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The following defend- ants were sentenced in Tehama County Superior Court, according to the Te- hama County District At- torney's Office: RecentState/Local Prison Commitments: People vs. Jonathan Stamper, Receiving Stolen Property with Special Alle- gation — Prior Felony Con- victions. Brief history: Officers at- tempted to contact the De- fendant after being seen near a stolen vehicle. The Defendant proceeded to run and the officers gave chase. When officers ap- prehended the Defendant, they located the key to the vehicle that was reported stolen. Defendant later ad- mitted. Sentenced to 5 years State Prison. People vs. Christopher Bunn, Possession of a Con- trolled Substance with Special Allegation — Prior Strike. Brief history: The De- fendant was contacted af- ter being reported of tam- pering with electrical boxes at CVS. The Defend- ant was on searchable pa- role and officers located concentrated cannabis and methamphetamine. Sentenced to 2 years 8 months State Prison. People vs. Jennifer Rush, Resisting an Executive Of- ficer. Brief history: Officers re- sponded to a disturbance between two females. The Defendant was ID'd as one of the involved. When of- ficers contacted the De- fendant, she was under the influence of alcohol and arrested for public in- toxication. While being ar- rested, the Defendant at- tempted to kick an officer's groin and wound up kick- ing him in the thigh while she resisted. Sentenced to 2 years Lo- cal Prison. Recent County Jail Commitments: People vs. Christopher Slaugenhaupt, Allowing a Place for Preparation/Stor- age of a Controlled Sub- stance; Failure to Appear. Brief history: The De- fendant was originally granted 3 years formal pro- bation. He violated his pro- bation by failing to appear. Probation was reinstated. The Defendant failed to ap- pear for a scheduled court appearance on the previ- ous listed case. Sentenced to 120 days county jail. People vs. James Worley, Terrorist Threats. Brief history: The De- fendant and his ex-girl- friend got into a verbal al- tercation. When the victim didn't want to go with the Defendant, he held a knife to her stomach and threat- ened her life. The victim and a witness contacted law enforcement. Sentenced to 120 days county jail. People vs. Perry Perez Jr., Attempted: Unlawful Driv- ing or Taking of a Vehicle. Brief history: The De- fendant was caught by the victim attempting to steal his vehicle. The Defendant had hotwired the ignition and had the vehicle run- ning, when the victim in- terrupted the Defendant. The Defendant attempted to run, when the victim caught him and detained him until cops arrived. Sentenced to 90 days county jail. Upcoming Court Dates -Trials, Preliminary Hearings (PX) & Pre Trial Conferences (PTC): People vs. Quentin Ray Bealer, Murder. Brief history: Defend- ant was arrested and charged with the murder of a 14 year old victim who had been reported miss- ing when she never re- turned home from school. Officers located the vic- tim's body two days later. Pending notice from Court regarding next court date People vs. Joseph Cad- otte, Voluntary Man- slaughter with Special Allegation Prior Any Fel- ony; Battery with Seri- ous Bodily Injury with Special Allegation 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: March 13, at 11 a.m. TBJ: March 25, at 1:30 p.m. Department to be de- termined People vs. Travis John Kilburger, Solicitation of Murder (2 counts) Brief history: Defendant was in custody on domestic violence charges when he solicited another inmate to kill two individuals in ex- change for cash and a ve- hicle. PTC/MIL: February 20, at 11 a.m. TBJ: March 11, at 1 p.m. in Department 3 People vs. Jessie Lee Ro- bison, Murder with Special Allegations Use of Deadly Weapon, Prior Felony, Prior Strike, Prior Serious Fel- ony. Brief history: Defend- ant and victim had been fighting when the defend- ant pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim. The victim later died as a re- sult of his injuries. PTC/MIL: February 27, at 11 a.m. TBJ: March 11, 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. De- partment to be determined People vs. Tyler Allen Burrone, Vehicular Man- slaughter Brief history: Defend- ant was driving his ve- hicle down the highway and failed to notice that the victim's vehicle had stopped in front of him and was attempting to make a left turn. Defend- ant rear ended the victim's vehicle and forced it into the path of an oncoming semi truck. The five year old victim inside the vehi- cle received fatal injuries as a result of the crash and the child's mother was se- riously injured. PTC/MIL: April 6, at 3 p.m. in Department 1 TBJ: April 29, at 1:30 p.m. in Department 1. COURTROUNDUP Thank you! