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StaffReports SACRAMENTO The trial of Quentin Ray Bealer for the murder of a 14-year-old Red Bluff girl was on re- cess Tuesday and was not expected to resume until Thursday due to one of the attorneys involved in the case being ill. The body of Marysa Nichols was discovered Feb. 28, 2013 about a half a mile from the Red Bluff High School campus after she was reported missing Feb. 26, 2013. Bealer, 42, was arrested March 2, 2013, after going to police as a person of in- terest in the case. After being interviewed he was charged with mur- der. On Monday, a member of the SWAT team that lo- cated Nichols' body testi- fied, along with a physical education teacher from the high school who saw Bealer and Nichols walk- ing in the vicinity and a Red Bluff Police sergeant who interviewed Bealer. According to the court's public information officer, the trial is expected to re- sume Thursday in Depart- ment 27 in Sacramento. Bealer remains in cus- tody with no bail set. BEALER TRIAL Attorneyillness postpones testimony unknown location with two friends, Mike Chaudhry, 18, of Redding and a 17-year- old who was not identified, to buy marijuana. During the transaction, Smith said he was shot by William Foster and left the area to seek medical atten- tion, leaving his friends be- hind. It was determined dur- ing the investigation that Chaudhry had been kid- napped by the men, forced to pay ransom for his re- lease and then let go un- harmed in Shasta County. Foster, 45, of Redding was sentenced to 40 years in state prison on the charge of two counts of second de- gree robbery with special allegations. Derek Hale, 20, of An- derson was sentenced to 12 years in state prison and a concurrent 5-year sentence. He also was charged with two counts of second degree robbery. Garrett Lenardo, 33, and Robert Beaugrand, 26, both of Cottonwood were sen- tenced on March 21 to 15 years in state prison. Lena- rdo was charged with rob- bery and Beaugrand was charged with first degree robbery. Foster, Hale, Thornton, Beaugrand and Lenardo were arrested and origi- nally charged with conspir- acy to commit a crime, kid- napping, assaulting with a deadly weapon and robbery. Robbery FROM PAGE 1 cent of proceeds going to the Corning High School sober grad night. The main event will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday with vendors, food booths and even a model car con- test, with age brackets from 10 and younger all the way up to 55 and older for a $5 entry fee. Entry forms are available at http://corn- ingcachamber.org/. A car and motorcycle swap is scheduled to take place during the event along with raffle prizes available for $1 per ticket or $5 for six tickets. New this year is the La- dies Tour, which is free. Tour pickup and drop-off will be at the park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes a stop at New Clairvaux Winery and Lucero Olive Oil for tours along with a visit to the Olive Pit. "It's a release weekend at New Clairvaux so all tast- ing fees are waived," Pen- dergraft said. "Tours will be about an hour tour. It's a chance for people com- ing from out of town to get shown a little about our area." The show will conclude at 4 p.m. with the awards set to be presented at 3 p.m. For more informa- tion or to register, call the chamber at 824-5550 or stop by the office, 1110 So- lano St. Car FROM PAGE 1 DAILYNEWSFILEPHOTO A man checks out a 1934Plymouth owned by Randy and Penny Falk of Corning at the 2015May Madness Car Show held in Corning. SHELTER PET & GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED PIANIST Amazingstoriesstartinsheltersand rescues. Adopt today to start yours. KEYBOARD CAT 8M+YouTube Views By Philip Marcelo The Associated Press BOSTON After months of testing, many of the na- tion's big-city police forces are planning to expand their use of body cameras by the summer, but the number of officers with such gear will still be rela- tively small, an Associated Press review found. The 2014 killing of Mi- chael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other deaths at the hands of police around the U.S. have led to demands that officers be is- sued wearable cameras to deter misconduct and doc- ument shootings and other clashes. But because of cost concerns, union resistance and other factors, the roll- out has been slower than some cities envisioned. An AP look at the na- tion's 20 largest local de- partments found that Chi- cago has begun issuing the devices to over 2,000 offi- cers, or less than 17 percent of its roughly 12,000-mem- ber force, though it says it will eventually offer them across the department. Philadelphia has begun equipping about 5 percent of its force and Houston nearly 6 percent. New York, the nation's largest city police force, says it plans to purchase 1,000 cameras by the sum- mer, or enough to outfit less than 3 percent of its 34,000-plus officers. But the department said Tues- day there is no date for when those will be put to use, and no plan as yet to equip more officers. For some cities, the ex- pansion comes in anticipa- tion of the summer, when crime typically rises. For others, the availability