Interrupted Redding burglary, baseball bat attack, land two in jail

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a couple who attacked an employee of a Redding storage facility with a baseball bat were later arrested after a keen-eyed officer spotted them leaving the area in a U-Haul vehicle Friday morning, Oct. 8. The baseball bat attack happened after the 59-year-old employee interrupted the pair while they were burglarizing one of the storage […]

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Murrieta welfare check leads to double murder investigation – Man arrested

MURRIETA — Two people were found deceased and a man reported to be their son was arrested for double homicide after a welfare check called in by a family member Friday evening, Aug. 2, led officers in Murrieta to the gruesome discovery. Officials have not yet confirmed how the man arrested and the two victims were related. Authorities have since […]

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LAKE ELSINORE: Parolee, released just five days earlier, arrested after bank robbery

LAKE ELSINORE — A man who had been out of jail for only five days after being released from custody on a felony parole violation was re-arrested Saturday, Dec. 9, after he allegedly robbed a bank before leading deputies on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit. Officials allege that during the chase the suspect, who was later identified by officials as Thomas […]

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REDDING: “Prolific thief” – arrested 5 times already this year – arrested again, officials say

REDDING – Redding Police officers arrested a woman who one Redding Police official classified as a “prolific thief,” after she allegedly committed a commercial burglary on March 20. The arrest occurred after an alert business owner realized an office shared in the same building as his was being burglarized, according to Redding Police Sergeant Ron Icely. In a press release from the […]

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