Murphy – Riverside County News Source

Convicted arsonist arrested after starting Burney fires, resisting arrest

February 20, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

BURNEY, Calif. — Already on felony probation, a convicted arsonist was arrested again after a series of incidents that included lighting two fires, vandalizing a video dispensing machine, and then resisting arrest in the Intermountain area town of Burney Friday afternoon, Feb. 19. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Proposed Wiley Project intended to reduce fire dangers in the Lassen National Forest […]

BURNEY: Sheriff’s K-9 helps nab man with three warrants who fled from deputies

January 14, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

BURNEY — A man with multiple outstanding warrants, including a felony warrant for a weapons violation fled from a deputy who happened to spot him and was eventually captured with assistance from a Sheriff’s K-9, Friday morning, Jan. 5. After being apprehended, Burney resident Corey J. Murphy was booked into Shasta County Jail in Redding for his three active warrants […]