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Lassen marijuana growers get 15 years
Bay-Area men injured two deputies in 2009 shoot-out
Ruth Ellis
Staff Writer
rellis@lassen news.corn
Two men arrested in June
2009, after a gun battl~ in
a Dixie Valley marijuana
garden injured two Lassen
County Sheriffs deputies and
left one grower dead, were
sentenced to 15 years each in
federal prison, five years of
supervised release and $300
in special penalty assess-
ments based on their convic:
tions.
U.S. District Judge John
A. Mendez sentenced Jose
Alfred Zepeda, 20, of East
Palo Alto, and Clemente
Ferrias Arroyo, 63, of Morgan
Hill, Jan. 11.
According to a press
release from the office of
Benjamin B. Wagner, U.S.
attorney for the Eastern Dis-
trict of California, parole has
been abolished and both
defendants will be required
to serve at least 85 percent
of the prison time imposed
today.
Lassen County Sheriff
Dean Growdon said, "I
am satisfied that justice has
been served in this case. The
suspects were found guilty
by a jury and subsequently
sentenced to 15 years in
federal prison fo.r their
crimes. Our officers involved
in this incident are true pro-
fessionals and I am proud of
their performance on the day
of the incident and their
continued vigilance every
day since."
Lassen County Sheriff's
Office Sgt. Dave Martin and
Deputy Dave Woginrich were
injured during the incident
that occurred June 16, 2009.
Juan Carlos Herrera-Chavez
was killed.
After an ll-day trial in
April 2010, Zepeda and
Arroyo were convicted by
a jury of conspi.ring to
manufacture at least 1,000
marijuana plants, manu-
facturing at least 1,000 mari-
juana plants and possession
of a firearm in furtherance of
drug trafficking crimes.
The press release said
Herrera-Chavez, his brother-
in-law Zepeda and Arroyo
started the marijuana garden
in May 2009. Herrera-Chavez
carried an AK-47 semi-
automatic rifle, Zepeda
carried a SKS semi-automatic
rifle and Arroyo carried
a Smith & Wesson 9 mm
.semi-automatic pistol to
protect the marijuana grow-
ing operation.
The shooting incident
occurred when the Lassen
County Narcotics Taskforce
and agents from the Bureau
of Land Management
were scouting for marijuana
cultivation in the Dixie
Valley area.
According to the press
release, court documents
say officers encountered
Herrera-Chavez, who en-
gaged the officers in a gun
battle with an AK-47 rifle and
wounded the Lassen County
sheriff's officers. Herrera
was killed by the officers'
return gunfire. Zepeda and
Arroyo were present in
the marijuana garden and
arrested.
Law enforcement per-
sonnel warn those who
access public lands or are in
remote areas to be aware of
their surroundings.
Sheriff Growdon said, "The
level of violence associated
with these illegal marijuana
gardens is a serious public
safety threat, and creates
concern for people who ven-
ture onto our public lands.
The men and women of the
Lassen County Sheriff's Of-
fice and I remain committed
to removing these operations
and protecting our citizens to
the best of our ability."
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Plumas County sheriff's
officers arrested four men on
various drug charges while
serving a search warrant on
an East Quincy residence
Thursday, Jan. 20.
Officers searched a
house at 2055 East Main St.,
~allegedly the residence of
Fernando Santos.
During the course of the in-
vestigation, detectives seized
suspected methamphetamine
and cocaine along with a
scale and what a press
release called "other drug
related sales paraphernalia."
Santos, 26, was arrested on
Martin Rodriguez, 41, who
also allegedly lived at the
residence, was arrested on
a charge of being under the
influence of a controlled
substance.
Another alleged resident,
Gildardo Islas, 24, was arrest-
ed on a charge of possession
of methamphetamine.
Jacob Leathers, 22, was
arrested on a charge of being
under the influence of a
controlled substance.
All four men were booked
at the Plumas County Jail.
The California Highway
Patrol assisted the sheriff's
office in the bust.
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In an effc~rt to enhance
safety at an undesignated
parking area near the con-
nection of U.S. 395 and state
Route 36 at Richmond Road,
near Susanville, the Cali-
fornia Department of Trans-
portation (Caltrans) will
install a barricade.
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prevent motorists from enter-
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directly from U.S. 395, in-
stead directing them to enter
and exit via Richmond Road.
Entering or exiting a con-
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other than at an official inter-
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The barricade is a tempo-
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installing an official area
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