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Rampant Crime Plagues
Win River Casino

In January of 2023, Speak Up Shasta requested a full report of calls for service for Shasta County Sheriff, Fire and/or emergency medical response to the Win River Casino between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.

We received a log of well over 600 calls during this two-year period. Through comparison to public records of police codes in use, we identified:

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  • At least two dozen incidents of assault or battery

  • Over two dozen incidents of grand theft

  • At least 100 incidents of petty theft

  • Over 40 calls for Outstanding Warrants

  • Over 70 calls for Disturbances/Disturbing the Peace

  • Dozens of calls for trespassing, Drunk in Public, Vandalism and Suspicious Activity

  • Numerous calls for “Man Down” and K9 Deployment

  • Several calls that appear related to missing persons reported or found.

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Over 100 additional calls are still being researched as their codes are unclear. What is perfectly clear is that the Win River Casino is a major epicenter of crime in Shasta County.

Just some of the major incidents in recent history:

Attempted Murder

In January of this year, a woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly attempting to run over her partner at Win-River Casino.

Elderly Assault

In December 2021, right before the period of this study, a man assaulted an 80 year old woman and shot a police officers in an incident at Win River. We was sentenced to 60 years to life.  

Death Threats

In March 2021, a Man arrested after threatening to 'kill everyone' at Win-River Casino 

Grand Theft Auto

In 2018, a Police K9 was shot pursuing a suspect who was driving a stolen vehicle out of the Win River parking lot.  

Shasta County and the City of Redding should consider a full accounting of the costs of servicing this Casino and crime it is attracting to our community before any long term agreement is struck – and to cover years of non-payments to deal with these frightening incidents.

Non-violent offences can cost thousands of dollars to investigate and prosecute. Violent crimes can cost upwards of $100,000 per incident. We are looking at hundreds of incidents each and every year.

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