Day: October 25, 2024

Glenn County Observer

Get your pumpkins ready!

Due to popular demand (translation: firefighters and pretty much everyone else in the community had a ton of fun last year), the Pumpkin Drop Survival Contest is back.

A lucky (or brilliant) participant can win $20 if his or her pumpkin can survive unscathed a 50-foot drop from the top of the Orland Fire Department’s ladder truck tomorrow, Saturday, October 26, so wrap it in bubble wrap, put it in a box with foam peanuts, make a parachute, or use your own creative ideas. The pumpkin drop time is 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the fire station.

Here are the rules:

1). The pumpkin must be in the 8-inch to 10-inch range. No little mini stuff or gourds that you could drop from 100 feet and not be hurt. Judges must declare, “Now that’s a droppable pumpkin!”

2) If the pumpkin is placed in a box, the overall size of any side of the box can be no more than about 18 inches. And the box and its contents can weigh no more than 35 pounds. (Firefighters have to carry it up the ladder.)

3) Any crack in the pumpkin and it’s out.

4) First prize is $20. The most creative or cutest entry wins $10. The judges’ decision is final, but note that they can be bribed with large quantities of candy and treats.

5) In case of a tie, there will be a re-drop from a higher elevation.

6). Most important, have fun.

Here is a list of the bookings into the Glenn County Jail, with information provided by jail personnel, the Glenn County Sheriff’s log, and the Orland police log. Remember: Everyone accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Tuesday, October 22:

10:50 a.m., Marcus Daniel Yocum, 41, of Orland, was booked into the Glenn County Jail without bail for alleged violation of post-release community supervision (a felony). He was taken into custody at the Glenn County Probation Department, Willows, by a probation officer.

5:20 p.m., Donald Gerard Smith, 63, of Orland, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges alleging felony violation of probation (one county), and misdemeanor violation of probation (two counts). Bail was set at $45,000. He was taken into custody at the Glenn County Probation Department, Willows, by a probation officer.

Wednesday, October 23:

11:45 a.m., Thomas Michael Butler, 30, of Orland, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges alleging felony violation of probation. Bail was set at $20,000. He was taken into custody at the Glenn County Probation Department, Willows, by a probation officer.

12 p.m., Estevan Ramirez Hernandez, 41, of Hayward, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on warrant alleging failure to appear on a felony charge. Bail was set at $30,000. He was taken into custody at the Alameda County Jail by a Glenn County Sheriff’s deputy.

Thursday, October 24:

8:05 a.m., Gabriel Lopez Baeza, 45, of Willows, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges alleging misdemeanor trespassing. Bail was set at $0. He was taken into custody at 143 North Yolo Street, Willows, by a Glenn County Sheriff’s deputy.

According to the Glenn County Sheriff’s log, at about 8:22 a.m. on October 24, deputies were conducting a search of a condemned property at 143 North Yolo Street in Willows due to prior history of people squatting there. Deputies found Gabriel Baeza, who was admonished for trespassing on the property the previous day, inside the same unit. Deputy Peterson subsequently arrested Baeza for alleged unauthorized entry into a non-commercial dwelling. Baeza was transported to the Glenn County Jail for booking and processing.

1:46 p.m., Jose Alfredo Marmolejo, 31, of Orland, was booked into the Glenn County Jail without bail on charges of felony violation of post-release community supervision/flash incarceration, which consists of one to 10 days in jail for the purpose of punishing the person without disrupting his or her home or work life. Marmolejo was taken into custody at 928 Woodward Avenue, apt. #2, Orland, by a Glenn County probation officer.

5 p.m., Beatrice Lee Salazar, 34, of Willows, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges alleging felony violation of probation. Bail was set at $20,000. She was taken into custody at the Glenn County Probation Department, Willows, by a probation officer.

10:09 p.m., Christopher James Dunn, 38, of Orland, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on three misdemeanor Glenn County Superior Court bench warrants alleging disobeying a court order. Total bail was set at $120,000. He was taken into custody at 745 Paigewood Drive by an Orland police officer.

The Orland police log says only that at 10:04 p.m. on October 24, at the Paigewood Village Apartments, 745 Paigewood Drive, Orland police officers “contacted Christopher Dunn, 38, of Orland. Dunn was arrested and booked for three misdemeanor Glenn County warrants.”