News From Around The County
REDDING — An alleged intoxicated driver who crashed into two cars and a light pole before kicking his way into a Redding residence and attacking the homeowner – biting him repeatedly in the face and body – was arrested after violently resisting and fighting with officers who responded to the emergency. The crashes and violent attack happened Wednesday evening, May […]
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REDDING — Redding Police Department’s Community Clean-Up Team partnered this past Easter weekend with Shasta Support Services and Trout Unlimited to conduct a homeless encampment cleanup in the Henderson open space area near Cypress Street Bridge, in Redding. Among those who participated in the cleanup was Redding City Council member Michael Dacquisto. He later posted video from the scene of […]
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REDDING — A man, already on parole for assault with a deadly weapon and who is classified as a “high-risk” offender, was arrested again today after attacking and hospitalizing several Redding police officers during a violent encounter at Shasta College. Officers responded to the college this morning, Tuesday, April 23, to assist campus security personnel in removing the violent subject […]
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REDDING — An allegedly intoxicated driver smashed into and damaged at least eight parked cars, as well as a fence and other private property, while fleeing from Redding police officers early Friday morning, April 19. At the end of the dangerous incident the man, who officials say “violently resisted arrest,” was apprehended and booked into jail for a variety of […]
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REDDING — Already on probation for a prior DUI, a Redding man was arrested again after losing control of his vehicle and mowing down two power poles late Thursday night, April 11. The downed poles caused the power lines to come down across the top of the vehicle, which sparked a small brush fire around the wrecked sedan. Last night’s […]
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REDDING — Reports of a person selling marijuana out of the back of their car at a Redding business led to a probation search at a nearby residence that ended after a tense standoff yesterday afternoon, Saturday, April 6. At the conclusion of their he investigation, officers arrested four people, including a 17-year-old probationer, for a variety of charges and […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, April 4, 11 a.m., With additional details. REDDING — Officials have identified a man who was fatally shot after a violent confrontation with officers in Redding yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, April 3. Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has since identified the man as Donnell James Lang, 48, of Redding. The deadly shooting happened on Hemingway St., near the McConnell Foundation […]
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ANDERSON — Authorities arrested a 21-year-old Redding man they allege traveled to Anderson with his 1-year-old child with the intention of selling ecstasy to a person he believed was a girl who was turning 16-years-old. The man was arrested Friday, March 29, following a weeks-long investigation. Unbeknownst to the alleged suspect, the “girl” he agreed to sell ecstasy to so […]
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REDDING — A wanted felon who authorities say stole a motorcycle and led officers on a short pursuit was later arrested with assistance from a CHP aviation unit and a Redding PD K-9 early Monday morning, March 25. The 25-year-old Oroville resident, later identified as Cory Ray Arguello, was eventually discovered hiding inside a trash can and was taken into […]
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REDDING — An allegedly intoxicated man who officials said beat his girlfriend and threatened to shoot the woman and her two daughters was arrested yesterday evening, Sunday, March 17. The incident led to a brief but tense negotiation, as officers tried to coax the alleged suspect out of his Redding home in the 2400 block of Nebula St. The man, […]
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