Orland – An accident victim is prepared to be moved to a waiting ambulance. Glenn County Observer photo by Donna Wilder.
Glenn County Observer
Orland – A collision involving an SUV and a pickup occurred at Sixth Street (Highway 99) and Date Street late Sunday afternoon resulted in one man being transported to the hospital.
Few details are currently known.
The accident was reported at about 5 p.m.
Orland – This pickup appears to have been struck in the rear. Glenn County Observer by Donna Wilder.
At first, the crash was said to have happened at Sixth and Monterey Streets. A short time later, this location was corrected to Sixth and Date Streets.
Ambulance response was originally “Code 2” (no lights or sirens).
This was changed to “Code 3” (lights and sirens) after one of the accident victims reported having chest pain.
Orland – Its front end smashed in, this is the SUV that was driven by the man who was later transported to the hospital. Glenn County Observer photo by Donna Wilder.
The Observer hopes to have additional information on Monday.
Orland Police Officer Grant Carmon, foreground, and Glenn County Sheriff’s Sgt. Greg Felton, obscured, move David Gutierrez, his shirt open and his pants drooping, from a patrol unit to another location for a drive-by field identification. Glenn County Observer photo by Larry Judkins.
By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
Orland – Not too long after sunrise on Friday, April 2, a man called for law enforcement assistance.
He said he encountered a trespasser on his property, and when he told the man to leave, the man pulled a gun on him.
The property owner took off, and so did the trespasser.
However, the alleged trespasser’s car (or one similar to it, which would be remarkable in itself) was spotted by an Orland police officer in the 700 block of Tehama Street – coincidentally the same short block in which Arlo Little said he was shot on March 28.
The officer made a felony stop (a stop made at gunpoint) and the driver was detained.
He was identified as David Gutierrez. Whether or not he was the same individual who exhibited the firearm, Gutierrez is a parolee and officers began searching him and his vehicle.
Law enforcement officer ponder David Gutierrez’s car and contents. Glenn County Observer photo by Larry Judkins.
Besides the contents of the vehicle, the car itself was even more interesting to behold than the interior of a certain reporter’s minivan (a van that had been stolen and stripped prior to its current ownership). The car was missing its hood and at least two of its wheels were held on by three wrench sockets rather than five lug nuts.
Gutierrez was sitting in the back of a patrol unit when The Glenn County Observer arrived. However, he was brought out when officers were told that the property owner would be brought by in another patrol unit to possibly confirm that Gutierrez was indeed the man who threatened him with a gun.
When the nearly shirtless Gutierrez exited the patrol vehicle, Sgt. Greg Felton of the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office ask him why he was sweating so much. Gutierrez claimed it was because it was very hot in the patrol unit.
His hands cuffed behind him, David Gutierrez and GCSO Sgt. Greg Felton wait for the unit for the drive-by field identification to arrive. Glenn County Observer photo by Larry Judkins.
As Gutierrez leaned with his back against his own car, in handcuffs and facing the street, a sheriff’s unit slowly drove by. It is presently unknown whether Gutierrez was identified as the man with the firearm.
Nevertheless, although no gun was found in Gutierrez’s possession at the time, ammunition was allegedly found, and that is also a felony for a parolee. Gutierrez was placed under arrest.
An update in The Observer is planned for tomorrow.
Orland – Not a through road (at least for the time being). Glenn County Observer photo by Donna Wilder.
Glenn County Observer
Orland – The driver of a car that knocked down a power pole Sunday morning left the scene on foot faster than the Easter Bunny running an hour behind schedule with his egg deliveries.
The incident was reported about 7:35 a.m. on April 4.
The hit and run occurred on County Road 20 near the intersection with County Road M, knocking the pole and wires across the roadway.
Both the Orland Fire Department and law enforcement quickly arrived at the scene.
Orland – No using this car to get away Easter Sunday morning. The driver in this hit and run apparently used his own two feet, much like Peter Cottontail hopping down the bunny trail. Glenn County Observer photo by Donna Wilder.
When no victim was found, incoming fire department units were canceled, although a couple of units already at the scene stayed behind for traffic control.
Meanwhile, officers stopped and questioned a man walking in the general area. According to police scanner chatter, he denied being the driver of the car.
It is presently unknown whether he was arrested or not.
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