10/16/2026 "Press Release" - Butte County District Attorney's Office Gridley Media Group An Oroville recycling shop owner suspected of buying stolen copper wire appeared in Butte County Superior Court today, where he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of fraudulent recordkeeping. Jacob Allen Klein, 37, of Chico, the owner of DK Recycling in Oroville, was placed on one year of probation and ordered to serve 30 days in the Butte County Jail. In addition, he was fined t

10/16/2026 "Media Release" - Chico Police Department By Will Sheffield Gridley Media Group The Chico Police Department investigated a stabbing that occurred at a residence in the 2200 block of Ceres Ave. around 4:50 PM on September 25, 2026. The adult male victim suffered serious stabwounds but survived after treatment at a local hospital. The suspects fled before police arrival. Investigators identified two suspects during the subsequent investigation. Chico Police Detecti

0/14/2026 "Press Release" - Butte County District Attorney's Office Gridley Media Group A Sacramento man was sentenced to 18 years in state prison at the Butte County Superior Court today after pleading no contest earlier this year to multiple forcible sexual assaults against two victims in Butte County. Hasan Alshammari, 23, was arrested by the Butte County Sheriff’s detectives in March 2026, following a series of sexual assaults that the detectives traced back to Alshammar

10/12/2026 "Media Release" - Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force (BINTF) Gridley Media Group Agents with the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force (BINTF) and the Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) of the Butte County Sheriff’s Office developed information that 46-Year-old Rust Lee Gordon Jr.was trafficking large quantities of fentanyl in our region. Agents then obtained a search warrant for Mr. Gordon Jr., his vehicle and his residence at 455 Rio Lindo Avenue, Apt. #40, in

10/07/2026 "Press Release" - Sutter County Sheriff's Office Gridley Media Group On October 6, 2026, the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Highway 99 and Howsley Road for a coroner case involving a traffic collision that had occurred. The victims in the traffic collision were identified as 45-year-old Chico CA resident Gabriel Rodriguez Maldonado and 42-year-old Chico CA resident Maria Cristina Alarcon-Abarca. The traffic collision is being investigated

10.05.2026 "Press Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group SHARE THIS POST The Chico Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing at risk woman, 79-year-old Sandra DELLAGOSTINO. Sandra left her residence near El Monte Ave and has not been seen since 2:45 PM today. Sandra frequents the Lower Bidwell Park area. Sandra is described as a white female adult, 5’9” tall, approximately 130 pounds, shoulder length brown hair and brown ey

"Juvenile Arrested Following Early Morning Shooting" 10/05/26 "Press Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group Shortly after 4am on October 5, 2026 the Chico Police Department received multiple calls reporting hearing shots and screaming in the area of Ceres Ave. and Garden Park Dr. Officers responded to the area but were unable to locate any evidence of a shooting. Approximately 15 minutes later, we received information that a witness recorded the incident. Ac

10/4/2026 "Press Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group At approximately 8:50 a.m., a citizen contacted Chico Police Dispatch to report that a person was lying in the Lindo Channel near Manzanita Avenue and Hilda Way. The caller reported that the person was lying on top of an electric bicycle and appeared to be unresponsive. Chico Fire Department, Butte EMS, and Chico Police officers responded to the scene and determined that the person was deceased. The indi

10.01.2026 "Media Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group Over the course of the past week, Chico Police Officers have responded to multiple calls for service involving the same group of juvenile suspects- two 16-year-old and one 14-year-old males. During each of these incidents, violent and/or egregious crimes were in progress. 09/24/26- Officers responded to a report of an assault with an axe at Children’s Park shortly after 8pm. The victim and suspects fled

09.17.2026 "Press Release" - Butte County District Attorney's Office Gridley Media Group By Will Sheffield A Chico man appeared this week in the Butte County Superior Court for arraignment on multiple felony charges of inappropriate sexual behavior involving a 12-year-old girl. Guerardo Guido, 24, of Chico, was arrested two weeks ago by Chico Police detectives after an investigation revealed allegations that he had been contacting the girl on social media for sexual purpose

09.14.2026 "Media Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group By Will Sheffield Around 3:30pm, the Chico Police Department received a call reporting an unknown woman had wandered into the yard of their residence in the 600 block of Eastwood Ave. While Officers were enroute, additional callers in the neighborhood reported the same woman tried breaking into their respective homes and threw a rock at one of the homeowners. When Officers arrived at the location, they

09.08.2026 "Press Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group By Will Sheffield Chico, CA – On Sunday, September 6, 2026, at approximately 9:12 p.m., the Chico Police Department responded to a vehicle-versus-pedestrian collision at the intersection of East Avenue and Ceres Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle and was in critical condition. The pedestrian was later identified as Joel Seltzer, an 89-year-old Chico

Missing Adult 09.04.2026 "Press Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group By Will Sheffield The Chico Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing adult. 69-year-old Javier Menchaca was last seen around 12:00pm, at his residence located in the 1500 block of Laburnum Avenue. Mr. Menchaca hasn’t been seen or heard from by friends or family since. Mr. Menchaca possibly left his residence on foot and has no frequently visited locations

08.31.2026 "Press Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group By: Will Sheffield Around 3:15am on Saturday August 29, 2026, the Chico Police Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting someone inside of a residence in the 1200 block of Cedar St. making threats to shoot the occupants and refusing to leave. The reporting party described the suspects as two Hispanic males and one Hispanic female. Officers were dispatched to the area and located a group matching the d

05.27.2026 "Media Release" Butte County Sheriff Gridley Media Group By: Will Sheffield On August 24, 2026, at approximately 8:47 p.m., a Butte County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted a traffic stop in the area of Greenwich Drive and W. 11th Avenue after observing a vehicle code violation. During the stop, the driver was identified as Chase Waller, 36, of Chico, who deputies confirmed was on CDC parole. The passengers were identified as Thomas Ditman, 40, of Chico, and Lyn

08.25.2026 "Media Release" - Chico Police Department Gridley Media Group By: Will Sheffield Around 4:20pm on August 25, 2026, the Chico Police Department received several 9-1-1 calls from witnesses reporting a man on the Eaton overpass at Highway 99, making statements that he wanted to jump. One of the first Officers on scene, Nicolo DiStefano, is a trained Crisis Negotiator. Officer DiStefano was able to make verbal contact with the man and convinced him to abandon his pos