of federal money to help pay for the technology is a driv- ing factor. Some suggest that in many cities, the number of devices in use is far smaller than what politicians and law enforcement leaders had been promising over the past year and a half. "I would suspect we're woefully short," said James Pasco, executive director of the National Fraternal Or- der of Police. "They make these lofty pronounce- ments and then they don't put their money where their mouth is." Darrel Stephens, execu- tive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, said cities are moving fairly swiftly, considering the complex questions at stake. "I am not necessarily troubled by the pace," he said. "This is a major tech- nological investment. It is reasonable for police to go slow." Police have warned that processing, reviewing and storing huge amounts of digital footage will require more manpower and entail significant costs. In Los Angeles, the City Council balked at an am- bitious plan to outfit about 7,000 officers with body cameras by the end of this year, amid concerns over its projected $58 million cost over five years. The de- partment, which rolled out 860 cameras last year, now hopes to meet its goal by the fall of 2017, at the ear- liest. And in Nassau County on Long Island, New York, the police officers' union late last year halted a small pilot effort, arguing to a state labor panel that the department imposed the plan without negotiating. Other departments are pushing forward. San Francisco's police force, which has no cam- eras in use, says it will de- ploy 800 by July, covering about 37 percent of its over 2,100 members. The de- partment expects to have 1,800 officers equipped by the end of the year. Baltimore, which erupted in riots last year following the death of Fred- die Gray from a spinal in- jury suffered in police cus- tody, expects to have 500 officers using them by this month, or about 17 percent of its force. It hopes to have most officers equipped with them by early 2018. LAW ENFORCEMENT Police begin wider body camera us e a er m an y mo nt hs o f te st in g MARK LENNIHAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE New York Police Department officer Joshua Jones wears a VieVu body camera on his chest during a news conference. "lyin' Ted." Trump, in a vic- tory speech that was much lower-key than usual, prom- ised victory in November, vowing anew to put "Amer- ica first." Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders eked out a victory over Clinton in Indiana, but the outcome will not slow the former secretary of state's march to the Demo- cratic nomination. Heading into Tuesday's voting, Clin- ton had 92 percent of the delegates she needs. "I know that the Clin- ton campaign thinks this campaign is over. They're wrong," Sanders said defi- antly in an interview Tues- day night. But Clinton al- ready has turned her atten- tion to the general election. She and Trump now plunge into a six- month battle for the presidency, with the future of Amer- ica's immigration laws, health care system and mil- itary posture around the world at stake. While Clin- ton heads into the general election with significant ad- vantages with minority vot- ers and women, Democrats have vowed to not underes- timate Trump as his Repub- lican rivals did for too long. For months, Republi- can leaders considered him a fringe candidate and banked on voters shifting toward more traditional contenders once the pri- mary contests began. But Trump proved to be sur- prisingly durable, tapping into Republicans' deep an- ger with party leaders and outlasting more than a dozen experienced politi- cal rivals. Republican National Committee Chairman Re- ince Priebus declared the race over, saying on Twit- ter that Trump would be the party's presumptive nominee. "We all need to unite and focus on defeating @Hill- aryClinton," he wrote. Indeed, Trump's first challenge will be uniting a Republican Party that has been roiled by his can- didacy. While some GOP leaders have warmed to the real estate mogul, oth- ers have promised to never vote for him and see him as a threat to their party's very existence. Even before the Indi- ana results were finalized, some conservative leaders were planning a Wednes- day meetingto assessthevi- ability of launching a third party candidacy to compete with him in the fall. One outside group trying to stop Trump suggested it would shift its attention to helpingRepublicansinother races. Rory Cooper, a senior adviser to the Never Trump super PAC, said the group will help protect "Republi- canincumbentsanddown- ballot candidates, by dis- tinguishing their values and principles from that of Trump, and protecting them from a wave elec- tion." Indiana was viewed as the last gasp for Cruz, the fiery Texas conservative. He campaigned aggres- sively in the state, secur- ingthesupportofIndiana's governor and announcing businesswoman Carly Fio- rina as his running mate, but lost momentum in the closing days. Cruz had clung to the hope that he could keep Trump from reaching the 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination and push theracetoararecontested convention. "I've said I would