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April 9, 2013 — A supervisor at Sierra Army Depot in Herlong responsible for receiving and inventorying military war materials from Iraq and Afghanistan faces felony theft charges in U.S. District Court in Sacramento.

According to Tuesday, April 9 press release from Lori McDonald, public information officer at the depot, “ … Mr. Devon Biggs, Jr., an employee at Sierra Army Depot, was arrested and taken into federal custody on charges related to the theft of government property. An investigation by special agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation remains open and ongoing. To protect the integrity of the investigative process and to protect the rights of all involved, no further details or information will be released at this time.”

April 9, 2013 — A civilian employee at Sierra Army Depot has been charged with the alleged theft of sophisticated military equipment recently returned from Afghanistan and Iraq.

According to court documents, Devon Gregory Biggs Jr. 36, is accused of trying to smuggle nearly $85,000 worth of equipment from SIAD in Herlong.

Gil Calac, right, a former Susanville resident who is now the leader of the Yakima Warriors Association and a Vietnam veteran, and Representative Norm Johnson, left, watch as Washington Governor Jay Inslee signs House Bill 1319 into law.	Representative Norm Johnson stands at the inscribed wall of the Washington State Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol campus in Olympia, looking for the name of his cousin, who died during the Vietnam War. House Bill 1319, recently signed into law, designates March 30 as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.” Photos by the Washington House of Representatives

April 9, 2013 — A former Susanville resident stood beside Washington Governor Jay Inslee as he signed a bill designating March 30 each year as ‘Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans’ to honor Vietnam veterans in the state of Washington.

April 9, 2013 — Kathleen Williams, the Sacramento-based attorney representing Lassen County in the case of Tom Stone, the former county administrative officer who alleges the county wrongly terminated him in 2011, filed a notice of demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint and a lengthy memorandum of points and authorities in support in Lassen County Superior Court on March 18.

Should Stone prevail in the lawsuit, he asks the court to award him at least $1 million in damages and costs.