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Thefollowingdefendants were sentenced in Tehama County Superior Court, according to the Tehama County District Attorney's Office: RecentState/Local Prison Commitments: People vs. Ronald Hol- comb, Possession of Ammu- nition by a Felon with Spe- cial Allegation Two Prior Strike Convictions. Brief history: The De- fendant was contacted af- ter being seen standing in the doorway of a stolen ve- hicle. Officers determined that there was a warrant out for the Defendant's ar- rest. While being searched, officers located ammuni- tion in the front pocket of the Defendant's pants and within the vehicle. The De- fendant was arrested. Sentenced to 25 years to Life State Prison People vs. Anthony Stangl, Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intox- icated with Special Allega- tion Prior Strike Conviction and Special Allegation Prior Felony Conviction. Brief history: As the De- fendant was driving home around 5:15 in the morning, he ran a stop sign, equipped with a red flashing light, and hit an oncoming vehi- cle killing the driver. The Defendant's blood alcohol was 0.06% and he was pos- itive for marijuana. Sentenced to 22 years State Prison People vs. Jessie Robi- son, Voluntary Manslaugh- ter with Special Allegation Prior Strike. Brief history: During an altercation with the victim, the Defendant repeatedly stabbed the victim. The vic- tim later died as a result of his injuries. Sentenced to 22 years State Prison People vs. Christopher Rhoads, Possession of a Controlled Substance with a Firearm; Transportation of a Controlled Substance with Special Allegation Prior Drug Conviction. Brief history: Officers stopped the Defendant's vehicle for erratic driving. When speaking to the De- fendant, a canine alerted on the vehicle. When officers searched the vehicle, they located scales, $31,150 cash, several mobile phones, 1.9 pounds of marijuana and 274 grams of methamphet- amine. The Defendant was arrested and booked into the jail. Sentenced to 7 years State Prison People vs. Michael La- mez, Corporal Injury to a Cohabitant; Possession of a Controlled Substance. Brief history: The De- fendant and the victim had gotten into an argu- ment earlier in the day. The Defendant then de- cided to break into the vic- tim's home late at night and assault her. The De- fendant choked the victim and wouldn't let her leave her home while threatening to kill her. The Defendant was later apprehended and booked into the jail. The Defendant was contacted during a probation search. Officers located 1 gram of methamphetamine. Sentenced to 6 years State Prison People vs. Nevada Coon, Driving Under the Influ- ence of Alcohol within 10 Years of three other DUI offenses with Special Alle- gation Prior Strike. Driving Under the Influence of Alco- hol Causing Injury. Brief history: The Defen- dant was seen speeding as he was coming up behind an officer's vehicle. When the officer pulled over to the let the vehicle pass, he ob- served it weave within the lanes and pulled the vehi- cle over. The Defendant had a .16% blood alcohol level, and the Defendant was ar- rested. The Defendant was originally granted 3 years probation. The Defendant violated his probation by the previously listed case. Probation was revoked. Sentenced to 5 Years 8 Months State Prison People vs. Jon Holzhauer, Vandalism over Four Hun- dred Dollars; Failure to Ap- pear on Own Recognizance. Brief history: The Defen- dant was originally granted 3 years probation. He vio- lated his probation by fail- ing to show up for court. Probation was revoked. The Defendant failed to appear in court on the previously listed case. Sentenced to 2 years 8 Months Local Prison Recent County Jail Commitments: People vs. Michelle John- son, Possession of a Con- trolled Substance. Brief history: The Defen- dant was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation. After a consen- sual search, the Defendant was found to be in posses- sion of hydrocodone. Also while being booked into the jail, the officer found 4 baggies of methamphet- amine along with more hy- drocodone pills. Sentenced to 120 days county jail. People vs. Raul Rivera, Child Abuse. Brief history: The Defen- dant failed to take care of the 7 year old victim. The medical needs of the vic- tim, who has cystic fibro- sis, where not met. The De- fendant was arrested. Sentenced to 180 days county jail. People vs. Gregory Tu- rek, Grand Theft of Per- sonal Property. Brief history: The Defen- dant was originally granted 3 years formal probation. He violated his probation by failing to report to pro- bation, failing to obey all laws and testing positive for controlled substance. Pro- bation was reinstated with additional jail time. Sentenced to 180 days county jail. Upcoming Court Dates -Trials, Preliminary Hearings (PX) & Pre Trial Conferences (PTC): People vs. Quentin Ray Bealer, Murder. Brief history: Defendant was arrested and charged with the murder of a 14 year old victim who had been reported missing when she never returned home from school. Officers located the victim's body two days later. Pending notice from Court regarding next court date People vs. Joseph Cadotte, Voluntary Man- slaughter with Special Al- legation Prior Any Felony; Battery with Serious Bodily Injury with Special Allega- tion Prior Any Felony Brief history: The De- fendant saw the victim walking down the street, when he approached him and punched him. The victim fell to the ground where the Defendant con- tinued to punch and kick the victim. The victim later died. PTC/MIL: July 10, at 11 a.m. TBJ: July 22, at 1:30 p.m. Department to be deter- mined People vs. Travis John Kilburger, Solicitation of Murder (2 counts) Brief history: Defendant was in custody on domes- tic violence charges when he solicited another in- mate to kill two individ- uals in exchange for cash and a vehicle. PTC/MIL: April 17, at 11 a.m. TBJ: April 29, at 1:30 p.m. Department to be de- termined People vs. Poly Duenas Sanchez, Lucio Nenecia Madera, Gabino Madera, Murder with Special Al- legation Personal and In- tentional Discharge of a Firearm, GBI, Conspiracy to Commit a Crime with Special Allegation Per- sonal and Intentional Dis- charge of a