Two dead after high-speed pursuit
Stolen car collided headon with semi near Colusa
A high-speed police chase Thursday ended when the suspect’s car collided head-on with a semi, killing two Yuba City residents.
Jared A. Russell, 21, was driving a 1997 Honda Accord east on Highway 20 near Colusa when an offduty police officer recogA Honda Accord crashed Thursday during a high speed chase on Highway 20 near Colusa. The driver and passenger both died from the collision.
recognized the car was stolen and called in for marked police units to intercept, according to a California Highway Patrol press release.
Officers with the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office and Colusa Police Department found the Honda still headed east on Highway 20 on the outskirts of Colusa, near Highway 45. When Russell realized he was being followed, he sped up to over
FELONY ARRESTS
Jeffery R. Looney, 31, homeless, Sutter, was arrested by the Yuba City Police Department at 10:18 p.m. July 31 on suspicion of vehicle theft. He was booked into Sutter County Jail.
Randy Hildreth, 42, of the 5700 block of Howsley Road, Pleasant Grove, was arrested by the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office at 6 p.m. July 31 in the 3700 block of Catlett Road on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance for sale. He was booked into Sutter County Jail.
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Police continued following him until he attempted to pass vehicles on the Sutter Bypass bridge. He then began driving east in the westbound lane and ran head-on into a big rig truck.
Both Russell and his passenger were life flighted to area hospitals after being extricated from the crushed vehicle. Russell was pronounced dead at Rideout Hospital and his passenger, 25-year-old Kelli C. Zanon, was pronounced dead
Shemia C. Ramirez, 37, of the 1700 block of East Onstott Road, Yuba City, was arrested by the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office at 1:09 p.m. July 31 in the 1000 block of Celestial Way on suspicion of robbery and possessing metal knuckles. She was booked into Sutter County Jail.
Emily R. Frappier, 40, of the 700 block of Duke Court, Yuba City, was arrested by the Yuba City Police Department July 31 at her residence on suspicion of willful harm or injury. She was booked into Sutter County Jail.
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Members of Zanon’s family wrote on Facebook that the mother of two had communicated that she’d run out of gas in Colusa and was walking along the highway, when she caught a ride with Russell.
Both lanes of the highway were closed from about 8:30 a.m. to about 2:30 p.m.
The 57-year-old Bakersfield driver of the big rig was uninjured. at his residence on suspicion of willful harm or injury and false imprisonment. He was booked into Sutter County Jail.
Gibbs O. Johnson, 50, of Chico, was arrested by the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office at 10 a.m. July 30 at Deer Ridge Court on suspicion of illegal cultivation of marijuana and criminal conspiracy. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.
DUI ARRESTS Mario A. Alberto-bueso, 22, of Sacramento, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at 2:30 a.m. July 31 at Highway 99. He was booked into Sutter County Jail. Community Garden Facebook page, or email artisancommunitygarden@gmail.com.
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