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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 v. Donald Eugene Harrison, Jr., Receiving Sto- len Property with Special Allegation — One Strike Prior. Brief History: The super- intendent of Evergreen Mid- dle School reported a bur- glary at the school's free- standing freezer building. It appeared the burglary suspects used a large pry tool and hooked up a chain or a cable to pry the metal cross bar of the building. The incident was the latest in a series of four break-ins at the freezer building. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office learned that the de- fendant possessed a Dodge minivan and was the regis- tered owner of a motorcy- cle and truck, all of which matched the three vehi- cles seen in the surveil- lance video of the burglar- ies. The sheriff learned an individual possessed some of the stolen food. The in- dividual told deputies that the defendant sold him the stolen food. The deputies contacted the defendant's aunt. The defendant's aunt stated the defendant brought a large quantity of frozen food to her home. The aunt gave the deputies consent to search and the deputies recovered more than 150 pounds of stolen frozen food. Pursuant to a search warrant, the dep- uties searched the defen- dant's residence and dis- covered 90 pounds of stolen frozen food. The deputies found a set of bolt cutters, a come-along cable winch and a digging bar outside the defendant's residence. Sentenced to 6 years State Prison. Recent County Jail Commitments: People v. Christopher Colbert, Possession of Metal Knuckles Brief History: The defen- dant was contacted by dep- uties. The deputy asked the defendant if he possessed any weapons, and the de- fendant responded that he possessed brass knuck- les. The deputy discovered metal knuckles concealed in the defendant's right pants leg. Sentenced 3 years formal probation, 30 days jail, and 80 hours community ser- vice. People v. William Lang- ley, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon Brief History: Police contacted the defendant, a convicted felon, after he observed the defendant driving a vehicle with a li- cense plate belonging to a different vehicle. The de- fendant admitted to the officer he switched his ve- hicle's license plate. The defendant did not have a driver's license. The defen- dant indicated to the offi- cers that he had a gun in his left front jacket pocket. The officer found a semi- automatic handgun that was concealed in the de- fendant's left front jacket pocket. Sentenced to 3 years for- mal probation, 120 days jail, and 80 hours community service. People v. Corey Leon Mc- Manus, Resisting an Execu- tive Officer Brief History: Deputies responded to reports of a nude man acting "crazy" who was high on drugs. When the deputies ap- proached the defendant, the defendant's brother told the deputies to grab the de- fendant's arm or the defen- dant would "freak out." One of the deputies attempted to restrain the defendant, but the defendant pulled his arm away. The defen- dant was rambling inco- herently. The deputies at- tempted several times to gain control of the defen- dant's arm. The defendant resisted to the point of slid- ing down an embankment, pulling a deputy with him. During the struggle, the de- fendant bit the deputy twice on the forearm. Five addi- tional deputies arrived on the scene and they even- tually were able to place handcuffs on the defendant. Sentenced to 5 years formal probation, 3 years prison suspended, 90 days county jail, and 80 hours of community service. People v. Fidel Lopez- Reyes, Meeting a Minor for Lewd Purposes. Brief History: An under- cover investigator posed as a 15-year-old girl and posted an ad on Craig- slist's "Casual Encounters" section. The defendant re- sponded to the posting and carried on a conversation for several hours. The un- dercover investigator told the defendant that she was 15. The defendant told the undercover investigator that he was willing to en- gage in sexual activity if the undercover investiga- tor would keep it between themselves. The defendant said he had condoms and a meeting place was ar- ranged. When the defen- dant arrived at the meet- ing place, he was arrested. Sentenced to 5 years for- mal probation, 180 days county jail, and 80 hours community service. People v. Matthew Abney, Child Abuse. Brief History: The re- porting party saw the vic- tim, a two-year-old child, running into the road- way. The reporting party grabbed the victim and called the police. Officers responded and determined that the defendant, the vic- tim's father, was asleep in a motel. The defendant stated the victim's mother had gone to Walmart. The defendant was watching the victim when he fell asleep. The defendant was obliv- ious to the fact the vic- tim was missing until he was woken up. The defen- dant admitted to the officer that he had smoked meth- amphetamine two to three days prior. The mother was contacted and stated they also have an 11-month-old