7. The deadly shooting happened on the Cypress Avenue Bridge […]
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Calif. — Authorities say a Redding woman was arrested in the fatal stabbing of her ex-husband after a violent and deadly encounter in an unincorporated area of Anderson early Thursday morning, Feb. 4. The fatal incident happened in the 5400 block of Deschutes Road, between Panorama Point and Balls Ferry roads. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted for repeatedly burglarizing elderly victim’s […]
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