Community Reassured as Authorities Address Facebook Threat Concerns

ALTURAS POLICE DEPARTMENT MARC MULLER CHIEF OF POLICE PRESS RELEASE JANUARY 7, 2025 It has come to our attention that there was a possible threat made via Facebook that has become a source of concern for local parents with children at Modoc Joint Unified School District. The post was... Read More.

Beware of Fake AMBER Alert Calls Targeting Families

🚨 SCAM ALERT 🚨 Phone scammers are posing as “AMBER Alert representatives”, offering to “register” your children. They ask for confidential info and to meet at your home. This is NOT how the AMBER Alert system works! 🔹 The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the only... Read More.

Arrest Made in Bidwell Mansion Arson Case

BIDWELL MANSION ARSON ARREST: Kevin Alexander Carlson (30) in custody at Butte County Jail BCFAC News 1/3/2025 Chico, CA - A 30-year-old Chico man, Kevin Alexander Carlson, has been arrested in connection with the Bidwell Mansion fire that occurred on December 11. Carlson was taken into... Read More.

ANGELO ATENCIO II Sentence handed down

Update:  Lassen County Superior Court handed down the sentence to Angelo Atencio  on December 12, 2024. Angelo sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. ANGELO ATENCIO II was convicted on October 18, 2024, by a Lassen County jury after a four-day trial of kidnapping... Read More.