Red Bluff Daily News

January 16, 2010

Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/6020

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 14 of 19

Saturday, January 16, 2010 – Daily News – 5B Runs every Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday At Your Service! Feet Health SPA SKIN CARE PRODUCTS ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS CREAMS, SALTS, MOISTURIZERS, GIFT SETS www.aerosilknatural.com FOOT AND ANKLE SPECIALIST 2530 Sr Mary Columba Dr Red Bluff (530) 527-7584 Orthotic Therapy is our Specialty, also treating all aspects of the feet including Bunions, Hammertoes and Plantar Fasciitis with conservative and surgical intervention.Ê We offer comprehensive skin care products from; Tehama County's Personal/Professional Service Directory Bankruptcy Free information $50/mo. + court fee BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY MICHAEL O. HAYS Attorney at Law 1-800-387-9299 Monuments 527-4101 745 Cemetary Ln., Red Bluff O a k H i l l M o n u m e n t S a l e s Helpful, Sincere, Honest & Professional a company that really cares All work done on site • Sandblasting • Monuments Locally owned & operated since 1933 $ $ 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 3 month commitment Financial Services Attorney email: mail@jcoatty atlaw.com Local Bankruptcy Attorney Jocelyn C. Olander 530-824-0288 Free Consultation Payment Plans Available Embroidery The Embroidery Shop (530) 529-4556 Fax 529-4910 Celebrating 20 Years in Tehama County • Lettermans Jacket Tackle Twill Tom & Joan roberson@tehama.net 1155 Vista Way Red Bluff Clock Repair 20910 Pebblestone Dr. Red Bluff 530-736-7079 Grandpa's Clocks Jim Paul Call for appt. Clock Repair Member NAWCC Cuckoo Clocks, Anniversary, Wall, Shelf & 31 Day Clocks Repaired Home Health Aide Certified Nurse Assistant Home Health Aide Serving Tehama-Shasta Areas Renee Mahood Cell: 530-526-0073 8 years experience in home health care Advertisement If this was your Service Directory ad customers would be reading it right now!! Call us at 527-2151 For more information Tax Service $ 15 00 OFF WITH THIS AD Ralph Campbell E.A. 20639 WALNUT ST. RED BLUFF, CA (530) 529-9540 TAX PREPARATION OUR LOW PRICES ★ FREE E-FILE ★ SAME DAY SERVICE ★ WALKINS WELCOME ★ FREE YEAR-ROUND TAX CONSULTATIONS ★ OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE Video Production Services • Video/Photography Services • Tape/Film/DVD/ Duplications • Weddings/Special Events • Real Estate/Insurance Recovery • TV Commercials • Livestock auction Services • 15 years Experience • Satisfaction Guaranteed Call Jonathan Neal (530) 209-1002 RIO STUDIOS The following defen- dants were sentenced in Tehama County Superi- or Court, according to the Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney's Office: —————— Recent State Prison Commitments: • Gene Sovereign was sentenced to six years, four months in state prison for transportation of a controlled sub- stance, possession of marijuana for sale, pos- session of a firearm by a felon, possession of ammunition, two counts of possession of a dead- ly weapon. Agent conducted a search warrant at Sover- eign's residence and located 1.2 grams gross weight of methampheta- mine, 550.7 grams gross weight of marijuana, two scales, packaging material, methampheta- mine pipe and 22 firearms. • Samantha Ann Elliott was sentenced to six years in state prison for child abuse. Elliott was originally granted formal proba- tion. Elliott violated her probation when she failed to keep her proba- tion officer informed of her current contact information after she had moved from her previous location. • Hansel Elwood Smith, Jr. was sentenced to six years in state prison for failure to file a change of address with special allegation, prior strike. Investigators from the District Attorney's Office went to Smith's residence on three sepa- rate occasions to verify Smith's address for his sex offender registration requirement. On all three occasions Smith was not home and it appeared the residence may have been aban- doned. After locating and interviewing Smith he admitted to living at another residence in Shasta County. • Joshua Allan Penn was sentenced to four years in state prison for evading an officer, will- ful disregard with spe- cial allegation, prior felony. Agents from the drug task force observed a wanted parolee in a car driven by Penn. Addi- tional units responded in attempt to stop the car but Penn took off and only stopped long enough to let the parolee out of the car and then took off again. Officers pursued Penn from Antelope Boule- vard to Wilcox Road where one officer was able to use his patrol vehicle to force Penn off the roadway. Penn was pulled from his vehicle and taken into custody. • Gustavo Bobadilla Cruz was sentenced to 16 months in state prison for possession of a controlled substance. Officers conducted a traffic stop on Cruz for a vehicle code violation. After contacting Cruz officers requested Cruz to step out of his vehi- cle. As Cruz exited his vehicle officers observed him throw a small plastic bag on the ground and attempt to cover it up with his foot. It was later determined the bag contained methamphetamine. Recent County Jail Commitments: • Joseph Fleharty was sentenced to 365 days in Tehama County Jail for D.U.I. causing injury with special allegation, great bodily injury - brain injury – paralysis, driving with a .08 per- cent Blood Alcohol causing injury with a special allegation, leav- ing the scene of an acci- dent, with a special alle- gation, resist, obstruct, delay of peace officer. According to RBPD reports, after borrowing his grandmother's car, Fleharty decided to drink 8 to 9 beers and "party" with friends. After the "party", Fle- harty decided to try to drive home. On the way home Fleharty rear- ended a 71-year-old man. The victim was life-flighted to the hos- pital with a broken neck, broken ribs, and crushed vertebrae in his spine. After the colli- sion, Fleharty fled the scene on foot, hopped a center freeway divider and ran. Fleharty was located and arrested by a Red Bluff Police Offi- cer. • Victor Alan Lowery was sentenced to 365 days in Tehama County Jail for petty theft with