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Indian Valley Record,
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5A
Deputies halt teen burglary spree
M. Kate West
Chester Editor
chesternews@plu masnews.com
The Plumas County Sher-
iWs Office deputies assigned
to the Chester Substation
were on a four-day run taking
reports and tracking suspects
responsible for a number of
burglaries and vandalisms
June 17 - 20 in Chester.
Acting Patrol Sgt. Ian
James said the investigation
began Saturday, June 18, with
calls of damage reports from
both Ayoob's Hardware Store
and the Chester Park.
"At Ayoobs, the back door
was beat and jimmied with a
crow bar but the suspects
didn't have enough strength to
pry the door open," James said.
That same night, the
Chester Park was vandalized.
The door to the concession
stand had the doorknob beaten
out of it. Yet, no entry was
made into the building. The
same-happened to the door
leading to the announcer's
stand near the ball field. The
final act of vandalism in this
location included breaking
the. heads off 10 sprinkler
units.
Chester resident Garn
Pringle, who was assisting
with the registration and coor-
dination of the annual Mile
High 100 bike ride, was the
first to report the park damage.
Pringle said he had been in
the park the previous night
until approximately 9:30 p.m.
and was back again Saturday
morning at 5 a.m.
James believes the inci-
dents occurred between 10
p.m. and 5 a.m.
Ayoobs reported the repair/
loss value at $300. Plumas
County Facility Services
Director Joe Wilson set a
$1,900 loss value for the park
vandalism.
Deputy Michael Kincaid
was assigned the investiga-
tion for these two incidents.
Scoring 0-2 on theft efforts,
the burglars made The Sports
Nut their next target. Satur-
day, June 19, they broke out a
rear window, entered the
business and left with a num-
ber of knives and a machete
in their possession.
"That's how we knew kids
were responsible; the window
they went through was very
small," Sgt. James said. "Just
as we could see the items they
took were more fanciful to
kids."
He also said another telling
factor was that the thieves
didn't pursue a large quantity
of items or those of a higher
value that might have attract-
ed the attention of an adult.
The loss value assigned to
this theft was also $300.
Sunday night, June 19, the
thieves returned to Ayoobs
and this time broke out the
large front window. The loss
value for this attempted
burglary was set at $3,300.
Deputy Chris Herrbach was
assigned the investigation.
Arriving on shift Tuesday,
June 21, Herrbach received
reports of two more burglar-
ies. One at the Lassen Street
residence of A1 Hugon, a
retired California Highway
Patrol officer, and the second
in a storage unit located on
Melissa Avenue.
"The focus of the Hugon
break-in was the gun cabinet.
A total of 14 guns -- and am-
munition -- were taken,"
James said.
Among the weapons taken
were an 1884 Winchester
saddle gun, many WWI sou-
venirs and Hugon's personally
issued service revolver.
Items stolen from the
storage unit included knives,
a BB gun and a hunter's bow
and arrows.
These investigations were
also assigned to Deputy
Herrbach.
i
"The victim thought he
knew whom it could have:
been. Deputy Herrbach fol-
lowed up on the lead quickly
and was able to recover all the
property. He was assisted by
reserve deputies Brian Smith
and Nick Dawson," James
said.
He also said the ensuing
search turned up the knives
and machete stolen from The
Sports Nut.
Most of the recovered prop-
erty was found in the home of
one of the teen suspects. The
remainder was found secreted
on the meadow.
Troubling to James was the
fact that one of the youth was
in possession of loaded fire-
arms. He said the weapons
taken from Hugon's residence
had been armed.
Two teens, ages 13 and 14,
were arrested.
Charged with multiple
counts of burglary, attempted
burglary and vandalism, the
youth were taken into custody
and transported to a juvenile
facility in Susanville.
James said the deputies did
an outstanding job in follow-
ing up all leads and interview-
ing the youth.
He also said the youth were,
in the end, very forthcoming.
"They didn't hold anything
back and all property has
been recovered. It was a busy
four days and a good job was
definitely done by all."
He said that because the
deputies live locally -- their
children are here -- they are
invested in caring for the
community.
"Because we are always
talking to the folks that live
here, we do know who is
doing what, when and where.
This is what (Plumas County)
Sheriff Hagwood wants from
his staff, for us to reach out
and effect good communica-
tion in the Lake Almanor
Basin," James said.
L
OVERRUNS, from page 1A
He admitted there was a
lack of clear communication
to the board: something he
and Chief Financial Officer
Jim Scoubes would normally
provide.
