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of Person Under 18 Years Old, Digital Penetration of Person Under 18 Years Old, Child Procurement Brief history: All four de- fendants were engaged in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old victim know- ing that he was a minor at the time. One of the defend- ants would drive the victim to Gridley so that he could have sex with another de- fendant on weekends. PTC: Flowerdew: Octo- ber 28, at 10 am in Depart- ment 4 TBJ: November 17, at 9 am, (department to be de- termined) Sentencing: Morrison: November 21, at 10 am in Department 1 PTC: Isaacson: Octo- ber 14, at 10 am in Depart- ment 2 TBJ: October 27, at 9 am, (department to be deter- mined) People vs. Thomas Mi- chael Dixon, Murder with Special Allegation and In- tentional Discharge of a Firearm, with Great Bodily Injury Brief history: The defen- dant confronted the victim regarding an alleged theft. During the confrontation, the victim was shot multi- ple times. PX: November 15, at 1:30 p.m. in Department 2 People vs. Suren Patel, public officer crime, perjury by declaration, theft from elder or dependent adult, grand theft, workers' com- pensation fraud, conspiracy to commit a crime, 2 counts Brief history: Patel was the owner and manager of a motel in Red Bluff and is an elected Red Bluff City Coun- cilman. In running his mo- tel, Patel employed people to provide maid and main- tenance services. Based on an initial investigation, it was determined that Patel failed to provide accurate information to his work- ers' compensation insur- ance carrier. Additionally, Patel used a motel custom- er's credit card to his advan- tage without the consent of the customer. Additionally, as a motel owner and oper- ator, Patel was entrusted by the city of Red Bluff to col- lect from each motel guest Transient Occupancy Tax and to provide such tax to the city each month. Based on an investigation, it appears that Patel signif- icantly under-reported the taxes due to the city. In ad- dition to the listed charges, Patel falsified documents on behalf of two employees so that they could unlaw- fully obtain welfare bene- fits. Patel was arrested on a Tehama County warrant in Florida and agreed to be extradited to Tehama County. Patel surrendered his passport by order of the court. Based on such sur- render, Patel's bail was set at $300,000. PPX: October 24, at 10 am Department 1 PX: October 25, at 1:30 pm Department 2 People vs. Clayton De- laugher, Vehicular Man- slaughter Brief history: The de- fendant was driving and approaching an accident southbound on I-5 when he hit another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle died at the scene. PPX: November 14, at 10 am Department 1 PX: November 15, at 1:30 pm Department 2 People vs. Jennifer Ad- ams, 5 Counts, Theft from Elder or Dependent Adult, 5 Counts, Grand Theft of Per- sonal Property, 5 Counts, Grand Theft, 5 Counts, Theft Brief history: The defen- dant embezzled funds from multiple clients at the care facility she was employed at over a several year period. PPX: October 31, at 10 am Department 1 PX: November 1, at 1:30 pm Department 1 Courts FROMPAGE3 By Ryan J. Foley The Associated Press TAMA, IOWA Firearms in- structor Joshua Casto had drilled gun safety into his children for years. They are a family of hunters, in a part of central Iowa where tak- ing to the fields with rifle in hand is a way of life. So what happened two days after Christmas in 2014 was widely considered a tragic and freak accident. As he prepared for a deer hunt, Casto's teenage son stumbled. The muzzleloader he was carrying discharged, and the shot fatally struck his 12-year-old sister Liesel, a farm girl who loved horses. But what followed was even more unusual. Over the next year, two more gun accidents left a teenage girl dead and a second severely wounded. Residents of rural Tama County faced hard ques- tions: Had their efforts to teach gun safety failed? Or was this just the sad price to be paid for a passion for fire- arms? A review by The Associ- ated Press and the USA TO- DAY Network revealed that more than 1,000 cases of ac- cidental shootings involved minors over a 2½ year pe- riod that ended in June. The three accidental shootings involving minors in Tama Countywerehighlyunusual, accordingtotheanalysis,be- cause they involved adoles- cent girls. The vast majority of victims are boys. Tama County has mourned the deaths by hanging plaques and plant- ing trees, but residents said they are not about to change their way of life and the im- portance they place on gun ownership. Membership in the Tama County Young Guns, a 4-H group that pro- motesgunsafetyandmarks- manship, has gone up since the shootings. "Being in a small rural area, it's kind of second na- ture to students to be able to hunt and shoot guns," said Mark Polich, principal at the publicschoolwhereLieselat- tended. "I think they ended up thinking, 'Boy, this is an accident that occurred.' Just like a car accident, you're go- ing to have some." Thedeathstouchednearly everyone in Tama, Toledo and Traer, the towns that makeupthecountyof17,000. "I sit there looking at these things and say, this should not be happening," said Tama County Attorney Brett Heeren, who has de- clined to file charges against anyone involved in the three cases. "That's more than our fair share of these kinds of disasters." He wonders whether the gun safety ethic, drilled into him as a child, has weak- ened. But others around the county say the cases are nothing more than a string of bad luck, that deadly acci- dents are inevitable with so many guns in society even among largely responsible owners. "It's unfortunate and it's a scar that every one of these families is going to have to live with the rest of their lives," Tama County Sheriff Dennis Kucera said. "I don't know how to even try to ex- plain why these are happen- ing. They were all adult-su- pervised.It'shardtosaywho istheunsafeorcarelessone." Denise Kirchner was at herkitchensinkdoingdishes days before Thanksgiving in 2015 when she heard a gun- shot, then felt a sting in her leg. What she saw next was terrifying: Her 14-year- old daughter Madison was bleeding profusely. She had been shot in the chest. "My sister just actually got shot. We were cleaning guns," Dylan Kirchner, 18, would tell a 911 dispatcher. "Please hurry. She's having trouble breathing. Please hurry." Dylan had been trying to remove a bullet from the chamber of a .40-caliber handgunwhenitdischarged, Toledo PoliceChiefBobKen- dall said. The bullet passed through Madison's left breast,narrowlymissingher spine but leaving six holes in her stomach and intestines. It then passed through De- nise'sthighbeforeendingup in a cupboard. Emergency respond- ers rushed the daughter and mother to a hospital 20 miles away. Doctors told Denise that her daughter, a high school freshman who loves cats, would not survive the 17-minute flight to a chil- dren'shospitalinDesMoines and had to undergo surgery immediately. "Theyweretheworstthree hours of my life," recalls De- niseKirchner,whoseownin- juries were minor. Madison spent 10 days in intensive care. Six months later, she suffers from an oc- casional stomach bleed, has troublesleepingandistrying to catch up on the weeks of school she missed. But Ken- dall said it's amazing she survived. The chief recently brought the girl the bullet, whichsheisconsideringput- ting on a necklace. DylanKirchnerisanexpe- rienced hunter who plans to compete on a sports shoot- ing team at a local commu- nity college. But Denise said her son violated a cardinal safety rule her dad taught her growing up: When guns are being cleaned, nobody else should be in the room. IOWA Devastated by mishaps, gun-loving county mourns but goes on CHARLIENEIBERGALL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Khain Thiessen, 12, of Toledo, Iowa, shoots during a Tama County Young Guns class at the Izaak Walton Shooting Facility in Toledo, Iowa. HonoringTehama County'sWomen in Business CallyourDailyNewsadvertisingrepresentative to place your space reservation today! Includes12-monthonlinepublicationon www.redbluffdailynews.com, with page-turn technology & click-thru to advertiser web sites! 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