daughter inside the motel room. The defendant stated that he smoked metham- phetamine two to three times a week and admit- ted that he smoked mari- juana every day. When the officer asked the defendant if the victim and his other child would test positive for methamphetamine, the de- fendant responded "proba- bly." Sentenced to 6 years for- mal probation, 120 days county jail, and 80 hours community service. Upcoming Court Dates -Trials, Preliminary Hearings (PX) & Pre Trial Conferences (PTC): People vs. Poly Duenas Sanchez and Gabino Mad- era, Murder with Special Allegation, Personal and Intentional Discharge of a Firearm Brief history: The de- fendants are charged with shooting and killing the vic- tim in Tehama County and burning his body in Glenn County. PPX: April 24 at 10 am in Department 1 PX: April 27, at 9 am (Department to be Deter- mined) People vs. Poly Duenas Sanchez, Lucio Nenecia Madera, Gabino Madera, Murder with Special Alle- gation, Personal and Inten- tional Discharge of a Fire- arm Brief history: The de- fendants are charged with shooting and killing the vic- tim. Trailing new felony People vs. John Noonk- ester, Willful, Deliberate and Premeditated Murder with Special Allegation, Personal and Intentional Discharge of a Firearm, GBI (2 counts); Attempt: Willful, Deliberate and Premedi- tated Murder with Special Allegation, Personal and Intentional Discharge of a Firearm, GBI. Brief history: The De- fendant is charged with shooting and killing his ex-wife and her father, and shooting a bystander. TBJ: June 14, 2017 at 1:30 pm (Department to be De- termined) People vs. Thomas Mi- chael Dixon, Murder with Special Allegation and In- tentional Discharge of a Firearm, with Great Bodily Injury Brief history: The defen- dant confronted the victim regarding an alleged theft. During the confrontation, the victim was shot multi- ple times. Sentencing: May 11, at 1:15 pm in Department 1 People vs. Suren Patel, public officer crime, per- jury by declaration, theft from elder or dependent adult, grand theft, work- ers' compensation fraud, conspiracy to commit a crime, 2 counts Brief history: Patel was the owner and manager of a motel in Red Bluff and is an elected Red Bluff City Councilman. In running his motel, Patel employed people to provide maid and maintenance services. Based on an initial investi- gation, it was determined that Patel failed to pro- vide accurate information to his workers' compensa- tion insurance carrier. Ad- ditionally, Patel used a mo- tel customer's credit card to his advantage without the consent of the cus- tomer. Additionally, as a motel owner and opera- tor, Patel was entrusted by the city of Red Bluff to col- lect from each motel guest Transient Occupancy Tax and to provide such tax to the city each month. Based on an investigation, it ap- pears that Patel signifi- cantly under-reported the taxes due to the city. In ad- dition to the listed charges, Patel falsified documents on behalf of two employees so that they could unlaw- fully obtain welfare bene- fits. Patel was arrested on a Tehama County warrant in Florida and agreed to be extradited to Tehama County. Patel surrendered his passport by order of the court. Based on such sur- render, Patel's bail was set at $300,000. PPX: May 1, at 10 am De- partment 1 PX: May 2, at 1:30 pm De- partment 1 People vs. Clayton De- laugher, Vehicular Man- slaughter Brief history: The de- fendant was driving and approaching an accident southbound on I-5 when he hit another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle died at the scene. Next Court Date: May 15, at 10 a.m. in Depart- ment 1 People vs. Malachi Jack- son, Attempted Murder, Mayhem, Assault with a Deadly Weapon Brief History: The defen- dant and the victim were involved in an altercation wherein the victim was stabbed by the defendant. Next Court Date: July 5, at 1:15 pm in Department 1 People vs. Kory Daniel Lefler, Murder Brief history: The defen- dant and the victim were in- volved in a confrontation. The victim was shot mul- tiple times which caused great bodily injury result- ing in death. PTC: May 1, at 1:15 pm in Department 1 People vs. Jennifer Ad- ams, 5 Counts, Theft from Elder or Dependent Adult, 5 Counts, Grand Theft of Per- sonal Property, 5 Counts, Grand Theft, 5 Counts, Theft Brief history: The defend- ant embezzled funds from multiple clients at the care facility she was employed at over a several year period. PTC: May 26, at 9 am in Department 1 TBJ: July 26, at 1:30 pm in Department to be deter- mined People vs. Brandy Conk- lin aka: Turner, Murder Brief history: The defen- dant and the victim were in a dispute over child cus- tody. The victim was shot which caused great bodily injury resulting in death. PPX: May 1, at 10 am De- partment 1 PX: May 2, at 1:30 pm De- partment 1 Courtroundup By Andrew Demillo and Kelly P. Kissel The Associated Press VARNER, ARK. Two in- mates received lethal in- jections on the same gur- ney Monday night about three hours apart as Ar- kansas completed