Butte Countys' Most Wanted
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is seeking Scott Alan Mitchell for a warrant charging him with cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale.
He is 5'10" tall and weighs 190 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He is 35 years old. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is also seeking Martin Edward Martinez for a felony warrant charging him with revocation of post release community supervision. He is 5'10" tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He is 32 years old. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is also seeking Ivan Paul Findley for a felony warrant charging him with failing to appear, violation of probation, criminal threats and exhibiting a deadly weapon. He is 5'6" tall and weighs 170 pounds, has brown hair and hazel eyes and he is 21 years old. Anyone with information is asked to call the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
OROVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Oroville Police Department is seeking Tyson Dean Franchini for a warrant charging him with burglary, receiving stolen property and arson. He has brown hair and brown eyes, is 6'2" tall and weighs 240 pounds. He is 33 years old.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Oroville Police Department at 538-2448.
PARADISE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Paradise Police Department is looking for Joshua Gene Florie Jr. for a warrant charging him with forgery. There is no current photo available.
He has brown hair and blue eyes and weighs 160 pounds. He is 5'7" tall and is 19 years old. ,Anyone with information is urged to call the Paradise Police Department at 872-6241.
Butte Countys' Most Wanted
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is seeking Shaon Dranee Jones for a warrant charging her with failing to appear, violation of probation and possession of a controlled narcotic. She is 5'5" tall and weighs 175 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes. She is 42 years old. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is also seeking Jess Laffeyetti Bronson for a felony warrant charging him with failing to register as a sexual offender. He is 5'11" tall and weighs 165 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He is 69 years old. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is also seeking Francisco Velencia Martinez for a felony warrant charging him with failing to appear and possession of a controlled substance. He is 5'5" tall and weighs 130 pounds, has black hair and green eyes and he is 24 years old. Anyone with information is asked to call the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
OROVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Oroville Police Department is seeking John David Kleinmaus for a warrant charging him with failing to appear, violation of probation, dissuading a witness and other charges. He has brown hair and hazel eyes, is 5'11" tall and weighs 195 pounds. He is 25 years old. Anyone with information is asked to call the Oroville Police Department at 538-2448.
PARADISE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Paradise Police Department is looking for April Lynn Bilbrey for a warrant charging her with petty theft with a prior theft conviction. She has brown hair and brown eyes and weighs 120 pounds. She is 5'1" tall and is 29 years old. Anyone with information is urged to call the Paradise Police Department at 872-6241.
Butte Countys' Most Wanted
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is seeking Chad Allen Reeves for a warrant charging him with failing to appear, violation of probation and disobeying a domestic violence court order. He is 6'2" tall and weighs 210 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. He is 24 years old. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is also seeking Asa Aaron Potts for a warrant charging him with failing to appear, violation of probation and causing injury with special allegations. He is 6'2" tall and weighs 165 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He is 23 years old. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office is seeking Jaskirat Singh Boparai for a felony warrant charging him with Failing to appear, forgery and identity theft. He is 5'11" tall and weighs 220 pounds. He has black hair and black eyes. He is 36 years old. nAnyone with information is asked to contact the Butte County Sheriff's Office at 538-7449.
OROVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Oroville Police Department is seeking Shane Mitchel Roy for warrants charging him with violation of probation, burglary and driving under the influence. He has brown hair and hazel eyes, is 6'0" tall and weighs 150 pounds. He is 23 years old. Anyone with information is asked to call the Oroville Police Department at 538-2448.
PARADISE POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Paradise Police Department is looking for Katherine Ann Foster for a warrant with charges of theft from an elder or dependent adult. There is no photo available. She has brown hair and green eyes and weighs 400 pounds. She is 5'6" tall and is 50 years old. Anyone with information is urged to call the Paradise Police Department at 872-6241.
Felony Arrest ...
BUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
MEDIA RELEASE
JERRY W. SMITH
SHERIFF-CORONER
DATE : October 31, 2011
RELEASED BY: Sgt. Anthony Borgman
CONTACT: South County Watch Commander, 530-538-7322
SUBJECT: C11-15918, Reported Assault, Pursuit, (SUS) Vehicle Collision with Injury
On Monday October 31, 2011, at approximately 5:50 pm, a resident of the 5200 block of Miner’s Ranch Road, Oroville, reported that her ex-husband was trying to run her over in her yard. While Deputies were responding to the area, the victim advised that the suspect, later identified as 53 year old Oroville resident Mark A. Pesonen, left in a small, red pickup with an unknown passenger.
Butte County Sheriff’s Deputy D. Ament located a red pickup matching the description of Pesonen’s pickup on the east end of Lower Wyandotte Road. Deputy Ament initiated an investigative stop on the pickup and Pesonen failed to yield, accelerating westbound on Lower Wyandotte Road. According to Deputy Ament during the course of the pursuit, Pesonen was driving approximately 55 mph, and reached a maximum speed of approximately 70 mph. Pesonen was avoiding other vehicles in the area that were yielding to Deputy Ament’s emergency lights and siren, passed Drescher Tract Road. As Pesonen passed the Feather Falls Casino on Lower Wyandotte Road however, he lost control of the pickup when he tried to avoid slower traffic. The pickup drifted across the center turn lane and the eastbound lane, struck the end of a culvert in the ditch on the south side of Lower Wyandotte Road, rolled and came to rest on it’s roof.
Deputy Ament requested Cal-Fire and ambulance for the occupants of the truck, who were trapped inside the vehicle. Pesonen became agitated and began to be aggressive. He was able to exit the vehicle and was detained by Mooretown Rancheria Security and Deputy Ament until rescue personnel arrived. Butte County Fire/Cal-Fire, El Medio Fire and Oroville Fire firefighters coordinated the extrication of Pesonen’s passenger, 52 year old Oroville resident Kenneth Jones.
Jones was life-flighted by REACH 7 to an area hospital and is currently in critical condition. Pesonen was transported to an area hospital, was treated and released to the custody of Deputies. He was transported to the Butte County Jail in Oroville and booked for felony 594(b)(1) PC, vandalism of the victim’s property; felony 2800.3(a) CVC, attempting to elude a Peace Officer resulting in great bodily injury; 23153(a) CVC, driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, neglecting the duty to stop and causing injury to his passenger; 23153(b) CVC, driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol level greater than 0.08%, neglecting the duty to stop and causing injury to his passenger; as well as 14601.2(a) CVC, driving while his license was suspended for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. His total bail was set at $189,000.
Further investigation determined that Pesonen did not drive the vehicle at the victim in a way that would actually constitute an assault with a deadly weapon at the Miner’s Ranch Road residence as originally reported.