News From Around The County
REDDING — Redding PD’s Neighborhood Police Unit teamed up with CHP on bicycles to conduct a downtown enforcement operation Friday, Aug. 2. During the successful operation, officers made nine arrests and issued multiple citations, officials recently announced in a social media release. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Two injured, one airlifted, after fiery Burney crash Girl, 9, dead, mother paralyzed, 2 […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Aug. 2, 11:38 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. REDDING — Officials today identified a man who was found deceased on a Redding property owned by Russell Hunt early Tuesday evening, July 23. Hunt is well known locally after repeatedly running for city council and area school board positions. He was also convicted of felony stalking out of […]
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REDDING — CHP is investigating the cause of a non-injury accident involving a McConnell Foundation big-rig crane truck that reportedly struck the Twin View Blvd. over-crossing while traveling northbound on Interstate 5 earlier today, Wednesday, July 31. According to a CHP incident log, the crane truck, which reports from the scene indicate was too tall to safely pass under the […]
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REDDING — Seven people, including a man who was on felony parole for child molestation and had 4 felony warrants – one of which was for absconding from parole – were arrested during a parole and probation compliance check at Redding’s Bridgeway Inn on the 2700 block of Bechelli Lane. According to officials, the Bridgeway Inn has been the source […]
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REDDING — A Cottonwood probationer suspected of prowling in a Redding residential neighborhood was arrested after first running from and then fighting with police officers early Friday morning, July 26. During his apprehension, officers deployed pepper spray and a Taser while subduing the violently resisting suspect. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Carr Fire: One year anniversary – Revisiting the devastated areas […]
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REDDING — A probationer was arrested for the second time in eight days after a traffic stop revealed the man was in possession of a loaded firearm, Monday evening, July 22. Another person who was with the alleged suspect had multiple outstanding warrants, was in possession of a weapon, and was also arrested. Before his most recent arrest, the alleged […]
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REDDING — Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force agents arrested a Redding probationer after a search of the man’s residence and property uncovered multiple weapons, ammunition, narcotics, and a ballistic vest. The search that led to the man’s arrest happened Monday evening July, 22, on WindSong Lane, off Old Alturas Rd. south of SR-299E. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Citizen’s tip leads […]
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REDDING — One of Shasta County’s “Most Wanted” was arrested yesterday afternoon, Sunday, July 21, after an alert citizen spotted a man wanted for failure to appear in court on unspecified felony charges. Official radio traffic at the time indicated yesterday’s arrest happened just minutes after the citizen called SHASCOM to report seeing the wanted subject at Redding’s Clear Creek […]
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REDDING — A probationer who fled from deputies during a Redding area traffic stop and then fought with a sheriff’s K-9 deployed to subdue him was ultimately apprehended and arrested early Tuesday morning, July 16. One of his two companions was also arrested for multiple warrants after the stop, which happened in the area of Lake Blvd. and Hiatt Dr. […]
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REDDING — A Redding parolee was arrested after stabbing another woman early this morning, Thursday, July 11. The “unprovoked attack” happened where the victim had been camping, near the Turtle Bay East Open Space, along the Sacramento River Trail, at the dead-end of Bechelli Ln. According to authorities, the alleged suspect and victim are both transients who knew each other […]
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