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SACRAMENTO (AP) — An Alameda County Superior Court judge has ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger abused his discretion in ordering fur- loughs of state workers to save money. In a ruling Thursday, the court said the administra- tion must halt the furloughs for workers represented by three unions. Schwarzenegger this year forced most state employees to take three days off a months without pay as the state faced a massive budget deficit. The ruling cannot be seen as a total victory for state employees, however. About two dozen lawsuits have been filed over the furloughs, and the administration has prevailed in the initial stages on some of them. Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said the administration would appeal Thursday's decision. By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer COTTONWOOD — Police apprehended the sec- ond man Wednesday sus- pected of a violent gas sta- tion robbery in Red Bluff. Early Sunday morning, two men entered Red Bluff's Shell gas station and battered a clerk, leav- ing him with a concussion and other injuries. The men also escaped with several unidentified items. Nathan David Espling, 18, of Cottonwood, was one of the men suspected in the crime, and police arrested him Wednesday afternoon at his Heitman Road residence in on sus- picion of robbery, bur- glary and battery with great bodily injury, according to a press release. Bail was set at $235,000. Another suspect, 18- year-old Nathaneal Lee Armus, Red Bluff, turned himself in to the Red Bluff Police Department on Tuesday evening. Armus, or one of his rela- tives, reportedly phoned police and, when contact- ed, Armus surrendered himself to authorities. Armus remains at the Tehama County Jail, where he is being held on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm and burglary, with a bail of $35,000. Police have so far not identified the weapon used in the crime. It is believed Armus and Espling acted alone in the crime, but the case remains under investiga- tion, according to the release. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohn- son@redbluffdailynews.co m. Friday, January 1, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Established 1985 238 So. 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Theft •Diana Sue Burgess reported a burglary to her residence Wednesday afternoon on Highway 99E. It is believed the crime took place some- time in the past two weeks. •A house was reported burglarized Wednesday morning on Jackson Street. •A rose-colored Sam- sung Beyond phone was reported stolen Wednes- day night from an unlocked vehicle on Alvord Place. The phone was valued at $450. •Adam Thomas report- ed about $3,000 of peach- es stolen Wednesday evening on Highway 99E. It is believed the peaches were stolen between June and August. •Medi-Cal papers were reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle Wednesday morning on Carmel Way. Vandalism •Three vehicle tires were reported slashed Wednesday afternoon on South Main Street. •About $1,000 of dam- age was reported to a vacant apartment Wednesday afternoon on Mina Avenue. Spray paint was involved in the crime. Pursuit • Dominique Edward Alexander, 27, of Red Bluff was arrested after a brief pursuit Wednesday following a collision at 12:30 p.m. on northbound Interstate 5, north of North Main Street. Alexander was driving in the far right lane when for unknown reasons he allowed his vehicle to swerve into and side- swipe the vehicle in the middle lane driven by Carlos Chavez, Jr., 33, of Orland. Both vehicles received minor damage. Immediately following the collision, Alexander accelerated away at a high rate of speed, exiting at Wilcox Golf Road, with Chavez exiting as well. CHP Officer Matthew Szychulda made a traffic stop on Alexan- der in the area of Adobe Road, east of I-5. Chavez gave a statement and Alexander was arrested. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the charges of suspicion of hit and run, driving on a suspended driver's license, possession of less than 1 ounce of marijua- na, violation of probation, possession of stolen prop- erty, and making an unsafe turning move- ment. Crash • A crash involving a semi-truck took place at 11:33 a.m. Thursday on northbound I-5 at Gyle Road. According to reports, one person was transported to the hospital with moderate injuries. The CHP Web site said the big rig went off the shoulder and into the median where it became stuck. Nothing further was available. Police reports third building opens in February 2010, students will be able to complete entire college programs without ever leaving Red Bluff. The 40-acre campus on the site of the former Dia- mond Mill opened in August with two 5,000- square-foot state-of-the- art buildings — a far cry from the modular class- rooms students had been using at the Palm Street location. Although the process of passing a voter- approved bond and select- ing a location carried out over several years, the timing of the construction could not have been better. The $13.7 million pro- ject came in $800,000 under budget, allowing for construction to begin on a third building to house a science lab and student lounge. Supercenter Another year gone and still no Walmart Super- center on site, but the pro- ject is a lot closer than this time last year. In October a judge ruled in favor of seven of the eight environmental cri- teria on the project's Envi- ronmental Impact Report. The one criterium that was not satisfied involved the noise of idling trucks. A second attempt EIR submitted in November 2008 included a study that measured the noise of idling trucks at an El Camino truck stop and compared it to the noise that would be present at the proposed Wal- mart site just west of the existing store. The judge ruled the com- parison was not adequate because it failed to consider the background noise of Interstate 80. During the study the consultants did consider the background noise of the highway but chose not to include that information in the final report, thinking the extra data were not neces- sary. Consultants spent the tail end of the year adding the required information to the EIR. The council is expected to review the addendum at Tuesday's meeting. Once approved by the council, the revised EIR will be resubmitted to the judge. The city hopes for a quick ruling and the green light for construction to start soon on the 180,824- square-feet building. Continued from page 1A 2009 Second suspect in gas station beating caught Trio charged with additional Corning theft By GEOFF JOHNSON DN Staff Writer CORNING — Three men sus- pected of robbing a Richfield Mar- ket and trying to break into Rite Aid may have also tried to break into a Wells Fargo ATM and a video store. Robert Patrick Rose, 21, Red Bluff, Timothy Ross Roberts, 19, Corning, and Elton Bill Roberts, 18, Corning, were arrested Tuesday when the burglar alarm went off at Rite Aid and the men were found running from the scene, according to a Corning Police Department press release. The men were found carrying a tire iron and a broken metal door handle, which matched the missing handle on a door to a building hous- ing a Wells Fargo ATM, according to the release. The men not only admitted to trying to break into Rite Aid and the ATM, but, when interviewed by members of the sheriff's depart- ment, admitted to breaking into a Richfield store where three 40- ounce bottles of Coors Light were stolen a few hours before. Video evidence showed the men burglarizing the Video Tyme store in Corning on Dec. 16, a crime they also admitted to committing. Missing property from Video Tyme was later found at the resi- dence of Elton Roberts, according to the release. Separate charges have been filed for the Video Tyme robbery. ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohn- son@redbluffdailynews.com. Court rules against Schwarzenegger furloughs Have a news tip? Call 527-2151, Ext. 112