a prior with special alle- gation, prior felony. Lowery was caught on video stealing sun- glasses from a conve- nience store. The store owner recognized Low- ery as being a parolee and contacted Lowery outside his store. When confronted Lowery denied stealing anything until he learned of the video tape. • David Nathan Sim- mons was sentenced to 180 days in Tehama County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon. Officers were dis- patched to a fight in progress. Upon arrival officers observed Sim- mons and victim fight- ing on the ground. After separating the two men officers contacted the victim and were told that he had received a call from his sister that there were three men outside their residence yelling for him to come out. The victim then drove home and went inside his residence until a short time later he heard someone call- ing for him. Victim's father went outside with a shovel to tell the men to leave when the victim saw one of the men pull out a bat and another man pull out a knife. Victim then went out- side to help his father and was attacked. Victim was stabbed twice and his father received a broken hand. At the scene officers located a broken knife, baseball bat and a shov- el. Simmons denied having a knife. • Dennis Michael Wold was sentenced to 90 days in Tehama County Jail for sale of a controlled substance. This case was part of the "Black Ice" drug buy program. During an undercover drug buy, Wold sold methamphet- amine. The drug sale was monitored and recorded by T.I.D.E. agents. During a search of Wold's home agents located several guns, a hypodermic needle and packaging material. • Melanie Wold was sentenced to 90 days in Tehama County Jail for sale of a controlled sub- stance. This case was part of the "Black Ice" drug buy program. During an undercover drug buy, Wold sold methamphet- amine. The drug sale was monitored and recorded by T.I.D.E. agents. During a search of Wold's home agents located several guns, a hypodermic needle and packaging material. • Richard Wayne Lakin was sentenced to 30 days in Tehama County Jail for child abuse. Lakin was originally granted formal proba- tion. Lakin violated his probation when he failed to complete the programs and classes as ordered. • Christine Della Towne was sentenced to 30 days in Tehama County Jail for grand theft firearm. Victim arrived home and noticed a strange car parked in front of his house. As the victim pulled in his driveway, the vehicle leaves. Vic- tim entered his resi- dence to retrieve his firearm and check the rest of his residence and notices his firearm along with some money is missing. Upon further checking victim also noticed a screen from his window has been removed and there were handprints in the dust outside the window. A few days later victim arrived home and found a plastic bag at his front door containing his stolen handgun. Deputies contacted vic- tim's former girlfriend and were able to deter- mine her prints matched the prints taken from the window. Recent Filings: Cheryl Lynn Holder appeared in court at 8 a.m. on Jan. 12 for the charges of Grand Theft by Embezzlement with Special Allegations. Holder was a book- keeper for Wheeler Logging. Over a period of several years the defendant used the com- pany's funds to pur- chase personal items totaling over 2 million dollars of embezzle- ment. When defendant was confronted by the Wheeler Board of Directors she admitted to taking $750,000 but denied taking over 2 million dollars. Defen- dant tried to pay off board members to let the case go. • Steven Donald Kuss appeared in court at 8 a.m. Jan. 12 in Depart- ment 3. He is facing two counts of the charge of assault with a deadly weapon with means to produce great bodily injury with special alle- gation. Kuss and a friend encounter the two vic- tims while walking alongside opposite sides of the street on New Years Eve. An argument ensues and the victims approach Kuss and his friend. The victim ends up getting beat with a chain and stabbed sever- al times in the abdomi- nal area and hands. Preliminary Hear- ings (PX) and Trials: • Omar Saligan and Erica Marie Reyes will appear in court at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 26. They are facing two counts of the charge of child abuse with special alle- gation. Officers were dis- patched to a residence regarding possible child abuse. When officers contacted Saligan and Reyes at their home they immediately noticed victim-1, age 23 months, and victim-2, age 3 years old, had sig- nificant visible injuries. Victim-1 had two black eyes, a scar on her foot consistent with an iron burn and a bruise on her chest. Victim- 2 had several bruises, an adult size bite mark and it was later determined he had a healing leg frac- ture. Saligan stated he was at work when Reyes called him and told him victim-1 had fallen off her bed which caused the two black eyes and bruises. Both Reyes and Saligan deny caus- ing any injuries to the victims. • Melissa Jones will appear in court at 9 a.m. on Jan. 28 in Depart- ment 2. She is facing the charges of assault with a firearm with special allegation and terrorist threats with special alle- gation. Jones was contacted by victim regarding inappropriate activity in juvenile hall. During one of the meetings located in a parking lot Jones put a gun to the victims head and in self defense the victim hit Jones over the head with a rock. Police were called and Jones was arrested. COURT ROUND-UP DMV closed Fridays The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds customers that all public offices will be closed Friday, Jan. 22 in keeping with the Gover- nor's Executive Order S-13-09. All offices will be open on Friday, Jan. 29. The Department offers a number of online ser- vices through its website (www.dmv.ca.gov) including payments for vehicle registration and driver license renewals via secure debit transac- tions, filing a notice of release of liability, change of address, and scheduling appointments. Customers who have a registration renewal date that falls on Jan. 22 will have penalties waived until the next business day.

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of Red Bluff Daily News - January 16, 2010