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The following defen- dants were sentenced in Tehama County Superior Court, according to the Tehama County District Attorney's Office: —————— Recent State Prison Commitments: • Joseph Andrew Botello was sentenced to seven years in state prison for possession of firearm by a felon with special allegation of prior felony. Officers were advised that Botello was a wanted parolee and may be in possession of a firearm. Officers were then able to locate Botello inside a residence and take him into custody. Upon a search of the residence officers located a back- pack containing a loaded semi-automatic pistol. • Dale Jean Newby was sentenced to 16 months in state prison for possession of a controlled substance. Newby was originally granted formal probation. Newby violated his pro- bation when he failed to report in writing and failed to appear at the pro- bation department for scheduled appointments. Recent County Jail Commitments: • Antonio Alfredo Her- nandez-Plaza was sen- tenced to 365 days in Tehama County Jail receiving stolen property, motor vehicle. Officers conduct- ed a traffic stop on a vehi- cle driven by the Hernan- dez-Plaza after a report of a possible drunk driver. Officers were then advised by dispatch that the vehicle was stolen. Upon questioning Her- nandez-Plaza he first stat- ed he just bought the car and was not aware of it being stolen. Hernandez- Plaza later admitted he had knowledge due to the lack of paperwork when he purchased it as well as the car starting without a key. • Patrick Jerome Free- hill was sentenced to 180 days in Tehama County Jail for possession for sale of a controlled substance. Agent from the drug task force served a search warrant at Freehill's resi- dence. Agents located 16.8 grams of metham- phetamine, 9 pounds of marijuana, scales, pack- aging material and guns. • Anthony Lynn Burrill was sentenced to 180 days in Tehama County Jail for possession for sale of a controlled substance with special allegation, offense while on bail or O.R. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Burrill. Upon contacting Burrill deputies noticed Burrill to appear extremely ner- vous. After Burrill con- sented to a search of his vehicle deputies began searching when they noticed Burrill trying to conceal something in his pants. Deputies were then able to locate several bag- gies of methamphetamine hidden inside Burrill's boxer shorts. • Elton Bill Roberts, Robert Patrick Rose and Timothy Ross Roberts were sentenced to Tehama County Jail for second degree commer- cial burglary, conspiracy to commit a crime/second degree commercial bur- glary. Elton Roberts was sentenced to 96 days, Robert Rose was sen- tenced to 120 days county jail and Timothy Roberts was sentenced to 96 days county jail. Deputies were dis- patched to an alarm sounding at a Richfield store. Upon arrival deputies noticed a door had been forced open. A couple hours later all three men were arrested by Corning Police Department as they were attempting to break into another store. Deputies then questioned them about the Richfield break in and all three admitted to the burglary. • Anna Marie Griffin was sentenced to 90 days in Tehama County Jail for theft from elder or depen- dent adult. Griffin was originally granted formal probation. Griffin violated her pro- bation when she failed her drug test and tested posi- tive for marijuana and oxycontin. Recent Proposition 36 Commitments: Note: All cases where- in a defendant is sen- tenced per the terms of Proposition 36 are not at the request of the Tehama County District Attor- ney's Office. Per the requirements of Proposi- tion 36, a defendant who possesses drugs cannot be sentenced to confinement time in jail or prison. Instead, the court must place defendant on proba- tion and require drug treatment alone. Per the requirements of Proposi- tion 36, only upon a third drug related probation violation may the court impose confinement time. In the event the defendant violates a non-drug relat- ed term of probation the court may then elect to sentence defendant to jail or prison. The Tehama County District Attorney's Office contends that each crimi- nal case is unique and that in certain, specific, cases a defendant should be sentenced to a combina- tion of drug treatment and jail time. We further con- tend that in other specific cases where a defendant has an extensive criminal record and/or a history of non-compliance with either previous grants of probation or previous grants of drug treatment, a state prison sentence should properly be imposed. • Eric Wayne McDon- ald was sentenced to Prop. 36 probation pos- session of a controlled substance. McDonald was origi- nally granted formal pro- bation. McDonald violat- ed his probation when he failed to report to drug and alcohol treatment as ordered by the court. Recent Filings: • Steven Arcangelo Piazza will appear in court at 9 a.m. on March 9. He is facing the charge of murder. The Corning Police