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May 14, 2013 — A high-speed chase through Susanville resulted in the arrest of a local man Friday, May 10.

Derek Baker, 47, was booked into the Lassen County Jail on charges of allegedly evading a peace officer, driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license. He was held on a $13,500 bail.

According to the Susanville Police Department, at approximately 11:30 p.m. officers attempted to stop a vehicle for suspicion of driving under the influence on State Route 139, south of the Skyline Drive intersection when Baker allegedly evaded the officer.

May 14, 2013 — Susanville police officers arrested a man Friday, May 10 after receiving a report of an unconscious man in a vehicle at the KFC parking lot.

Officers responded at approximately 11 p.m. and upon arrival they contacted Thomas Ray, 47, of Janesville, in the driver’s seat of the pickup.

According to a press release from the police department, Ray appeared to be disoriented and was subsequently arrested and taken into custody for allegedly driving under the influence.

May 14, 2013 — The public is invited to attend the 50th anniversary celebration of the California Correctional Center held at noon Wednesday, May 15.

Highlights of the event include a welcoming statement by Matt Mullin, the prison’s chief deputy warden; the presentation of colors by an honor guard from CCC and High Desert State Prison; Charlene Peterson, Miss Lassen County, will lead the Pledge of Allegiance; and vocalist Liudmila Mullin will sing the national anthem.

May 14, 2013 — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment Thursday, May 9, charging Devon Gregory Biggs, 36, of Sparks, Nev., with theft of government property from the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, Calif., United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

  According to court documents, Biggs was a civilian employee working at the army depot in Lassen County. He was employed in Warehouse 301, which is the initial receiving point for thousands of military items returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Items being returned are packed in metal shipping containers by military personnel and shipped by truck and rail to Sierra Army Depot. Upon arrival at the depot, the containers are opened, their contents inventoried and then sorted for redistribution, declared excess to the Army's needs or sent to be recycled. In his position, Biggs had access to the items before they were inventoried and documented.