News From Around The County
ONO — A Shasta County probationer and wanted felon who fired a shot at deputies trying to apprehend the man was arrested after an hours-long barricaded standoff in Ono last night, Sunday, Jan. 26. During the lengthy standoff the man who was arrested, 31-year-old, Jake Matthew Houser, barricaded himself inside an unoccupied cabin; “claiming he was heavily armed, the house […]
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REDDING — A suspected Redding prowler learned the hard way not to brandish a gun-shaped lighter on a homeowner – who happened to be a concealed weapon permit holder – and responded by pulling out his own, very real handgun and chasing the would-be burglar from his neighborhood this morning, Saturday, Jan. 24. Although no shots were fired during the […]
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ANDERSON — Authorities arrested a wanted felon they say fled from a traffic stop before crashing his car and fleeing on foot late last night, Friday, Jan. 24. Despite attempting to hide inside a nearby parked car, the alleged suspect was apprehended with the use of Anderson PD’s K-9 “Aero”, according to officials who later announced the successful tracking and […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — Authorities say Search and Rescue members and other emergency personnel were instrumental in helping to locate and rescue two off-road enthusiasts after their side-by-side utility vehicle suffered a mechanical failure, leaving the pair stranded for several hours Tuesday evening, Jan. 21. The pair, who are both Cal Fire firefighters, reportedly spent about seven hours walking back toward […]
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REDDING –A Weed woman with ties to Redding and Shasta County was arrested last Saturday evening, Jan. 18, on a years-old murder warrant, SCNS learned last week. The warrant stemmed from the March, 2012 robbery and beating death of 83-year-old, Henry Mariani, of Weed. Another suspect in Mariani’s 2012 murder, Darryl James Lawrence – who was 38 at the time […]
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REDDING — Authorities are searching for a man they allege attacked a woman and fled the area in her husband’s stolen pickup truck after the victim located her family’s stolen vehicle at Win-River Casino in Redding early Saturday morning, Jan. 18. According to officials, the victim and a friend had been driving around Shasta County searching for the truck after […]
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REDDING — A parolee armed with a shovel who reportedly smashed out the front window of a Redding residence during an attempted robbery was arrested early yesterday morning, Jan. 16. According to officials, after smashing out the home’s window and attempting to rob a woman of her cell phone and vehicle keys the man then turned his shovel and fury […]
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BURNEY — Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance locating a missing Pit River Tribal member who was last officially seen Saturday, Jan 4. Although the missing man was possibly spotted in Burney Thursday, Jan. 9, concerned family and friends say they have had no contact with him since the 4th, which they say is not normal behavior for the […]
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REDDING — Authorities in Redding have asked for the public’s help re-vitalizing a 44-year-old cold case murder that stole the life of 15-year-old, Terri Lynn Ray back in 1976. Although officials say that officers and detectives followed up on numerous leads at the time, even arresting and holding two people for a short time in the months following the grisly […]
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ANDERSON — An Anderson traffic stop led to the discovery and seizure of a substantial quantity of methamphetamine, heroin, and prescription drugs and the arrest of a man they allege to have been selling the illicit narcotics, Sunday evening, Jan. 5. According to officials a police K-9 was instrumental in the discovery of the drugs found during the traffic stop, […]
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