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. By Kristin J. Bender The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The shat- tered glass was long gone on Thursday, the door has been replaced, and the pop- ular Wells Fargo Museum in the heart of San Francisco's financial district had added exhibits. There were even flakes of gold and a few nuggets smaller than a penny on display. But the gold nuggets worth an estimated $10,000 that were stolen last month remained missing when the museum reopened. The booty was taken when thieves rammed an SUV through the revolving door of the museum. One man held a guard at gun- point while two others took items from a display case. Officials said the nug- gets have not been recov- ered and no arrests have been made. Wells Fargo officials say the company that has been in business 163 years can bounce back from difficult times. "We are a resilient com- pany," said Brenda Wright, senior vice president, man- ager of community rela- tions West. "We are proud to re-open the doors to the museum." Wells Fargo opened its first branch on the site in 1852. The museum has been in business for 80 years in San Francisco and more than 50 at the current loca- tion on Montgomery Street. "It took a lot of hard work, continuous round- the-clock work," Wright said of the reopening. "The museum means a lot to a lot of people so it's kind of sad that people" would rob it. At the re-opening cel- ebration, Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said more than 100 groups of school children toured the mu- seum last year. When some heard about the robbery, they wrote him letters and a fourth-grade girl offered to help clean up the broken glass. She also wondered what found- ers Henry Wells and Wil- liam G. Fargo were think- ing about the brazen heist "up in heaven." The reopening was held in conjunction with the start of a yearlong, city- wide celebration marking 100 years since the 1915 Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Exposition in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO Museumopensagaina erthe ofgold BENMARGOT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf gestures while speaking during a media conference on Thursday in San Francisco. By Alicia Chang The Associated Press LOSANGELES A "superbug" outbreak suspected in the deaths of two Los Angeles hospital patients is raising disturbing questions about the design of a hard-to- clean medical instrument used on more than half a million people in the U.S. every year. At least seven people — two of whom died — have been infected with a poten- tially lethal, antibiotic-re- sistant strain of bacteria af- ter undergoing endoscopic procedures at Ronald Rea- gan UCLA Medical Center between October and Jan- uary. And more than 170 other patients may have been exposed as well, uni- versity officials said. UCLA said the infections may have been transmitted through at least two con- taminated endoscopes that were used to diagnose and treat pancreatic and bile- duct problems. The infections occurred even though the instru- ments had been cleaned ac- cording to the manufactur- er's instructions, the hospi- tal said. The episode is the latest in a series of outbreaks in- volving such instruments. "You can very easily do everything right and still have some contamination," said Dr. Deverick Anderson, an infectious-disease expert at Duke University. "We're finding this is a problem, but it's probably one that we don't have a very good solution to right now." Lawrence Muscarella, a Philadelphia infection-con- trol expert, said the recent incidents point to a design flaw that needs to be ad- dressed. An endoscope — or more specifically in this case, a du- odenoscope — is a thin, flexi- ble fiber-optic tube that is in- serted down the throat to en- able a doctor to examine an organ. It typically has a light and a miniature camera. "We notified all patients who had this type of pro- cedure, and we were using seven different scopes. Only two of them were found to be infected. In an abundance of caution, we notified every- body," UCLA spokeswoman Dale Tate said. The hospital said it has since changed its disinfec- tion procedures, and they go beyond normal stan- dards. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis- tration issued an advisory warning doctors that even when a manufacturer's cleaning instructions are followed, infectious germs may linger in the devices. Their complex design and tiny parts make complete disinfection extremely dif- ficult, the advisory said. In a statement, the FDA said is trying to determine what more can be done to reduce such infections. But it said that pulling the de- vice from the market would deprive hundreds of thou- sands of patients of "this beneficial and often life- saving procedure." "The FDA believes at this time that the contin- ued availability of these devices is in the best inter- est of the public health," the agency said. More than 500,000 pa- tients undergo procedures using duodenoscopes in the U.S. every year, accord- ing