By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
Glenn County Sheriff’s deputies spent almost two hours Monday evening trying to reach a continuously moving Chevy Silverado in southeast Glenn County and northeast Colusa County.
Inside the Chevy, while the driver spoke to the Glenn County Sheriff’s dispatcher, two male passengers fought with each other to gain control of a firearm.
Glenn County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Afton area sometime after 8 p.m. Following are many of the police scanner transmissions between about 8:30 p.m. and 10:10 p.m.
At 8:29 p.m., after the Silverado driver said they were heading east, the sergeant on duty, Sam-3, told the dispatcher to “advise Butte County [the Butte County Sheriff’s Office] they are heading east.”
The dispatcher told the lead patrol deputy, Paul-6, that “she is now northbound on [County Road] Y, coming up on County Road 70.”
The dispatcher then told Paul-6 that the Chevy is “stopped at County Road Y, cross of County Road 70. The males are still in a [physical struggle] over the firearm.”
Sam-3 asked for clothing descriptions for the men. Dispatch replied that she was trying but “she is very hard to understand.”
Sam-3 also asked, “If she is stopped, can she get away from the vehicle?”
A moment later, the dispatcher commented, “Sam-3, she’s afraid to fully stop because she thinks the male’s going to get out. I am trying to get her to stop completely.”
The dispatcher told Paul-6, “They are now going southbound on Y from 70. I can hear the males [in a physical fight] in the background. She says they are still fighting over the firearm.”
Paul-6 responded, “10-4. Notify Colusa” [the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office].
Sam-3 inquired, “Why won’t she stop the vehicle?”
The dispatcher answered, “She keeps saying she doesn’t want him to run away. I tried to get her to run from the car once it stops.”
Sam-3 responded, “I copy that, and I copy that she’s hard to understand. But why doesn’t she want the suspect to leave?”
Orland police officer 505, Thomas Roenspie, radioed, “I don’t believe Colusa County has a K-9. Would you please notify them that I’m enroute?”
Officer Roenspie’s K-9 partner is Dutch.
A concerned Sam-3 advised Paul 6, “This one sounds weird. When you go 97 [arrive at the scene], put a felony stop [guns drawn, and other precautions] on everybody involved.”
Paul 6 replied, “Affirmative.”
The dispatcher told Sam-3, “I got the boyfriend in the background screaming they are not going to stop the vehicle because if they do they think he will shoot.”
Sam-3 responded and asked, “10-4. What’s the update now for their location?”
The dispatcher answered “They are southbound on Y, coming up on Adobe. They’re on Adobe.”
The dispatcher then told Paul 6, “They are southbound on Y, it turns into Adobe. Colusa is requesting you continue into their county for assist. They are still rolling code from out of the area.”
A deputy asked for a description of the vehicle. The dispatcher replied, “It’s going to be a silver 2010 Chevy Silverado.”
The dispatcher reported that she could no longer hear anyone and the cell phone had stopped pinging.
Then, the dispatcher informed Paul-6, “I got one last ping just south of Gridley Road on Adobe. I have attempted to call back and there’s been negative answer, and I have also texted 911.”
The dispatcher then reported that the vehicle had stopped at River Road and Gridley Highway. She continued, “Additionally, the female ran from the vehicle.”
Paul-6 said he had arrived at the scene. He then added, “We’ve got a felony stop going.”
The dispatcher asked, “Would you like a code [33]?” This is an order for law enforcement officers to limit their radio transmissions unless absolutely necessary. When a Code 33 is happening, scanner listeners will hear a loud beep every 10 seconds or so.
Sam-3 interjected, “Give them a code.”
At about 9:05 p.m., a deputy reported, “We have two detained, possibly one outstanding.” He added that the deputies were Code 4 (okay), and the Code 33 was discontinued.
Sam-3 asked Paul-6, “Is it the X-ray [woman] who is outstanding?”
Paul-6 answered, “Negative. We have one female and one male. It sounds like …” The rest is unintelligible.
This reporter stopped listening to the scanner at about 10:10 p.m.
Obviously, most of the above activity occurred in Glenn County, but the incident ended in Colusa County, the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office’s jurisdiction.
Despite all the Glenn County Sheriff’s time and resources used, there was not a single word about this incident in the sheriff’s log. Nor was there mention of it in the sheriff office’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) calls.
The Orland Police Department’s log had a brief item about the incident, stating, “OPD responded to assist GCSO with a report of a physical fight with a firearm involved. OPD K9 unit assisted GCSO until no longer needed.”
Tuesday afternoon, The Glenn County Observer called the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office for more information. The Observer was told that no one was available who could talk about the incident.
The Observer reporter’s name and number was left, but the call was not returned.
Questions that need answering include:
Who are the three individuals?
How many of them, if any, were arrested?
If there were any arrests, what were the charges?
What caused the fight between the two men?
The Observer will continue to seek answers to these questions.
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