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Volume 139, Number 16 — Locally-owned since 1884

The hometown paper of Cynthia & Kevin Jordling

Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, May 18, 2022

LUCAS FRERICHS for YOLO COUNTY SUPERVISOR

District 2

We Support Lucas: Pierre Neu (Winters City Council), Alfredo Arredondo & Marcela Jauregui, Lisa Baker, Marlene & Bob Bell, Rob Carrion, Rebecca & Woody Fridae, Larry Harris, Robyn & Bruce Rominger, Al Vallecillo, and more!

at the local and regional level. He listens and works to find common ground. Please join me in supporting a great leader for our shared future.” Don Saylor,

housing stock, and improving our quality of life in Yolo County. He will be a great addition to the Board of Supervisors, providing a valuable rural perspective.” Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Assemblymember, District 4

Winters City Council

Yolo County Supervisor, District 2

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“Lucas is committed to growing high quality jobs, improving transportation infrastructure,

“Lucas and I have worked together for years on important local leadership. Together, we work community first, equitycentric, and respectfully on long- and short-term planning. Join me in supporting Lucas’ collaborative leadership approach.” Jesse Loren,

“Lucas is driven by a passion for service and a love for the people and places of Yolo County. He has

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VOTE BY JUNE 7

Senior commissioners appoint new leadership, hear Senior Center update By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief

Express graphic/Erika Ceja

The Winters Senior Commission on Aging approved new leadership roles and discussed ways to get more input from the community for senior programming at their May 11 meeting.

Multiple vehicles were damaged in a hit-and-run incident early on Sunday morning.

New leadership

Winters police apprehend driver after multiple hit-and-runs in DUI incident

The Senior Commission has faced chal-

By Rick von Geldern Express staff writer Residents near the intersection of Kennedy and Valley Oak Drives were awakened early Sunday morning as multiple vehicles were damaged by a hit and run driver. The wrecking-spree started in Dixon when Dixon resident and suspect

Armando Lizarraga, Jr., 57, allegedly drove a 2008 Dodge Ram truck into a structure and concrete wall. As a result, a side mirror and the truck’s front license plate were dislodged and remained at the scene. At 3:08 a.m., Lizarraga is alleged to have run a stop sign at the intersection of

Express staff writer

EXPRESS

An early morning call from a neighbor in El Rio Villa reporting unusual noise in an adjacent residence led to the arrest of a burglary suspect.

This past Sunday morning Winters Police Officer Thomas Letterman responded on scene at 7:51 a.m. According to Winters Police Chief John P. Miller, when Letterman arrived at the Purtell Court residence he discovered a broken window at the rear of the property and heard noise coming from inside. Letterman entered the residence with

Kennedy and Valley Oak before hitting two parked cars and pushing them into a garage. Neighbors were awakened by the disturbance and multiple 911 calls were made. Resident Erika Ceja and her family were awakened and went outside their

See DUI, Page 5

his service weapon drawn when the suspect appeared and was quickly apprehended. The suspect, Thomas Johnson, a 59-yearold Caucasian transient, was armed with a carpenter’s knife. Johnson was taken into custody by the Yolo County Sheriff deputies on suspicion of burglary. The occupants of the residence were

See THEFT, Page 5

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Rain for week: TRACE Season’s total: 18.29 in. Last sn. to date: 7.99 in. Winters rainfall season began 7/1/21. Weather readings are taken at 9 a.m.

Editor-in-Chief An unmanned aircraft crashed in an agricultural field on Saturday, May 14, sparking two small fires. Fire Captain Cheyne Baumgart said Winters Fire Department received a dispatch alert at 12:03 p.m., and Engine 26 was first on the scene. The 10-foot aircraft was being remotely-flown in part of a

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A Winters Fire crew extinguished two fires that sparked

See CRASH, Page 5 when an unmanned aircraft crashed in an ag field.

Winters man found guilty of double-murder By Lauren Keene McNaughton Media The final two defendants in a Yolo County double-murder case got their day of reckoning on Wednesday, May 11 as a jury declared them guilty for their roles in the presumed deaths of two missing teenagers. Winters resident Chandale Shannon Jr., 25; and Woodland resident Jesus Campos, 22, now face lengthy prison sentences for their murder and kidnapping convictions, which come nearly four years after their 2018 arrests. Shannon was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for Yolo County teens Enrique Rios (of Esparto) and Elijah Moore (of Wood-

land), of kidnapping, and special circumstances of multiple murders and kidnapping during the course of a murder. Campos was convicted of second-degree murder of Rios, first degree murder of Moore, kidnapping, and special circumstances of multiple murders and kidnapping during the course of a murder. “I’m just beyond relieved. A huge weight has been lifted,” said Lola Rios Gutierrez, whose son Enrique Rios, 16, was the first to go missing in October 2016. “It’s not going to bring my baby back, but they’re not going to be able to do this to anybody else.” Enrique’s friend and classmate

See GUILTY, Page 5

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By Crystal Apilado

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Council appointed Karen Conerly to the Winters Senior Commission on Aging at its April 19 meeting. Conerly’s appointment filled the seat following the resignation of Commissioner Dawn Van Dyke. This original appointment of Van Dyke’s term is set to expire in June 2023.

Unmanned aircraft crashes in ag field

Police nab suspect during crime-in-progress By Rick von Geldern

lenges in maintaining commissioners yearround. The latest seat became open in March when Commissioner Valerie Whitworth resigned from her seat. At the April 13 meeting, Senior Commissioners elected Cheryl Sandoval as the Chair, and Tina Lowden as the Vice Chair. The Winters City

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County opens COVID test to treat location By Anne Ternus-Bellamy McNaughton Media Yolo County opened its first “test to treat” site in Woodland. Located at the OptumServe testing site at 2780 E Gibson Rd., next to the Juvenile Detention Facility, the test-to-treat program enables residents to take a rapid test for COVID-19 and, if positive, to receive a prescription for antiviral pills if medically appropriate. Oral COVID-19 medications must be taken within five days of the initial onset of symptoms to help prevent severe illness and hospitalization. The OptumServe site will be open Thursdays through Sundays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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