Volume XVI Issue 200

Friday, May 10th, 2024

“Upon the arrival of the SWAT Team at the residence, Crisis Negotiation Team members utilized a Public Address System to call the occupants out of the residence. One suspect immediately exited the rear of the residence and fled the area on foot.”

According to Carney the Drone Team was able to observe the fleeing suspect and direct perimeter units to the suspects location where he was taken into custody. The suspect was identified as 37 year-old Susanville resident Drew Dixon.

SWAT Team members were able to determine there were still several people inside the residence that were refusing to surrender.

“The CNT continued to use the Public Address System to order the remaining occupants out of the residence. A female subject exited the residence and was taken into custody without incident.”

The female subject was identified as 25 year-old Susanville resident Jenna Miles.

Law enforcement continued to call into the house using the Public Address System to negotiate a peaceful surrender of the remaining occupants to no avail.

“SWAT Team members deployed a pepper-type gas into the residence in attempt to get the remaining occupants to surrender.”

Carney explains that the gas is designed to be an eye, nose and skin irritant.

A few minutes later three occupants surrendered and exited the residence, suffering from the effects of the gas, and were subsequently taken into custody without further incident.

The three occupants were identified as 59 year-old Susanville resident Paula Dixon; 59 year-old Susanville resident Donald Luna and 36 year-old Susanville resident Ameko Vaimasanuu Jr.

A search of the residence yielded several illegal firearms, ammunition, and controlled substances. Several of the firearms seized were AR-15 and SKS-style assault rifles with high capacity magazines. A sawed-off shotgun was also seized.

All five individuals were placed under arrest and transported to the Lassen County Jail.

In November 2022, The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office applied for a Gun Violence Reduction Program grant from the California Department of Justice. The grant funds were approved and awarded to the Sheriff’s Office. “

The grant funds are currently being used to target prohibited persons that are in possession of firearms. According to Carney this operation is a direct result of the grant funding, provided by the GVRP grant.

“The Lassen County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the California Highway Patrol, the Susanville Police Department, and the Lassen County District Attorney’s Office for their assistance in this operation.”

The nice folks from the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce who threw the big Spring Show party

Photofeature: Lassen County Chamber of Commerce Spring Show

A SusanvilleStuff Photofeature

by Marshel and Jeremy Couso

The Lassen County Chamber of Commerce held its annual Spring Show at the Lassen County Fairgrounds April 27th, with all sorts of interesting things to see for outdoor and home improvement enthusiasts, amateur horticulturalists and do-it-yourselfers.

The Chamber’s Spring Show, held each year at the end of April, is designed to help generate sales revenue for participating businesses, gain exposure for local services and products and attract visitors and tourists to the community.

Each year an average of 1,500 attend the event, which this year added a Chili Cookoff to the fun. Chili prizes went to the Grogans for People’s Choice and the Dirty Dawgs for Judges Choice.

Saturday evening’s performance begins at 7:00 in the United Methodist Church in uptown Susanville. Limited tickets are still available at Margie’s Book Nook, and there will be a few tickets available at the door.

For more information you can call the symphony’s hotline at 1.530.310.8111 or online at www.susanvillesymphony.org.

Registration for McKinley School’s Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year will be held Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 from 4:00 until 6:00p.m., in the school’s parking lot.

Transitional Kindergarten registrants must turn 5-years old between September 2nd, 2024, and June 2nd, 2025. Kindergarten registrants must be 5-years old on or before September 1st, 2024. 

Come learn all about McKinley School and meet the TK and Kindergarten teachers.

Plese bring your students’ birth certificate and immunization record.

The first day of school in the fall will be August 16th.

If you have any questions, please call McKinley School at 1.530.257.5161.

A Lassen High Track meet at Arnold Field in a 1941 Eastman Studio aerial photo.

Teacher Ruling Draws Protests

May 10, 1942

Despite the protests of a group of approximately 50 citizens, the board of trustees of Lassen Union High School Wednesday night passed a resolution upholding their former action in connection with the dismissal of Mrs. Alta Jensen, home economics instructor.

The board’s resolution climaxed more than a week of debate over terms of a board ruling against hiring of married teachers.

Written protests were filed with the board from three Susanville organizations in the Jensen case, in view of the fact that the teacher’s husband is to be called into the armed forces in the near future.

Backing up their protests through representation at the meeting, the organizations argued that the anti-marriage rule should be abolished under war conditions.