News From Around The County
BURNEY, Calif. — Shasta County Sheriff’s officials who last Sunday confirmed exclusively to SCNS that a murder investigation was underway after the beating death of a Burney man have announced that a suspect has been identified and arrested in the ongoing investigation. The victim, 61-year-old, Mark Anderson, who was affiliated with the Burney Church of Christ as a caretaker and […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — Although Shasta County Sheriff’s Office officials have said they were not yet ready to release any specific details or information, an SCSO Sergeant confirmed to SCNS this afternoon that a homicide investigation is underway in the small, Intermountain area town of Burney. The victim, confirmed as Mark Anderson, of Burney, recently died after an unspecified altercation that […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a wanted Oregon felon with prior convictions for first-degree manslaughter and arson was arrested after attempting to steal items from an Anderson Walmart and then providing a false name to officials Saturday, March 13. The suspect, Jeffery Kenton, 59, of Oregon, remains in custody in Shasta County Jail while awaiting extradition back to Oregon, according […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Already on probation for a prior arson conviction, a knife-wielding and wanted felon was arrested for arson again after he was seen starting fires in a gully near the Tractor Supply business in the 1900 block of Marx Way in Anderson yesterday morning, Sunday, Feb. 28. The fires that led to the man’s arrest were reported within […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m. See Original Story below. ANDERSON, Calif. — Two men were arrested and three females, including a 17-year-old girl, were rescued during a multi-agency human trafficking operation in Anderson Saturday evening, Feb. 20. The purpose of the operation was to target human sex traffickers and also focused on providing resources to suspected victims of human trafficking, […]
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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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REDDING, Calif. — An Anderson man who was wanted in connection with multiple burglaries of an elderly Redding resident’s home was apprehended just hours after Redding PD issued a wanted flyer asking for the public’s help locating him. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Redding PD UAV and K-9 instrumental in apprehending wanted felon Anderson PD Chief expresses why he loves Shasta […]
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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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COTTONWOOD, Calif. — A wanted felon was re-apprehended after fleeing from a deputy following his arrest in Cottonwood Thursday afternoon, Jan. 7. Although already arrested and in handcuffs, the alleged suspect, Lucas Andrew Mcleod, 25 years-old, of Anderson, fled from officials, leading to a multi-agency search that lasted for more than an hour. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: 4 times the legal […]
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As released by Anderson Police Department ANDERSON, Calif. — On Tuesday, January 5th 2021, at approximately 1600 hours, officers with the Anderson Police Department responded to a residence on the 2900 block of Douglas Street to conduct a probation search. One of the home’s residents, 42 year old Tiffany Louise Rogers of Anderson, was on probation from a prior case […]
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