As chief financial officer,
Scoubes has responsibility
for the college's finances, in-
cluding the staff and systems
that contributed to the error.
How Scoubes missed the
error is riot clear. By press
time, he had not returned
calls from Feather Publish-
ing.
Next steps
Elliott said over the course
of the next few months, ad-
ministrators and the board
will develop a memorandum
outlining requirements for
future construction projects,
including a separate account-
ing system and supporting
staff, as well as monthly
financial reptiiig.
He agreJwith trustee
Leah West's assessment dur-
ing the June 23 board meet-
ing: "Since we overspent, we
need to retreat from future
expenses (for the time being)
and make do with less."
Sheehan expressed reluc-
tance to make further cuts
to the recently approved
budget, saying, "Everyone
made good faith efforts to cut
expenses and achieve the
needed reductions."
College president Dr. Ron
Taylor agreed, saying that
while he didn't think there
would be much more in sav-
ings, capital accounts would
be the place to look for them.
June 16
At its regular board meet-
ing, Scoubes presented
trustees with a request to
allocate $700,000 to pay
construction overruns of
about $308,000, an estimated
$307,000 of previously un-
known costs due to an
accounting error, and a
$45,000 settlement with RHCI.
At the time, Scoubes and
Boyd indicated the $700,000
was a "soft" figure because of
outstanding retention pay-
ments, the college's pending
claims and negotiated settle-
ments wit'h' contractors.
FRC retains 10 percent of
thd prime contractor's total
contract to ensure contrac-
tors meet all contractual
obligations and correct any
deficiencies.
The $45,000 settlement with
RHCI is a result of negotia-
tions regarding the com-
pany's billing to the college
for construction delays stem-
ming from an inaccurate
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June 20
At this previously planned
special meeting, Taylor pro-
vided trustees with a new
overrun figure: $973,627.
Anticipated liquidated
damages of $77,000 would
bring FRC's out-of-pocket
costs down to $896,627. Taylor
explained to trustees that
payments to RHCI were in
negotiations. Backup materi-
al showed an audio-visual
contract balance of $93,213.
Of that amount, FRC is with-
holding $34,281 for third-
party claims against RHCI.
The amount is due and
payable, whether to RHCI or
to the company's suppliers
and subcontractors.
Taylor also said the college
is in negotiations with RHCI
over repairs to concrete floor-
ing and issues related to ar-
chitectural standards. In a
later telephone conversation,
Taylor declined to be more
specific, citing ongoing nego-
tiations with RHCI.
A math error discovered
after the meeting resulted in
a $22,000 understatement of
the balance due to RHCI
by Sept. 15.
Trustees were so confused
by the unusual report format
and its lack of detail that they
declined to approve the origi-
nal allocation request and a
revised request that would
leave just under $500,000 in
the SRS account by eliminat-
ing all other proposed expen-
ditures.
The board directed Taylor
to notice a second special
meeting June 23 to deal solely
with the allocation and to
provide trustees with a de-
tailed report in standardized
accounting format.
June 23
Scoubes provided the board
with a well-documented ac-
counting to support the re-
quest for SRS allocation. The
most recent accounting
showed a total projected cost
of $10,775,799 for the learning
resource center, originally
estimated at $9,955,001.
Scoubes grouped the over-
ages into four categories:
$313,515 in unreimbursed ex-
penditures -- the previously
unidentified overruns re-
vealed as an accounting error
at the June 16 meeting;
unpaid construction invoices
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totaling $77,688; retentions of
$336,383; and $93,213 remain-
ing on the audio-visual con-
tract with RHCI, yielding the
$820,798 figure.
Scoubes also identified
$320,475 in potential recover-
ies from contractors: $54,000
in liquidated damages stem-
ming from a contractor's lack
of an onsite construction
superintendent; $34,000 in
liquidated damages caused
by additional delays; $34,281
in third-party delays; $150,000
for additional soils analysis
costs incurred; and $48,194 in
engineering claims.
Scoubes' total for potential
recoveries is a best-case
scenario. If the college can
recover the total amount, net
estimated project overruns
would be $500,323.
While liquidated damages
are likely, recouping the
entire amount is not certain.
Boyd and Taylor told the
trustees the college had docu-
mented claims, but contrac-
tors would dispute the
claims. The total amount
depends on negotiations and
potential legal costs --
whether it is cost-effective to
bring legal action.
In a final motion, trustees
asked the administration to
report on capital improve-
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