News From Around The County
REDDING — Authorities yesterday located and arrested a wanted Redding sex offender who last year failed to register and cut off his court-ordered ankle monitor. The man, who Redding PD described as “a significant risk to society,” was apprehended Friday, Feb. 1, at a Redding motel where officers located one and a half pounds of methamphetamine and 15 grams of […]
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ANDERSON — An out of compliance and unregistered sex offender was arrested last Saturday evening, Aug. 25, after an alert citizen spotted and recognized the man inside Anderson’s Wal-Mart. The store where the man was found and arrested is at 5000 Rhonda Rd., and several fast food restaurants and a T-Mobile store share the Supercenter’s parking lot. LEADING THE SCNS […]
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UPDATED: Aug. 23, 9:15 p.m. See original story below. REDDING –Officials have released additional details related to yesterday’s shooting death of a man they say was fatally shot after attacking a Tehama County man who had been holding a 4-month-old infant when he came under attack. The man killed in the shooting was a registered sex offender and had a […]
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REDDING — A parolee and registered sex offender with a lengthy criminal record was arrested once again in Redding last Wednesday evening, August 8. The alleged suspect was apprehended after allegedly masturbating and exposing himself to motorists and pedestrians during several reported incidents. One of the incidents involved a child who happened upon the naked man inside a bathroom along […]
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ANDERSON — A deputy who stopped to talk to an Oregon transient loitering in the area of the Anderson Teen Center Sunday, Aug. 5, later arrested the man after learning he was a registered sex offender who had failed to register in California after leaving the Hillsboro, Oregon area. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATED: FRM “Hat Fire” at 2,500 ac. with 15% […]
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RIVERSIDE — A sex offender who was being sought after allegedly cutting off his GPS ankle monitoring device was arrested after fleeing from officers, Friday, Nov. 24. The man was eventually apprehended by a police K-9 while hiding on the campus of an elementary school. After his capture, Gabriel Vasquez, 43, of Anaheim, was arrested for violating the terms of his probation […]
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REDDING — A registered sex offender who was placed on probation last February after being convicted of using the internet to solicit sex with a minor was arrested again after officers found firearms at his residence, in violation of the terms of his probation. Officers with the City of Redding Police Department’s Neighborhood Police Unit arrested Clifford Jay Markhart, 54, of Redding, after […]
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REDDING — A registered sex offender who was reportedly “touching himself inappropriately” within one hundred feet of classrooms filled with children was arrested in Redding, Wednesday, Aug. 16. He was taken into custody by an officer who witnessed the man’s lewd acts while investigating reports of a vandalism. The incident happened between the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and Early Learning Center on the 2000 block […]
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UPDATE: Monday, May, 29, 7 p.m. RIVERSIDE – A convicted sex offender and Riverside-area transient who stood accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was jogging near Mount Rubidoux in Riverside pleaded guilty Friday, May 26, to misdemeanor sexual battery. Kenneth Lee Washington, 29, had been charged with grabbing and groping a woman as she passed him on Mission Inn Avenue, just […]
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