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May 16, 2012 — Tom Downing, Susanville’s police chief, said his department recently completed an undercover drug buy program and as many as nine suspects are in custody or being sought.

 “We’re looking for or already have arrested six juveniles and three adults,” Downing said.

A search warrant also has been served on a Lowry Street location.

An undercover Susanville police officer worked the program in an attempt “to target people selling drugs to our youth. That was the plan. It ended up being youth selling to our youth in and around the park and the high school area,” Downing said.

The program did not purchase any large quantities of drugs, but in some cases suspects made multiple sales.

One of the juveniles is not a Lassen High School student, Downing said.

The chief said the department will release more information soon.

For more details, see the Tuesday, May 21 issue of the Lassen County Times.

On Tuesday, May 14, deputies from the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office conducted a sex registrant sweep for the areas of Susanville Bieber, Doyle, Eagle Lake, Herlong, Janesville, Little Valley, Milford, Nubieber, and Termo. During the sweep, deputies attempted to contact 27 registered sex offenders and contacted 16 of them. Of those 16 registrants contacted, three were arrested and cases were submitted to the Lassen County District Attorney’s Office. Two additional cases were initiated for further investigation. The remaining registrants were deemed to be in compliance with their registration requirements.

May 16, 2013 — The murder of five people in Fernley and Mustang Nevada Monday, May 13 touches Lassen County.

Two of the victims are former Lassen County residents — Les Leiber, 69, the former general manager of the Lassen Municipal Utility District and Angie Duff, 67. Also killed were Robert Pape 84, his wife Dorothy Pape, 84, and Eliazar Graham, 52.

May 15, 2013 — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2 along with contractor Central Striping, Inc. will begin work Monday, May 20 on Highway 395 between Hallelujah Junction and Janesville in Lassen County. One way traffic control with two pilot cars will be in effect weekly between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Work on this $350,000 safety project will focus on the installation of a center line rumble strip and is expected to take about four weeks to complete. Motorists may experience up to 15-minute delays.