Department received a call from Steven Piazza around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 23, 2009 stating he thought he had killed a woman. When police went to check on the vic- tim they received no response. Officers forced entry into the home and found the victim lying on the kitchen floor. The vic- tim was found dead at the scene. She had suffered a severe beating and had deep lacerations on the back of her head. Piazza was arrested shortly thereafter without inci- dent. • Michael Bruce Pryor Jr., Tracy Leanne Pryor and Timothy Chambers will appear in court at 9 a.m. on April 7 on the charges of cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. Agents served search warrants at the properties and businesses operated by the Pryors. Agents found 191 growing mari- juana plants. Inside the businesses agents also found several recommen- dations which were all fraudulent and one of which was stolen. All three defendants were arrested and booked into the Tehama County Jail. • Joseph Anthony Verni, Jr. will appear in court at 9 a.m. on May 11. He is facing the charges of attempt: willful, delib- erate, premeditated mur- der with special allega- tion, great bodily injury- domestic violence, aggra- vated mayhem, torture, arson causing great bodily injury. RBPD Officers responded to a fire alarm and possible physical dis- turbance between a man and a woman. They arrived at an apartment complex with a fire alarm sounding. The officers locate defendant who has burns on his arm. Shortly thereafter, officers locate a female victim who was severely burned. The vic- tim informed the officer that Verni poured a bottle full of liquid on her head and chest and, using a lighter, lit her on fire. At the time of the incident, victim's children were in the residence. 8A – Daily News – Friday, February 26, 2010 12600 Hwy 99E, Red Bluff Located 5 Miles from I-5 • 530-527-6483 Hrs: 9am-6pm Monday-Saturday Expires 3-2-10 80%-85% Lean GROUND BEEF $ 2 49 lb. Choice Angus TOP SIRLOIN STEAK $ 4 99 lb. Choice Angus CHUCK ROAST $ 3 19 lb. Now Accepting E.B.T., Debit, Credit Cards CHECK OUT OUR IMPROVED SPICE RACK HONEY • SPICES • RUBS • MARINADES Bartlett & Spence 1395 Montgomery Rd. 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At its late-morning low, it was off more than 188 points. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.1 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500-share index fell 0.2 percent, hurt by selling in every sector. With one trading session to go in February, the Dow is now up 2.5 percent for the month, which has seen a marked increase in volatility. Traders say the U.S. has regained some of its safe- haven status lately, but few are willing to bet that a full-blown bull market is back. "A lot of portfolio managers are just sitting on their hands, building cash in their portfolios because they feel like they're getting conflicting signals about the economy," said John Bollinger, president of Bollinger Capital Management, in Manhattan Beach, Calif. "Unfortunately, it will probably take some improvement in the jobs picture to get people the kind of certainty they're looking for." Investors received evidence of just the opposite as the Labor Department said that weekly jobless claims unexpectedly surged last week by 22,000 to 496,000, their highest level in more than three months. Econo- mists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected initial claims would drop to 460,000 in the week ended Feb. 20. The four-week average of claims, viewed as a more dependable barometer of the job market than volatile week- to-week readings, shook investors. The four-week aver- age rose by 6,000 to a total of 473,750, up from the previous week's revised average of 467,750. The U.S. Dollar Index, which posted gains early in the session, reversed course to post a 0.2 percent decline. One euro cost $1.3557, up from $1.3534 late Wednesday, helped by the unwinding of bearish bets made earlier in the month when questions began to swirl about Greece's heavy debt load. "It looks like we're just expe- riencing some exhaustion in the euro, since so many speculators had gotten to one side of the market," said James Dailey, chief investment officer at the portfolio-management firm TEAM Financial. The dollar's reversal helped commodities, which are traded globally in terms of the U.S. currency. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index ended down 1.3 percent, improving from a decline of nearly 3 percent at its late-morning low. Oil futures fell, but gold con- tracts snapped a three-day los- ing streak, rising $11.30 to end at $1,107.80 per ounce in New York. The Dow's biggest loser in percentage terms was Coca- Cola Co., off 3.7 percent after the soft-drink maker agreed to buy most of its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., in a deal estimated to be worth between $12 billion and $13 billion. Shares of the bottler surged 32.9 percent. 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