con- tinue on as long as there was a viable path to victory; tonight I'm sorry to say it appears that path has been foreclosed," Cruz told a som- ber crowd in Indianapolis. Ohio Gov. John Kasich is now the only other Republi- can left in the race. But Ka- sich has won just one pri- mary — his home state — and trails Trump by nearly 900 delegates. Kasich pledged to stay in the race, with his campaign managersayingthegovernor would continue to "offer the voters a clear choice for our country." Only about half of Indi- ana's Republican primary voters said they were excited or optimistic about any of their remaining candidates becoming president, accord- ing to exit polls. Still, most said they probably would support whoever won for the GOP. Clinton, too, needs to win over Sanders' enthusiastic supporters. The Vermont senator has cultivated a deeplyloyalfollowinginpar- ticular among young people, a group Democrats count on in the general election. Though Sanders claimed momentum, he has con- ceded his strategy hinges on persuading superdelegates to back him over the former secretary of state. Superdel- egates are Democratic Party insiderswhocansupportthe candidate of their choice, re- gardless of how their states vote. And they favor Clinton by a nearly 18-1 margin. Exit polls showed about 7 in 10 Indiana Democrats said they'd be excited or at least optimistic about ei- ther a Clinton or Sanders presidency. Most said they would support either in No- vember. The exit polls were con- ducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks. With Sanders' narrow victory Tuesday, he picked up at least 42 of Indiana's 83 delegates. Clinton now has 2,201 delegates to Sanders' 1,399. Trump FROM PAGE 1 RANDYSPRINGMAN July 27, 1951 ~ April 23, 2016 Randy Springman, born July 27, 1951 left this Earth on April 23rd to join "his girl" Lois Springman in Heaven. He is survived by his daughters Jennifer (Ed) Hall and Deanna (Mark) Dotson, grandchildren Samantha, Christian, Austin, Madison, Montana, Tessa, Ava and Donavon, great-grandson Wyatt, and his devoted dog Cammee. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday May 28th at Jennifer's house at 25392 Redamonti Lane in Los Molinos at Noon. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the LHMS Alumni Association. Obituaries ThePassingParadeisbroughttoyoubyMinchPropertyManagement, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527-5514 THEPASSINGPARADE (FrommyISaycolumnofAugust1965) The Watts riots affects us all. We had loaded our refer truck Sunday afternoon with 40,000 pounds of cow carcass for Giant Meat Company in L.A. Our driver, Pete Knaeble, was scheduled to unload Monday at 6am. However, I received a call from him at 2pm reporting they still had not unloaded him…and would not be able to do so until sometime Tuesday. They not only had a shortage of negro meat cutters at Giant, but at many of the retail shops that had burned down during the night. I talked tough to Giant but to no avail. So, recalling the old business adage that "your first loss is the best loss" I told Pete to turn around and go back to San Francis- co because I had found a buyer there that would take the load off our hands for just a ¼ cent per pound less than what Giant would have paid. As a result of the riots, Governor Brown will probably levy a tax to pay for the property damage, but the damage to the civil rights movement will not be so easily adjusted. Will Durant said, "I have made the discovery that Liberty is a product of order"… and I guess Civil Rights are a product of liberty. Of course if anyone had asked me, I would have suggested start- ing the Civil Rights movement by integrating the first grades only…and allowing the participants to grow up together In an atmosphere of mutual respect. But then nobody asked me. … At the fair last week, John Owens sold his Angus steer to Rhuel and Arnstein of Spokane, Washington and we processed the beef here at the plant in Red Bluff. John had purchased the animal from his uncle Craig Owens. It weighed 625 pounds at 10 months of age. John barn fed the steer on Grow-Mix from Albers. But the "rest of the story" is this: This is the first steer we have slaughtered under the new grade and yield system that graded PRIME #1. That means it had the maximum of marbling (fat molecules) in the rib eye for tenderness…and yet a minimum of fat on the exterior. This was a very desirable beef carcass. John has been a FFA member for 3 years. He made $250.00 on the transaction. I wonder if Uncle Craig does as well. … Sunday mornings are for sourdough waffles, but they can stick to the waffle iron. After scrubbing the Teflon grids with soap and water, I consulted Julia Grown Up, who was still trying to get a little shut eye. "I'm ready to try waffles again…any sugges- tions?" "Do not wash the grids with soap and water." "Besides that?" "Grease 'em up good." "We're out of Crisco. " "No we're not. There's a can left over from your last bonfire cookout." "Yes…but it has little bits of twigs and leaves in it." "You're the cook." "But it has a couple of dead ants in it!" "Tough!" Another lost battle. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 7 A