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TUESDAY APRIL 12, 2011 Breaking news at: www.redbluffdailynews.com Fort Sumter See Inside American Profile RED BLUFF Record day Sports 1B Mostly sunny 69/43 Weather forecast 8B By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer A man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Los Molinos man and beating an inmate while in custody for the first offense was sentenced to the maximum terms for each offense Monday in Tehama County Superior Court. Dylan Franklin Shires of Red Bluff was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for second degree murder with special allegations that include intentionally dis- charging a firearm causing great bodily injuries and death and street gang activi- ty. DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Teen receives murder sentence ing, but his attorney David Nelson said words cannot express the remorse Shires is feeling and he understood why the sentence was being imposed on him. Shires, now 19 years old, was 17 at the time of the Jan- uary 2009 incident where he killed a Los Molinos man. Shires was one of three Dylan Franklin Shires Shires declined to make a statement during the sentenc- masked men who entered the Los Molinos residence of Clarence Puckett and demanded money and mari- juana. Puckett and his wife held a medical marijuana license and were engaged in cultivat- ing and selling marijuana. A struggle ensued, and Puckett was shot in the head. The men fled with multiple bags of marijuana, according to the District Attorney’s office. Shires was ordered to pay about $1,500 in restitution to Kyle Puckett, the son of the victim. While in custody at Tehama County Jail for that offense, Shires and another inmate beat inmate Thomas A. Martin using their fists and feet during what sheriff officials have said was a planned attack in November 2009. Shires pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery Tehama treasure causing serious bodily injury with a special allegation for causing brain injury or paral- ysis. He was sentenced to nine years and will have to pay restitution to the victim. The estimate of Martin’s medical bills is yet to be calculated. The sentences will not be served consecutively. The nine years for assault will precede the 40 years to life second degree murder sen- tence. ——— Tang Lor can be reached at 527-2153, Ext. 110 or by e-mail at tlor@redbluffdailynews.com. Deputies nab fuel burglar Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputies are asking recent victims of fuel or livestock panel thefts to contact them following the Friday arrest of a Cottonwood man. Douglas Theodore Woolley, 32, was arrested about 3:45 a.m. Friday and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of possession of stolen property and bur- glary tools. He was also booked on possession and transporta- tion of methamphetamine and possession of metham- phetamine for sale. Bail was set at $75,000. At 3:43 a.m. Friday, deputies saw a pickup pull in behind the Sunshine Gas Station, which was closed, and turn its lights off. Deputies tried to contact the occupants, the vehicle drove away. See FUEL, page 7A Corning furloughs set for extension Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner County and federal officials discuss developments in the Bend area north of Red Bluff. By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Getting a personal account of federally-backed projects in Tehama County, a representative from U.S. Senator Diane Fein- stein’s office visited dozens of areas in the county and nearby last week. Among those projects visited were the Red Bluff Diversion Dam and the Sacramento River Bend Area. Jenna Banks, director of a field study program under Feinstein, visited with Bureau of Land Man- agement personnel March 31 for a brief tour of the Bend Area. Tehama County Board of Supervisors were invited to go along. Supervisor Dennis Garton and Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin joined in the tour. Garton, who recently took the helm of District 3, the district that includes the Bend Area, was interested in hearing from the BLM guides, he said. He had vis- ited the area before, but wanted to see some of the new develop- ments out there. “It’s kind of a jewel in the county that people don’t know See BLM, page 7A By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The Corning City Council is expected to approve a Memorandum of Understanding at tonight’s meeting regarding furloughs with the Miscellaneous Bargaining Unit. The agreement will extend the furloughs, first taken in 2009 as an equivalent to a 10 percent cut across the board, for another year, making the agreement good through June 30, 2012. The city will also look at a design and construction phase plan for the Corning Community Park, which is paid for by the $4.2 million Prop. 84 grant awarded by See SET, page 7A Tough Enough To Wear Pink auction item unveiled Special to the DN At the annual Cowboy Coffee Kickoff held at the Riverside Bar and Grill, the Red Bluff Round-Up Association unveiled the auction item, a Browning Citori Super Lightning 12- gauge over and under shotgun in a custom leather case, for Sunday’s Tough Enough To Wear Pink per- formance. Proceeds of the auction go toward St. Elizabeth Community Hospital’s Imaging Center. Since this event started, almost $85,000 has been raised and donated to the hospital. The shotgun will go to the high- est bidder at Sunday’s rodeo performance. Displayed at the coffee, attendees got to see the gun up close and personal. To submit your bids, call 527-1000. T ough Enough to Wear Pink was created by entrepre- neur and breast cancer survivor Terry Wheatley to bring the sport of profes- sional rodeo and the West- ern community together to rally against breast cancer. Since its inception in 2004, the campaign has empowered rodeos and Western events in the U.S. and Canada to focus atten- tion on the need for a cure. To date, the campaign has raised $5 million for breast cancer charities, much of which stays right in the communities in which it was raised. The grassroots move- ment has inspired other sports communities to mount their own campaigns, spreading a message of hope and support that reach- es beyond the rodeo arena to competitors, families and fans across America. The Red Bluff Round- Up is proud to partner with St. Elizabeth, the campaign and Haleakala Farms for Sunday’s performance. Tickets for all rodeo per- formances, April 15-17, are available by calling 527- 1000 or visiting www.red- bluffroundup.com. 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