News From Around The County
YREKA, Calif., — Authorities in Mt. Shasta say a child pornography investigation has led to the arrest of a Yreka man after a forensic evaluation of his computer uncovered hundreds of explicit images depicting children of different ages engaged in a variety of sexual activities. The alleged suspect, 39-year-old Arthur Franklin Timothy Boyd, is the City Clerk for the City of […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say reports of a vandalism involving a meat cleaver-wielding man led to an hours-long standoff at a Redding senior-living apartment complex yesterday afternoon, Thursday, March 31. Already well known to officers due to prior violent contacts, the alleged suspect, 69-year-old Melvin Rose, was eventually arrested after exiting his home after SWAT members deployed chemical agents into […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif., — Authorities say a convicted felon and registered sex offender was arrested after gunning down an acquaintance during an argument at a private residence in the City of Shasta Lake late Thursday evening, March 31. Officials have said the alleged suspect, 58-year-old Dwight Stewart Honeycutt, used a sawed-off shotgun to kill a man that he believed […]
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RED BLUFF, Calif., — Authorities say a juvenile was possibly laying down in the middle of a Red Bluff roadway when she was fatally struck by a vehicle being driven by a teen Wednesday evening, March 30. Although not yet confirmed, witnesses have told SCNS the victim was a teenage girl. The deadly accident happened in the 1000 block of […]
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REDDING, Calif., — A local transient who authorities say was responsible for the “brutal and unprovoked” murder of a Taco Bell employee on Monday evening was arrested yesterday morning after being found hiding at a Redding homeless encampment. In addition to confessing to this week’s murder, the alleged suspect, 55-year-old Brent Ray Close, also confessed to a second stabbing, which […]
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WEED, Calif., — Authorities say a traffic stop on Interstate 5 near the city of Weed led to the discovery of approximately seven pounds of packaged heroin and the arrest of an Oregon man Saturday afternoon, March 26. This was just the latest significant drug bust made by the Siskiyou County Domestic Highway Enforcement (DHE) Team since the Sheriff’s Office […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities today are continuing to search for a man they say fatally stabbed another man at a Redding Taco Bell last night, Monday, March 28. Redding PD has said the weapon used during the fatal encounter has not been recovered and the as-yet-unknown suspect is considered armed and dangerous. Officials have also asked that anyone who spots […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, March 29, 12:42 a.m. Originally Published: Monday, March 28, 1:32 p.m. See Original Story below. YREKA, Calif., — While no new information has been released, Yreka PD today announced that a man suspected in the shooting of another man on Friday, March 25, has been located and is no longer being sought. The man, 41-year-old Trevor Wayne Patton, […]
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RED BLUFF, Calif., — Although one structure was destroyed, no injuries were reported after a pair of Red Bluff area structure fires that happened Friday evening, March 25 and early Saturday morning, March 26. The first reported fire, which was initially dispatched as a smoke check, occurred at the Brentwood Post-Acute care facility on Walnut Street, while the second blaze […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say an Anderson man was arrested yesterday after allegedly engaging an underage female in a lengthy and inappropriate online conversation that included him sending multiple photos and videos of himself engaged in “various sexual acts”. After officials learned the suspect agreed to hire the young victim as a babysitter and made arrangements to pick her up […]
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