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UPDATED: Friday, Dec. 10, 9:12 p.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif., — Authorities have announced the arrest of a man now charged in the fatal June shooting of a local man at a Redding apartment complex. The victim, Patrick Baker, was gunned down in front of his wife and 8-year-old daughter during an argument with a group of men […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Dec. 7, 8:31 a.m., With additional details from Redding Police Department Originally Published: Sunday, Dec. 5, 5:42 p.m. REDDING, Calif., — Officials say that bones found at a Redding construction site have been confirmed to be human and today members of the Chico State University’s Anthropology Department have been invited to the location to continue working to recover […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Created last September, Redding Police Department’s new Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) has already been put to the test numerous times – with great success – while responding to critical incidents and 911 calls for service involving citizens experiencing a mental health crisis. One such incident occurred yesterday afternoon, Friday, Dec. 3, when Redding police officers were dispatched […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a near collision with a patrol deputy led to the arrest of a City of Shasta Lake woman after she was found to be in possession of a significant quantity of narcotics Friday evening, Dec. 3. During a traffic enforcement stop after the near-collision, deputies located more than one hundred pounds of marijuana, seven grams of […]
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REDDING, Calif., — A City of Shasta Lake sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized for evaluation after a three-vehicle collision involving the deputy’s patrol vehicle in Redding Thursday morning, Dec. 2. No other injuries were reported after the wreck, which occurred on Lake Boulevard at Hilltop Drive, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Oregon men identified after bodies found in Oak Run […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a bicyclist was seriously injured when he was struck by an SUV in Redding Wednesday morning, Dec. 1. Multiple witnesses to the major-injury collision later reported that the bicyclist was riding in an extremely unsafe manner just before the accident, and was seen weaving in and out of the lanes of travel on Churn Creek Road, […]
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REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a local parolee and sex offender who had just been released from prison the day before was arrested again within hours of arriving back in Redding after he was found wandering the streets and acting bizarrely Tuesday, Nov. 30. At the time of his re-arrest yesterday morning, the suspect, Michael Don Woodruff, 34, of Redding, […]
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Writer’s Note: Due to confusion caused by multiple similar incidents that occurred on the evening of this incident, an earlier version of this report indicated that this pursuit ended with an arrest in the Oak Run area. That incident and arrest has since been confirmed to have been related to another, unrelated chase and apprehension.-TM REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a family of four, including a mother, father, child, and grandmother, managed to escape their burning home after an early-morning blaze in Redding Tuesday, Nov. 30. The fire, which caused about $65,000 in damage to the residence, was believed to have been caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette, according to fire officials. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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Writer’s Note: Due to confusion caused by multiple similar incidents that occurred on the evening of this incident, an earlier version of this report indicated that this pursuit ended with an arrest in the Oak Run area. That incident and arrest has since been confirmed to have been related to another, unrelated chase and apprehension.-TM REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say […]
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