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THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 2012 Breaking news at: Billy Dean to Play Redding Pastimes www.redbluffdailynews.com See Page 4A RED BLUFF Spartan Hoops SPORTS 1B likely Weather forecast 8B Rain 48/41 By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Objections are arising in the early stages of a county plan to build an inmate work farm on landfill proper- ty. Working in subcommittees of the Community Corrections Partnership, county adminis- trators have been piec- ing togeth- er plans for a work farm to relie v e jail crowding due to the state realign- ment in Assem- bly Bill 109. Inmate Work FARM In the last few months, the group has been considering leasing a por- tion of land purchased in the last year by the Tehama County Landfill Man- agement Agency. The plan moved forward Jan. 10, when the Landfill Management Agency gave permission for Agency Manager Kristina Miller to begin negotiations with the county to lease a portion of 184 acres of undevel- oped land. However, members of the West- gate Road Association are already rallying in opposition to the idea. Members of the Westgate Road Association, which owns the access road into the property, received a let- ter inviting them to a scoping meet- ing today to discuss the project. Area resident Barbara Tuttle of the association is completely opposed to building the project on the proposed site, she said. "It shouldn't be at a community where there's a lot of children and near a bus stop," Tuttle said. She hasn't stopped since she heard about the project, she said. She wants more people to know about the project and to come to the meeting to discuss their concerns. At the Community Corrections Partnership meeting, Jan. 11, Chief Administrator Bill Goodwin and work farm subcommittee Chairman Sheriff Dave Hencratt were opti- mistic about getting the "yellow" light from the landfill agency to con- tinue with the project. Rather than surprise the neigh- Bounty hunter called parolee before suicide SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The apparent sui- cide of a parolee suspected of killing as many as 19 people occurred after a bounty hunter called him earlier in the day with an ominous warning. Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla told paroled killer Loren Herzog that his part- ner in crime — who is lan- guishing on death row — was prepared to disclose the location of missing bodies and was trying to pin their murders on him. Herzog was originally expected to be released in Tehama County, but then- Sheriff Clay Parker lobbied against the plan and he was released Lassen County. Padilla said in a phone interview Wednesday that he agreed to pay Herzog's co-conspirator Wesley Shermantine to disclose the bodies' locations. Padilla says he called Herzog on Monday afternoon to warn him to get a lawyer after Shermantine implicated him in the alleged killings. ''There's a certain way to do things with felons,'' Padilla said. ''I didn't want this to come as a surprise to him.'' Authorities found Her- zog dead inside his Lassen County trailer hours later. Herzog is believed to have hanged himself in his state- issued trailer just outside the gates of the High Desert State Prison in Susanville. ''I told him I was com- municating with Sherman- tine,'' said Padilla, who agreed to pay Shermantine a little more than $30,000 if bodies were found. ''He knew what was coming down the road.'' Padilla said he hoped to recoup the payment through outstanding rewards that family members of victims and others offered for infor- mation about their loved ones. At least two families had at one time each offered $20,000 for information about their missing daugh- ters. Lassen County Sheriff Dean Growdon said ''all evi- dence indicates'' that Her- zog's death was a suicide. 7 5 8 5 5 1 6 9 0 0 1 9 POWER PRODUCTS DOLMAR Red Bluff Outdoor Power Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Property owners near the Tehama County Landfill object to the idea of an inmate work farm facility being considered nearby. bors, the committee chose to include them early on in the process, Good- win said. The meeting will be more about listening to the public rather than the committee telling them what it will do, he said. "I think their concerns are reason- able and understandable," Goodwin said. The whole project is very concep- tual at this point, he said. The CCP followed up at its meet- See FARM, page 7A Daily News photo by Tang Lor Attorney Grady Davis speaks with defendant William Baymiller at the conclusion of Wednes- day's trial to determine whether Baymiller was insane when he killed his father. By TANG LOR DN Staff Writer The court trial for a Los Molinos man who claims he killed his father because he is psychotic began Wednesday with an expert witness and relatives testi- fying the defendant has delusions. Although six court days had been set aside for a jury trial, defendant William Holt Baymiller and his attorney, Grady Davis, waived the right to a jury trial and instead opted for a court trial. Due to the nature of the material under considera- tion, he decided a court trial would be best, Davis said just before the trial began. Baymiller has admitted to killing his father by withdrawing a not guilty plea and instead entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Under consideration See JUDGE, page 7A Fair helps guard seniors against fraud By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer Local and state agen- cies gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Red Bluff Community Center for the second annual Con- sumer Pro- tection and Fraud Aware- ness Fair. DAILYNEWS TEHAMACOUNTY DAILY 50¢ T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Neighbors fight inmate farm Pair arrested with drugs, weapons By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Rounding out a near three-month investigation, task force agents raided a Dairyville home Tuesday, finding drugs and weapons. A man and woman were arrested just before 1 p.m. after the Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement team executed a search warrant on a residence in the 12100 block of Craig Avenue in Dairyville. Having received tips in October about possible drug sales going on at the residence, investigators eventually got a search warrant for the premises, which included the home and outbuildings, according to a TIDE press release. Investigators found 123.1 grams of crystal metham- phetamine, more than six pounds of marijuana and four marijuana plants, the release said. The street value of the drugs combined is estimated at almost $25,000. See PAIR, page 7A Judge to rule on killer's sanity redbluffdailynews.com The event was spon- sored by the Tehama County District Attor- ney's Office in coopera- tion with the California Department of Insurance and some state agencies. "There were more booths last year, but with budgetary cuts, different agencies didn't have the ability to send someone because of budgetary con- straints, however, any- thing we can do to get information out to edu- cate the public is good," said District Attorney Investigator Rich David- son. Davidson said he encourages the public to contact local law enforce- ment or the District Attor- ney's Office if they think they may have an instance of fraud. "It never hurts to Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Senior Medicare Patrol Liaison Paula Holden talks with Don and Joann Hart of Red Bluff at Wednesday's Consumer Protection and Fraud Awareness Fair at the Red Bluff Community Center. check," Davidson said. "A lot of our cases are gener- ated by tips. Things like my neighbor's on workers comp, but he's out buck- ing hay. We encourage them to give us a call and we'll check into it as best as we can." A lot of times people don't know which agen- cies they need to talk to or what is available. The purpose of Wednesday's fair was to help Tehama County residents find out what agencies are out there, he said. Don and Joann Hart of Red Bluff visited the fair for the first time and said they think it's a great idea. "There's always been fraud, but with the econo- See FRAUD, page 7A Learn Basic WORD! 8:30am-12:30pm Cost: $ 65 Job Training Center 718 Main St. Red Bluff Per person Call 529-7000 Tues, Jan. 24, 2012