Hours-long standoff ends with arrest after meat cleaver-wielding man threatens neighbors

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say reports of a vandalism involving a meat cleaver-wielding man led to an hours-long standoff at a Redding senior-living apartment complex yesterday afternoon, Thursday, March 31. Already well known to officers due to prior violent contacts, the alleged suspect, 69-year-old Melvin Rose, was eventually arrested after exiting his home after SWAT members deployed chemical agents into […]

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Barricaded man who fled from police during Anderson standoff later surrenders to K-9 Iro

ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say a man who was in violation of a domestic violence restraining order and fled from officers after barricading himself inside his mother’s residence was later apprehended while hiding in the backyard of another person’s property Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Fentanyl-drugged Anderson mom revived then arrested after toddler seen holding baggy of […]

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