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CORNING Tehama Interagency Drug Enforce- ment Task Force arrested an armed man with more than a dozen felony arrest warrants to his name Tuesday following a pursuit. TIDE agents were conducting surveillance in Corning when they located a vehicle associated with Alfredo Garcia Martinez, according to a press release. TIDE requested the assistance of the Corning Police Department to make an enforcement stop. Martinez, who was driving, failed to yield to the emergency lights and siren of a marked pa- trol unit and fled southbound on Peach Street at speeds of 50 mph. He continued to travel without stopping for stop signs and eventually continued southbound on Columbia Avenue, where he stopped on the 4100 block. Martinez, the sole occupant, exited the vehicle and refused to comply with orders from law en- forcement attempting to arrest him. He was eventually physically retrained and forced to the ground where he was arrested and handcuffed. Martinez had a loaded pistol in his front pants pocket and a loaded assault weapon next to the vehicle's driver seat. He also had a small amount of methamphetamine on him. Martinez was arrested on felony warrants of torture, assault with a firearm, robbery, use of a firearm, criminal threats, false imprisonment by violence, possession of a firearm by a felon, cultivating marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale, discharge of a firearm with gross negli- gence, possession of a controlled substance and three counts of failure to appear. Martinez will additionally e charged with pos- session of a firearm by a felon, possession of am- munition by a felon, carrying a concealed fire- arm, armed with a loaded firearm while in pos- session of a controlled substance and evading a peace officer while driving recklessly. He was booked in Tehama County Jail on $3,115,000 bail. CORNING TIDEarrests manwith manyfelony warrants Three-timeprorodeoclownof the year to perform at Round-up By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter CORNING The Corning City Council on Tues- day moved forward with a plan to receive disas- ter assistance related to two storms that hit the county in December. The City Council authorized city staff to sub- mit an application under the California Disaster Assistance Act to the Governor's Office of Emer- gency Services (OES). The OES on Feb. 20 desig- nated Tehama County as eligible for disaster as- sistance for the period of Nov. 30 to Dec. 31, 2014. On March 2, Gov. Jerry Brown proclaimed a state of emergency in Tehama and Lake counties because of a series of storms that caused dam- age "that is beyond their financial capabilities to repair and restore including damages to criti- cal infrastructure and the accumulation of large amounts of debris that must be removed," accord- ing to the proclamation. City Manager John Brewer said a preliminary total of about $14,405 has been determined by city staff as qualifying expenses under the pro- CORNING Cityseeks disaster relief for storms Staff says city could recover about $10,000 under state program A&E..................A5 Comics............B3 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Opinion............A6 Sports..............B1 INDEX Mercy High School is scheduled to perform "The Phantom of the Opera" beginning April 24. PAGEA5 A+E Mercytopresent 'Phantom of the Opera' The Corning Lady Cardinals' strong start to their so ball season continued with a win at Central Valley. PAGE B1 SPORTS Lady Cardinals so ball wins road game at CV As Israel marked its Holocaust memorial day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu com- pared Iran to the Nazis. PAGE B8 ISRAEL Premier compares Iran to the Nazis Police arrested a man who steered his one-person heli- copter onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. PAGE A8 WASHINGTON, D.C. Small helicopter lands on White House lawn Red Bluff Round-Up fans are in for a real treat when they attend the ro- deo at the Tehama District Fairgrounds April 17-19. Justin Rumford, the three-time Pro Rodeo Cow- boys Association Clown of the Year, will be on hand to provide the laughs and banter during the rodeo. Rumford, who hails from Ponca City, Okla- homa, grew up in the ro- deo business, the third generation in a stock con- tracting family. He com- peted in junior high, high school and college rodeo, and became a professional steer wrestler. After injur- ing his knee, he left rodeo competition to coach a col- lege rodeo team and work for a stock contractor. He was a natural at making people laugh, but being a clown never oc- curred to him. It was only after working as a clown at a couple of rodeos that he changed his mind. "I worked a bull riding in Kansas, and they gave me a thousand bucks. And RED BLUFF ROUND-UP Clowning around at the rodeo COURTESY PHOTO BY DEB LOUGHRIDGE Justin Rumford, three-time PRCA Clown of the Year, will entertain at this year's Red Bluff Round-Up, starting Friday at the Tehama District Fairground. By Andre Byik abyik@redbluffdailynews.com @andrebyik on Twitter RED BLUFF Investigators have found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of two Tehama County Sher- iff's deputies involved in the shooting death of a man suspected of attack- ing his father with a knife near Corn- ing on Friday. During a press conference Wednes- day, Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Cohen said suspect Angel Cres- encio Corona Jr., 21, of Corning was al- legedly in the process of stabbing his father when a sheriff's deputy com- manded him to stop. Corona Jr. alleg- edly ignored the command and was shot and killed by the officer. Cohen said the Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney's Office, with the help other area agencies, has been tasked with conducting an independent inves- tigation into the incident at a trailer park at 4740 Barham Ave. in Corning. He said deputy's actions likely saved the life of Corona Jr.'s father, Cresen- cio Angel Corona Sr., 57, of Corning. "The deputy's swift actions with- out a doubt, and I want to say that again, without any doubt whatsoever, resulted in the saving of the victim's life," Cohen said. Cohen said the incident was not a gang-motivated or gang-driven event, and that the investigation is ongoing. Corona Sr., who suffered long, deep slashes to the face and neck area as well as to his hands and chest, under- went emergency surgery following the incident and continues to recover, Co- hen said. The two sheriff's deputies who first responded to the trailer park on Bar- ham Avenue have not been identified and remain on paid administrative leave, Tehama County Sheriff Dave Hencratt said. It was unclear when they would return to work. "I don't want to lose sight of the fact it's a tragic case where a young man was attacking his father, trying to kill his father, and our people were called to intervene," Hencratt said. 911 call Two sheriff's deputies were dis- patched to the Maywood Mobile Home Park about 6:10 p.m. Friday following a report of a man causing a disturbance, Cohen said, adding that a 911 caller identified the man as Corona Jr. Upon arrival, the deputies first ob- served a man — who was later de- scribed as a "good Samaritan" — swinging a long metal pipe at another man who was on the ground but ob- structed from view by a vehicle, Co- hen said. The first deputy to arrive drew his firearm and confronted the man swinging the pipe, Cohen said. The man "explained instantly" that the other man on the ground had a knife and was "trying to get his dad." TEHAMA COUNTY NO WRONGDOING IN FATAL SHOOTING ANDRE BYIK — DAILY NEWS Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Cohen announced Wednesday that his office has found no criminal wrongdoing on the part of sheriff's deputies involved in a fatal shooting Friday near Corning. Two sheriff's deputies remain on paid leave "The deputy's swift actions without a doubt, and I want to say that again, without any doubt whatsoever, resulted in the saving of the victim's life." — District Attorney Gregg Cohen SHOOTING PAGE 7 CLOWNING PAGE 7 RELIEF PAGE 7 » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, April 16, 2015 50CENTS AN EDITION OF THE CHICO ENTERPRISE-RECORD 7 58551 69001 9 Volume130,issue105 Good morning, thanks for subscribing Edna Byrd ENGAGEMENT Alexander to wed Bowers Community A3 COMEDY Comics scheduled for Elks Lodge A+E A5 FORECAST High: 84 Low: 50 B8 Grow?Ranchorride? 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