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shootingandkillingthevic- tim in Tehama County and burning his body in Glenn County. PPX: April 24 at 10 am in Department 1 PX: April 27, 2017 at 9 am (Department to be Deter- mined) People vs. Poly Duenas Sanchez, Lucio Nenecia Madera, Gabino Madera, Murder with Special Al- legation, Personal and In- tentional Discharge of a Firearm Brief history: The de- fendants are charged with shooting and killing the victim. Trailing new felony People vs. John Noonk- ester, Willful, Deliberate and Premeditated Murder with Special Allegation, Personal and Intentional Discharge of a Firearm, GBI (2 counts); Attempt: Willful, Deliberate and Premeditated Murder with Special Allegation, Per- sonal and Intentional Dis- charge of a Firearm, GBI. Brief history: The De- fendant is charged with shooting and killing his ex-wife and her father, and shooting a bystander. PTC: April 3, 2017 1:15 pm in Department 1 TBJ: June 14, 2017 at 1:30 pm (Department to be Determined) 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. PTC: March 24, 2017 at 1:15 pm in Department 3 TBJ: April 5, 2017 at 1 pm (Department to be De- termined) People vs. Suren Patel, public officer crime, per- jury by declaration, theft from elder or dependent adult, grand theft, work- ers' compensation 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 Councilman. In run- ning his motel, Patel em- ployed people to provide maid and maintenance services. Based on an in- itial 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 ad- vantage without the con- sent of the customer. Addi- tionally, as a motel owner and operator, Patel was en- trusted by the city of Red Bluff to collect from each motel guest Transient Oc- cupancy Tax and to pro- vide such tax to the city each month. Based on an investigation, it appears that Patel significantly under-reported the taxes due to the city. In addition to the listed charges, Pa- tel 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 surrender, Patel's bail was set at $300,000. PPX: March 6, 2017 at 10:00 am Department 1 PX: March 7, 2017 at 1:30 pm Department 1 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. Next Court Date: March 13, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. in De- partment 4 People vs. Malachi Jack- son, Attempted Murder, Mayhem, Assault with a Deadly Weapon Brief History: The de- fendant and the victim were involved in an alter- cation wherein the victim was stabbed by the defen- dant. Next Court Date: March 7, 2017 at 1:15 pm in De- partment 1 People vs. Kory Daniel Lefler, Murder Brief his- tory: The defendant and the victim were involved in a confrontation. The victim was shot multiple times which caused great bodily injury resulting in death. Arraignment on Infor- mation: March 27, 2017 at 1:15 in Department 1 People vs. Jennifer Ad- ams, 5 Counts each, Theft from Elder or Dependent Adult, Grand Theft of Per- sonal Property, Grand Theft, 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. Next Court Date: March 27, 2017 at 10 am in Depart- ment 1 Courts FROMPAGE4 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. By Darlene Superville TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON White House officials on Mon- day defended President Donald Trump's explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump's telephones during last year's election, although they won't say ex- actly where that informa- tion came from and left open the possibility that it isn't true. The comments came even as FBI Director James Comey privately asked the Justice Department to dis- pute the claim because he believed the allegations were false. When asked whether Trump accepted Comey's view, White House Dep- uty Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told ABC's "Good Morning America": "I don't think he does." Sanders and Kellyanne Conway, another top ad- viser, said the president still firmly believes the al- legations he made on Twit- ter over the weekend. The aides said any ambigu- ity surrounding the issue is all the more reason for Congress to investigate the matter. "We'd like to know for sure," Sanders told NBC's "Today" show. The House and Sen- ate intelligence commit- tees, and the FBI, are in- vestigating contacts be- tween Trump's campaign and Russian officials, as well as whether Mos- cow tried to influence the 2016 election. On Sunday, Trump demanded that they broaden the scope of their inquiries to include Obama's potential abuse of executive powers. When asked where Trump was getting his information from, Sand- ers said the president "may have access to doc- uments that I don't know about." Likewise, Conway said that "credible news sources" suggested there was politically motivated activity during the cam- paign. But Conway also said Trump might have ac- cess to other information she and others don't. "He is the president of the United States," Con- way told Fox News' "Fox & Friends." "He has informa- tion and intelligence that the rest of us do not." Trump is said to be frustrated by his senior advisers' inability to tamp down allegations about contacts between his campaign aides and the Russian government. Compounding the situ- ation was the revelation last week that former U.S. senator and now Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an