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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The Lake California man accused of shooting his ex- wife and her father had a prelimi- nary hearing Tuesday resulting in a pretrial hearing date scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Feb. 22 in depart- ment three of the Tehama County Superior Courthouse. John Noonkester, 32, was ar- rested and booked into Tehama County Jail on July 2, 2015 on the charges of attempted premedi- tated murder and two counts of murder. Noonkester was found at the scene near the Country Store in Lake California, where the bod- ies of his ex-wife, Kimberlee Anne COURT Hearing scheduled for double murder case By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter REDBLUFF A man was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connec- tion with a bomb threat called in to the Tehama County Supe- rior Courthouse just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to Tehama County Sheriff's Public Informa- tion Officer Lt. Yvette Borden confirmed about 12:40 p.m. that. This is the fourth incident in- volving a suspicious device at the courthouse within about a year, Borden said. It was unknown Tuesday whether there is any connection between the most recent incident and the prior in- cidents. A call was received at 8:09 a.m. prompting one department to be evacuated and the court- house to be cordoned off along with a closure on Washington Street between Pine and Oak streets. That closure was lifted just before noon. The man who called in the threat led law enforcement offi- cers to a suspicious device made of cotton T-shirt fabric wrapped in electrical tape that was found by a water fountain, Borden said. The man claimed there were de- vices in all the bathrooms, but only the one by the water foun- tain was found during the initial sweep that was completed prior to 9:30 a.m. The Shasta County Bomb Squad was called in to dispatch the device, Bordon said. Two at- tempts were made to disrupt the device, but nothing blew up. All business in the court- house and annex was stopped while the building was cleared, but Presiding Judge Todd Bottke said court would re-open as soon as the building was cleared and the OK to resume was given, Court Executive Of- ficer Caryn Downing said. Downing was anticipating the re-opening to take place some- time after 1 p.m. and she said at no point were the lives of citizens or employees put in danger. "We did not let anyone back in until it was cleared by the Tehama County Sheriff's De- partment," Downing said. "We wouldn't jeopardize the lives of our employees or the public." As of 12:30 p.m. law enforce- ment still had the courthouse andlawn areacordonedoffwhile a search was made for evidence, but surrounding streets had all been reopened. THREAT BOMB SCARE TEMPORARILY CLOSES DOWN COURTHOUSE PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Yellow police tape surrounds the Tehama County Courthouse on Wednesday morning a er a bomb threat was called in around 8a.m. PoliceseeksuspectwhodemandedcashatBankofAmerica RED BLUFF Police are seeking a suspect in an attempted robbery at Bank of America shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday. Officers were dispatched to the bank, at 955 Main St., after a man reportedly entered the bank, ap- proached a bank teller and de- manded currency, according to a press release issued Tuesday af- ternoon by the Red Bluff Police Department. The teller paused for a mo- ment and the suspect fled from the bank without any money, the release said. The suspect was last seen walking southbound on Washington Street. Officers from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney's Office and the Te- hama County Probation Depart- ment scoured the area but were unable to locate the suspect, the release said. The suspect is described as a white man, 20 to 30 years of age. He was clean shaven and wore wire framed glasses, the release said. The suspect has short, bald- ing, sandy blond hair and was last seen wearing a blue and white plaid shirt and blue jeans. No weapon was mentioned or displayed during this incident but residents are urged not to contact the suspect, but to call the Red Bluff Police Department at 527- 3131. CRIME Manfleesafterabortedbankrobbery The man pictured is a suspect in an aborted bank robbery on Tuesday a ernoon at Bank of America in Red Bluff. PHOTO COURTESY OF BANK OF AMERICA Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A5 Bull Sale..........A6 Sports.............. B1 Weather ........B10 Index............... ## INDEX Have a great day, David Hogden. 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