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REDDING, Calif. - The Shasta County Sheriff has released video recording of their interrogation of Sherri Papini of Redding, who was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for faking her kidnappings so that she could be with an ex-boyfriend in Southern California. In the video, investigators told Papini they knew she hadn't been abducted because all DNA evidence was from her and the ex-boyfriend – not the two Hispanic women she falsely claimed were responsible for taking her while she was out for a job.The ex, James Reyes, submitted to a lie detector test, where he confessed to what happened.As they question her on Aug. 13, 2020, she breaks down in tears. The conversation went like this: Detective: He passed the polygraph test, Sherri.Papini: No. Detective: If that's not what happened, then what did happen, Sherri?Papini: I don't know.

Cedar the goat SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - A mother of a 9-year-old is suing the Shasta District Fair and Event Center (Shasta Fair Association), the County of Shasta, and the Shasta County Sheriff's Department after allegedly seizing a pet goat named Cedar and slaughtering it, according to a lawsuit.In a lawsuit first filed in August 2022, mother Jessica Long said Shasta Fair Association fair officials used "strong-arm" tactics to forcibly seize a pet belonging to her daughter, referred to as "E.L." using law enforcement. Long and her lawyers, Ryan R. Gordan and Vanessa T.

Ryan Rovito, 34, was arrested for possession of more than 900 child pornography images after his wife found a hidden camera in their home. (Redding Police Department) A California man was arrested for allegedly possessing more than 900 child pornography images after his wife found a hidden camera in their home and contacted authorities.Ryan Rovito, 34, was confronted by his wife on March 8 after she discovered the camera in their home's guest bathroom, according to the Redding Police Department.

This undated photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows two rescued bear cubs. California wildlife officials say a Northern California man who admitted to taking the two bear cubs from their den in 2019 and notified offici SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Northern California man who admitted to taking two bear cubs from their den and notified officials after he was unable to care for them pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited species, wildlife officials said.Cody Dylon Setzer, 29, and a co-worker who has not been identified and cooperated with authorities took the month-old bears from their den in a tree that had fallen across a forest road, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday.Setzer contacted wildlife officers on March 9, 2019, and told them he had found the baby bears along Highway 263 north of Yreka in Siskiyou County, the department said.But wildlife officers became suspicious of his story after they went out to the site and found no bear tracks or habitat."Bear cubs are 100% dependent upon the sow and if they had been wondering on their own they wouldn’t have survived," said Capt.

accused of arson for a wildfire in Northern California said she was trying to boil bear urine to drink before the fire started, authorities claim.The unusual and unappetizing explanation about the events preceding the Fawn Fire in Shasta County emerged in court documents this week.Alexandra Souverneva, 30, from Palo Alto, allegedly admitted that she was trying to relieve her thirst when she found a puddle that contained the animal bodily liquid.

REDDING, Calif. – Brenda Luntey is openly violating California’s order to close her restaurant to indoor dining. But she wants her customers and critics to know she isn't typically a rule-breaker.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – California's largest utility company said its equipment might have caused a fatal wildfire last month in a county in the northern part of the state, the Mercury News reported Saturday. Investigators for the state have seized some of Pacific Gas & Electric's gear in connection with the blaze, known as the Zogg fire, the company told state regulators.