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Staffreport REDBLUFF A47-year-oldwomanjumpedintoa vehicle Monday through the driver's side window while fighting to retrieve her purse after a 20- to 25-year-old woman stole it outside Walmart. The woman exited Walmart and had walked to her vehicle in the parking lot. While placing her purchased items into the trunk of her vehicle the suspect, who is being sought, stole the purse from the child seat area of the cart. The victim ran after the woman, who entered a silver Honda Accord that was waiting for her, and jumped in through the driver's window, ac- cording to a press release issued Tuesday by the Red Bluff Police Department. As the car drove away the victim and the sus- pect struggled over the purse. A male driver drove out of the parking lot with the suspect and the victim still engaged in a phys- ical altercation and the victim's body hanging partially outside the vehicle, according to the re- lease. The victim was able to shove the vehicle's gear shifter into park and exit the vehicle with the purse. The suspect vehicle fled the area and was last seen traveling westbound on Luther Road around 5:40 p.m. The female suspect is described as white with blonde hair and a small stature. The driver of the vehicle is described as being a white man with tattoos covering both arms. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. The identity of the victim was not included in the release. ROBBERY Woman steals purse back Haveagreatday,Mildred Williams GOOD MORNING U DowJones 20,701.50 (+150.52) U S&P 500 2358.57 (+16.98) U Nasdaq 5875.14 (+34.77) BUSINESS World's largest humanitar- ian crisis in 70years has been declared in 3African countries on the brink of famine. PAGE B6 3 AFRICAN COUNTRIES Foreignaidslashedas Africa declares crisis Breaking with world leaders who have embraced cleaner energy, Trump removed many fossil fuel restrictions. PAGE B5 EXECUTIVE ORDER Trump signs order to end the 'War on Coal' Staff report @redbluffdailynews COTTONWOOD Thetwosus- pects involved in the shoot- ing late Friday of a Califor- nia Highway Patrol officer have been identified by the Tehama County Sheriff's De- partment as Austin Macon, 18, of Renton, Washington and Teikivahimetani Shane Guilloux-Chevalier, 21. The men were stopped just before midnight on Northbound Interstate 5, south of Sunset Hills, in the Cottonwood area. During the stop, Macon fired and shot a CHP officer, who has not been identified, in the right thigh. The officer re- turned fire and Macon was killed, Guilloux-Chevalier seriously injured, according to a release issued Tuesday morning by the sheriff's de- partment. The officer and Guilloux- Chevalier were taken to an area hospital, where Guil- loux-Chevalier remains in critical condition, the re- lease said. The officer was treated and released, ac- cording to a release issued Sunday. The white Hyundai se- dan the men were driving was reported stolen out of Las Vegas, as was the fire- arm Macon used to shoot the officer, the release said. The men had been re- ported as armed and dan- gerous but during the of- ficer's initial stop this in- formation was not known because the Hyundai was displaying stolen license plates, the release said. Las Vegas authorities have been contacted and sheriff's detectives are working to- gether with them regarding both thefts from that juris- diction, the release said. An autopsy of Macon was conducted and it was deter- mined he died as a result of gunshot wounds, the release said. Northbound I-5 was closed from Hooker Creek Road to Sunset Hills Road for around 12 hours while the scene of the shooting was investigated. CRIME Su sp ec ts i de nt i fi ed i n I- 5 CH P sh oo ti ng By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews. com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Rape Crisis In- tervention and Prevention held a ribbon cutting cere- mony Tuesday to celebrate the expansion of the non- profit organization's office at 725 Pine St. and to kick off Sexual Assault Aware- ness Month, which is April. The office will allow for more space for a waiting room, a reception area and offices for counselors who work with survivors of sex- ual assault. Rape Crisis has been serv- ing the community since 1974, covering Tehama, Butte and Glenn counties, said Rachelle Gould, Sexual Assault Response Team, or SART, coordinator. The or- ganization offers free ser- vices to survivors of sexual assault 12 or older and their significant others, including a husband, wife, children, parents and friends. All sessions are com- pletely confidential. Survi- vors can have the assurance that what has been confided will never be repeated in court or to any outside indi- viduals, Gould said. "The more support we have in the community, the more successful we are," Gould told those at the cer- emony. In attendance were other members of the Rape Crisis Intervention and Prevention team from the Chico office, Red Bluff Police Chief Kyle Sanders, Lt. Matt Hansen, Captain Quintan Ortega, Te- hama County Sheriff's Office Lt. David Greer, Chamber of Commerce President Dave Gowan, chamber Chair- man Scott Camp and Coun- cilwoman Amanda Jenkins, among other supporters. "Rachelle, the staff and everyone here, we are so thankful you're here in the community," Gowan said. The Rape Crisis staff is with the survivors of sex- ual assault throughout the entire process, Gould said. Advocates provide care from first contact until the survi- vor feels they no longer need services. By allowing advo- cates to assist the victim in navigating through each system they can begin to start their healing process sooner. The organization offers advocacy and accompani- ment to its clients by going with a survivor to the hos- pital if testing is needed or going with them when con- ducting interviews with law enforcement agencies to pro- vide a more comfortable en- vironment. Rape Crisis works with SART, which is a multi-dis- ciplinary team that works toward restoring the well being of the victim and bringing justice for the com- munity, throughout the pro- cess, Gould said. Rape Crisis offers counsel- ing services, where the focus is on re-empowering survi- vors again as Gould said sex- ual assault is all about some- one taking power away from an individual. The month of April is dedicated to events to bring awareness to sexual assault and is in support of all survi- vors. A variety of events will be held to educate the com- munity about rape culture and get the work out about the organization. Teal ribbons will be given out at the office throughout the month and tied around trees in downtown Red Bluff to show support of the awareness campaign. The office will host a clothes line art project throughout April during of- fice hours, when survivors can come and draw what sexual assault means to them on shirts with differ- ent colors that represent the different types of assaults. All art supplies and shirts are provided. The shirts will then be displayed through- out the office. Rape Crisis will be having an Open Eyes Open Hearts celebrity dinner at the Pal- omino Room 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6. Guests are encouraged to make reservations. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds will be donated to Rape Crisis when items are ordered off the menu. Guest servers will include Sanders, Greer, California Highway Patrol Capt. Lou Aviles and Red Bluff Mayor Gary Jones. Denim Day, April 26, is an international day when everyone is encouraged to wear jeans. It was dedi- cated after a judge in Italy released a man from rape charges because he thought the victim must have as- sisted, since her jeans were tight and she had to help take them off, Gould said. All businesses are urged to allow employees to wear jeans that day. SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS RIBBON CUTTING CELEBRATES CRISIS CENTER'S EXPANSION HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Members of the community attended the ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday to celebrate the expansion of the Rape Crisis office. P/SUNNY High: Low: 74 51 PAGE B8 Staff Reports OROVILLE Water releases down the damaged main spillway at Lake Oroville have been halted in order to work on repairs there, and for now the lake is slowly rising. The state Department of Water Resources stopped spillway releases around 5 p.m. Monday and instead is running water to the Feather River through the Hyatt Powerplant under the dam. About 11,700 cubic-feet per second of water is go- ing through the hydroelectric plant. As of Tuesday afternoon, Lake Oroville's sur- face elevation was just above 837 feet, which is about 64 feet below the lip of the emergency spill- way. Inflow into the lake peaked at nearly 22,000 cfs Tuesday afternoon. With inflows higher than outflows, the lake had risen a little more than a foot in the 24 hours after the spillway was shut off. The main spillway will be used again once the lake level rises to about 860 feet, officials have said. 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