Firearm, GBI. Brief history: Victim had met up with the three de- fendants regarding money that was allegedly owed to the victim. During this confrontation the victim was chased down and shot twice with a shotgun. The victim died as a result of his injuries. PTC/MIL: April 24, at 11 a.m. TBJ: May 6, at 9 a.m. Department to be deter- mined People vs. Roger Sandy Bounnhaseng, Alan Duane Doulphus Jr., Chase Alan Doulphus: Murder, spe- cial allegation felony mur- der, personal and inten- tional, use of a firearm, assault with a firearm, false imprisonment by vi- olence, transportation of marijuana. Brief history: The defen- dants went to a residence that contained a marijuana grow. The defendants con- fronted the victim and two other men who were at the residence and ordered them to the ground at gun- point. The defendants pro- ceeded to tie up the victim and the two men with zip ties and duct tape. The vic- tim was able to free himself and attempt to flee the res- idence but was shot several times by the armed defen- dants. The victim eventu- ally succumbed to his in- juries. Defendant's vehicle was located a short time later and a vehicle pursuit followed. Defendant's were eventually apprehended and taken into custody. Inside the vehicle officers located a large amount of marijuana. PTC/MIL: May 11, at 1:15 p.m., June 19, at 11 a.m. TBJ: June 16, at 9 a.m. Department to be deter- mined CourtRoundup By Erica Werner The Associated Press WASHINGTON Loretta Lynch won confirmation as the nation's first black woman attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than five months for the ti- tle and remained divided to the end. The 56-43 vote installs Lynch, now U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, at the Justice De- partment to replace Eric Holder. Holder has served in the job throughout the Obama administration, becoming a lightning rod for conservatives who per- ceived him as overly polit- ical and liberal, and even getting held in contempt of Congress. Lynch, 55, is seen as a no-nonsense prosecutor, and has wide law enforce- ment support. The issue that tore into her support with Republicans was im- migration, and her refusal to denounce President Barack Obama's executive actions limiting deporta- tions for millions of people living illegally in this coun- try. Questioned on the issue at her confirmation hearing in January, she said she be- lieved Obama's actions were reasonable and lawful. Democrats angrily criti- cized Republicans for using the issue against her. Still, Lynch won the sup- port of 10 Republicans, more than expected in the days heading into the vote. In a surprise, Senate Ma- jority Leader Mitch Mc- Connell, R-Ky., was among those voting "yes." CONGRESS LorettaLynchwinsSenateconfirmationasattorneygeneral By Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON Blaming the "fog of war," President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan inad- vertently killed an Amer- ican and an Italian, two hostages held by al-Qaida, as well as two other Amer- icans who had leadership roles with the terror net- work. Obama somberly said he took full responsibility for the January CIA strikes and regretted the deaths of hos- tages Warren Weinstein of Rockville, Maryland, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Ital- ian aid worker. The presi- dent cast the incident as a tragic consequence of the special difficulties of the fight against terrorists. The incident is likely to spark fresh scrutiny of Obama's frequent use of drones to target terrorists and his pledge to strike only when there is "near certainty" that no civilians will be harmed. Weinstein, nearing the end of a contract assign- ment with the U.S. Agency for International Develop- ment, and Lo Porto were killed during a drone strike against an al-Qaida com- pound in Pakistan, near the Afghan border. U.S. of- ficials said the compound was targeted because intel- ligence showed it was fre- quented by al-Qaida lead- ers. That same intelligence offered no indication the hostages were there, the of- ficials said. Ahmed Farouq, a dual U.S.-Pakistani national who was an al-Qaida operations leader in Pakistan, was killed in the strike, along with a small number of members of the terror orga- nization, the officials said. Adam Gadahn, an Ameri- can who served as an al-Qa- ida spokesman, was killed in a separate strike on a sec- ond compound. "It is a cruel and bit- ter truth that in the fog of war generally and our fight against terrorists specif- ically, mistakes — some- times deadly mistakes — can occur," Obama said at the White House. U.S. officials said Farouq and Gadahn were not spe- cifically targeted in the op- erations and there was no evidence they were at ei- ther compound. The of- ficials said had they re- viewed hundreds of hours of surveillance of the com- pounds, including continu- ous monitoring of the facil- ity where Farouq was killed in the days leading up to the strike. "We believed that this was an al-Qaida compound, that no civilians were pres- ent and that capturing these terrorists was not possible," Obama said. "And we do believe that the oper- ation did take out danger- ous members of al-Qaida." The president said he had ordered a review of the incidents to help iden- tify any changes that might be made to prevent similar deaths in the future. The CIA drone program has killed al-Qaida leaders, Pakistani Taliban fighters and other militants hiding in tribal regions, sparking anger across Pakistan over allegations of widespread civilian casualties. Since 2004, the U.S. has carried out some 400 suspected drone strikes in Pakistan, according to the New Amer- ica Foundation's Interna- tional Security Program, which tracks the American campaign. PAKISTAN Hostages killed in US drone strikes that were targeting al-Qaida SUSANWALSH—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Thursday on the deaths of American and Italian hostages. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warren Weinstein, a 72-year-old American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaida in 2011, was reportedly killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan. 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