early Trump campaign supporter, had met twice with the Russian ambas- sador but didn't disclose that to lawmakers when he was asked about it dur- ing his Senate confirma- tion hearing. EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATION Wh it e Ho us e ai de s defend Trump's wiretapping claim By Alicia A. Caldwell and Jill Colvin The Associated Press WASHINGTON Without fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a scaled- back version of his contro- versial ban on many foreign travelers Monday, hoping to avoid a new round of law- suits and outrage while ful- filling a central campaign promise. His order still bars new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily shuts down America's refu- gee program. The revised order, signed with none of the flourish of his first version, eliminates some of the most conten- tious aspects in an effort to surmount the court chal- lenges that are sure to come. Trump's first order, issued just a week after his inauguration, was halted by federal courts. The new one leaves Iraq off the list of banned coun- tries — at the urging of U.S. militaryanddiplomaticlead- ers — but still affects would- be visitors and immigrants from Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Libya. It alsomakesclearthatcurrent visa holders will not be im- pacted, and it removes lan- guage that would give prior- ity to religious minorities — aprovisionsomeinterpreted as a way to help Christians get into the U.S. while ex- cluding Muslims. Theorderwon'ttakeeffect until March 16 despite ear- lier warnings from Trump and his aides that any delay would put national security at risk by allowing the entry of "bad 'dudes'" who want to harm the country. The changes underscore the very different position the president finds him- self in. Five weeks ago, Trump dropped the first order with a bang, catching law- makers and members of his administration by sur- prise. He signed the order in a high-profile ceremony at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes as Secretary of De- fense Jim Mattis stood by. This time around, the president skipped the usual public ceremony altogether. Instead, the administration chose to have Homeland Se- curity Secretary John Kelly, Secretary of State Rex Til- lerson and Attorney Gen- eral Jeff Sessions serve as the public faces of the rollout at a brief press an- nouncement. "I think today was about the implementation of it," said Press Secretary Sean Spicer — at a briefing off camera. Legal experts say the new order addresses some of the constitutional concerns raised by a federal appeals court about the initial ban but leaves room for more le- gal challenges. "It's much clearer about how it doesn't apply to groups of immigrants with moreclearlyestablishedcon- stitutional rights," said Uni- versity of Texas law profes- sor Stephen Vladeck. "That's a really important step." Trump officials say the goal hasn't changed: keep- ing would-be terrorists out of the United States while the government reviews vetting systems for refugees and visa applicants from certain parts of the world. Tillerson said, "It is the president's solemn duty to protect the American peo- ple, and with this order President Trump is exer- cising his rightful author- ity to keep our people safe." The original travel ban led to instant chaos at air- ports as Homeland Security officials scrambled to inter- pret how it was to be im- plemented and some trav- elers were detained before being sent back overseas or blocked from getting on airplanes abroad. The order quickly became the subject of several legal challenges and was put on hold last month by a federal judge in Washington state. The president repeat- edly insisted he would con- tinue to fight for the origi- nal order in court, even as aides worked to craft a new one. In the end, they chose to rescind the old order — though Spicer maintained the first was "100 percent legal and constitutional." Notably absent from Trump's revised ban are repeated references to the death toll from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Crit- ics of the original had noted the president appeared to use those attacks as evi- dence of danger from cer- tain foreigners despite the fact that none of the men who hijacked jetliners that day were from any of the seven banned countries. House Speaker Paul Ryan commended the adminis- tration and Secretary Kelly "for their hard work on this measure to improve our vet- ting standards." "This revised executive order advances our shared goal of protecting the home- land," Ryan said. The White House dropped Iraq from the list of targeted countries fol- lowing pressure from the Pentagon and State De- partment, which noted Iraq's role in fighting the Is- lamic State group. An Iraqi spokesman said the change marks a "positive step" and shows the countries have a "real partnership." The new order does not address concerns raised in a Homeland Security intel- ligence analysis obtained last month by The Associ- ated Press that concluded there was insufficient ev- idence that citizens of the originally banned countries posed a terror threat to the U.S. REFUGEES Tr um p si gn s ne w an ti -t er ro r tr av el b an EVANVUCCI—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. 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