the na- tion's first double execution since 2000, just days after the state ended a nearly 12- year hiatus on administer- ing capital punishment. While the first inmate, Jack Jones, was executed on schedule, shortly after 7 p.m., attorneys for the sec- ond, Marcel Williams, con- vinced a federal judge min- utes later to briefly delay his punishment over con- cerns about how the earlier one was carried out. They claimed Jones gasped for air, an account the state's attorney general denied, but the judge lifted her stay about an hour later and Williams was pronounced dead at 10:33 p.m.. Initially, Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled four double exe- cutions over an 11-day period in April. The eight execu- tions would have been the most by a state in such a com- pressed pe- riod since the U.S. S u p r e m e Court rein- stated the death pen- alty in 1976. The state said the ex- ecutions needed to be car- ried out before its supply of one lethal injection drug ex- pires on April 30. The first three executions were canceled because of court decisions, then in- mate Ledell Lee was exe- cuted last week. The last state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day was Texas, which executed two killers in August 2000. Arkansas' last double execution oc- curred in 1999. Jones was sent to death row for the 1995 rape and killing of Mary Phillips. He was also convicted of at- tempting to kill Phillips' 11-year-old daughter and was convicted in another rape and killing in Florida. Jones said earlier this month that he was ready for execution. He used a wheelchair and he'd had a leg amputated in prison be- cause of diabetes. The state conducted its first execution last week af- ter a nearly 12-year hiatus. Initially, Gov. Asa Hutchin- son scheduled four double executions over an 11-day period in April. The eight executions would have been the most by a state in such a compressed period since the U.S. Supreme Court re- instatedthedeathpenaltyin 1976. The state said the exe- cutions needed to be carried out before its supply of mid- azolam, one lethal injection drug, expires on April 30. The first three executions were canceled because of court decisions, then in- mate Ledell Lee was exe- cuted last week. Williams' "morbid obe- sity makes it likely that ei- ther the IV line cannot be placed or that it will be placed in error, thus caus- ing substantial damage (like a collapsed lung)," his attorneys wrote in an ear- lier court filing asking jus- tices to block the execution. In recent pleadings be- fore state and federal courts, the inmates said the three drugs Arkansas uses to execute prisoners — mid- azolam, vecuronium bro- mide and potassium chlo- ride — could be ineffective because of their poor health. Jones, 52, lost a leg to di- abetes and was on insulin. Williams, 46, weighs 400 pounds, is diabetic and has concerns that the execution team might not be able to find a suitable vein to sup- port an intravenous line. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Arkansasexecutes2inmates,hoursapart Jones Williams By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Senate on Monday confirmed for- mer Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to be agriculture secretary in President Don- ald Trump's administra- tion as the farming indus- try looks to Wash- ington for help amid a downturn in the mar- ket. P e r d u e won confir- mation on a strong bi- partisan vote of 87-11, as several Democrats backed a Trump nominee after ra- zor-thin outcomes for his choices earlier this year. Perdue's cousin, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., voted "pres- ent" but presided over the vote. The son of a farmer from Bonaire, Georgia, Sonny Perdue will be the first Southerner in the post in more than two decades. He has owned several ag- ricultural businesses, but isn't related to or affiliated with the food company Perdue or the poultry pro- ducer Perdue Farms. At his confirmation hearing in March, Perdue assured nervous farm- state senators that he will advocate for rural Amer- ica, even as Trump has proposed deep cuts to some farm programs. Still, Perdue, 70, is get- ting a late start on the job. Trump nominated him just two days before his inauguration, and then the nomination was delayed for weeks as the adminis- tration prepared his ethics paperwork. Perdue even- tually said he would step down from several compa- nies bearing his name to avoid conflicts of interest. As agriculture secre- tary, he'll be in charge of around 100,000 employ- ees and the nation's food and farm programs, in- cluding agricultural sub- sidies, conservation ef- forts, rural development programs, food safety and nutrition programs such as food stamps and federally- subsidized school meal. WASHINGTON Senate confirms Perdue as agriculture secretary Perdue 314 Washington Ave., Red Bluff www.TehamaCountyRealEstate.com NEWLY RENOVATED 3/2 $240,000 New fixtures, new flooring, and more! 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