Category: Shasta County and Surrounding Area News

Got cameras? You can help prevent crime and solve cases with Sheriff’s SCRAM Program

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has announced a new Security Camera Registry and Mapping Program (SCRAM), that will allow residents and business owners to register their security camera systems with the department. Participating in the voluntary program will help expand local law enforcement’s investigative abilities and potentially help to quickly identify possible witnesses, victims, or suspects. […]

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Knife-wielding Anderson felon arrested after threatening mother and child

ANDERSON, Calif. — A knife-wielding felon on probation who officials say is well known to police officers from her prior contacts with law enforcement was arrested again after allegedly threatening a mother and her child, along with several others, outside an Anderson business on Gateway Drive Wednesday evening, Jan. 20. One of the alleged suspect’s recent arrests happened last October […]

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Questions, concerns remain after Montgomery Creek woman arrested for setting car ablaze

MONTGOMERY CREEK, Calif. — Authorities say a Shasta County woman with multiple warrants was arrested after setting a car ablaze on Big Bend Road, about a mile north of SR-299E, Monday afternoon, Jan. 18. The fire destroyed a Volkswagen Jetta and burned about a quarter-acre of vegetation, according to Cal Fire-Shasta. In the wake of Monday’s arrest, Montgomery Creek residents […]

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SR-299E crash leaves truck “buried in the trees” near Oak Run Rd

BELLA VISTA, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a pickup truck traveling on SR-299E went about 30 feet over the embankment and into the trees west of Oak Run Road yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, Jan. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Man who attacked Redding Rite Aid employees arrested Three found dead inside Redding home, investigation continuing UPDATE: More details after Redding […]

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Man who attacked Redding Rite Aid employees arrested

REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who attacked two Redding Rite Aid employees, significantly injuring one of them with a broken glass bottle, was arrested Saturday morning, Jan. 16. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Three found dead inside Redding home, investigation continuing UPDATE: More details after Redding shooting critically injures two Pit maneuver, rollover crash with one ejected, ends 100 […]

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UPDATE: Three men found dead inside Redding home ID’d – Drug overdose suspected

UPDATED: Thursday, Jan 22, 3:10 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif. — Authorities have identified three people who were found dead inside a Redding home Monday afternoon, Jan. 18. Officials have previously said that a possible fentanyl overdose was suspected as the cause of the tragic discovery, which was made in the 2100 block of Park Marina Drive, south of Sundial […]

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CHP goes on full tactical alert as Inauguration Day approaches

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Highway Patrol (CHP) Commissioner Amanda Ray today issued the following statement announcing the CHP would go on tactical alert ahead of the upcoming Presidential Inauguration: “For many months, the CHP has worked closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure the outcome of the election will be respected and that any protests which […]

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UPDATE: More details after Redding shooting critically injures two

UPDATED: Saturday, Jan. 16, 5:35 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif. — Although their investigation is ongoing, Redding Police Department today released additional information regarding a shooting that ended with two people hospitalized with gunshot injuries and one man in custody last Friday evening, Jan. 15. Both victims were critically injured and remain hospitalized as of this update, according to […]

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“I barely had time to get out of the way,” one witness says after pursuit races through Burney

BURNEY, Calif. — A high-speed vehicle pursuit that raced through the small, Intermountain area towns of Johnson Park and Burney sent other motorists scrambling out of the way of the fleeing Camaro earlier this evening, Friday, Jan. 15. The driver eventually stopped on Plumas Street near Superior Avenue, where he and three other occupants fled on foot. Two of the […]

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Redding man arrested after following woman while driving stolen Good News Rescue Mission van

DOUGLAS CITY, Calif. — Authorities say a Redding man was arrested after a terrified woman called 911 to report that someone was following her as she walked home early Friday morning, Jan. 15. Deputies who responded to the incident determined the driver, who had followed the woman all the way home and parked across the street from the victim’s residence, […]

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