to the FDA. The company that sup- plied UCLA's equipment, Olympus Medical Systems Group, did not immediately respond to an email request for comment. The germ is known as carbapenem-resistant En- terobacteriaceae, or CRE, and similar outbreaks have been reported in hospitals around the nation. They are difficult to treat because some varieties are resistant to most known antibiotics. Healthy people usually don't get CRE infections; infections typically occur in patients in hospitals, nurs- ing homes and other health care settings. By one estimate, CRE can contribute to death in up to half of seriously infected pa- tients, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CRE can cause infections of the bladder or lungs. Symptoms can include coughing, fever and chills. The bacteria may have been a "contributing factor" in the deaths of two UCLA patients, the university said. Those who may have been exposed are being sent free home-testing kits that the university will analyze. National figures on the bacteria are not kept, but 47 states have seen cases, the CDC said. One outbreak occurred in Illinois in 2013. Dozens of patients were exposed to CRE, with some cases ap- parently linked to a tainted endoscope used at a hospi- tal. A Seattle hospital, Vir- ginia Mason Medical Cen- ter, reported in January that CRE linked to an en- doscope sickened at least 35 patients, and 11 died, though it was unclear whether the infection played a role in those deaths. DISEASE 'Superbug' raises questions about medical tool By Ken Ritter The Associated Press LASVEGAS Police arrested a suspect Thursday in the road-rage killing of a Las Vegas mother after SWAT teams swarmed a home about a block from the site where she was shot a week ago. Police did not release the male suspect's name or discuss his possible in- volvement in the killing of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers. The shirtless suspect was led into a car by an officer and taken to police head- quarters for questioning. "We still have a lot of in- vestigative work to do," Las Vegas police Capt. Chris To- maino said. The case has received sig- nificant attention since po- lice initially said Meyers was killed by an angry driver who followed her home after she gave her teenage daugh- ter a driving lesson. She was removed from life support on Valentine's Day as police hunted for a sus- pect, and donations for her funeral costs quickly poured in to a fundraising site. The sympathy morphed into skepticism after police revealed that Meyers was not followed home, and in- stead dropped her daugh- ter off and picked up her 22-year-old son, armed with his 9 mm handgun, to try to confront the driver who had frightened her earlier. They went looking for the driver, followed the ve- hicle and eventually went home. The silver car then showed up outside the Mey- ers' home and a shootout occurred. The mother was shot in the head outside the home. "I did what I had to do to protect my family," said Brandon Meyers, 22. "Ev- eryone can think what they have to think. I did it for a reason. And I'd do it for any- one I love." It's not yet known if the suspect and members of the Meyers family knew each other. Melissa Mours, who lives next door to the suspect, said several people showed up at her neighbor's house this week and knocked on the door, including at least one Meyers family member. It's also not clear if police were still looking for other suspects. Family members told police there were three people in the silver car. Earlier, as authorities worked to coax the suspect to surrender, Meyers' hus- band, Robert, arrived and was emotionally distraught as he tried get close to the home that police had sur- rounded. As he walked past the po- lice tape, he was stopped by a police officer who tried to calm the man down. "It's OK," the officer could be heard telling him. "No it ain't OK!" the hus- band shouted back, his voice breaking up. The officer asked the man to step back behind the yel- low tape, and he stormed off past reporters. "Are you all happy? You made my wife look like an animal," he told reporters. "There's the animal, a block away!" Neighbor Brian Atkin- son said he was awakened at about 11:30 a.m. by bull- horns and the sound of a he- licopter as police showed up to arrest the suspect. "They were calling his name and telling him to come out. That they had the house surrounded and they weren't going to hurt him," said Atkinson, a 57-year-old former police officer. "They told him they weren't going to go away." CRIME Suspect arrested in road-rage killing of woman L.E. BASKO — LAS VEGAS SUN People participate in a vigil for Tammy Meyers, who was taken off life support a er a shooting in Las Vegas. Servicingyourdisposalneedsin Tehama County, and the City of Red Bluff including Residential, Commercial, and Temporary bin services. 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