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  • Police: missing 10-year-old girl from Citrus Heights found

    Citrus Heights police said a search for a missing “at-risk” girl ended successfully Thursday, after a search team formed and the 10-year-old was located.

    Police car lights, light bar. Citrus Heights Sentinel. Photo by Luke Otterstad
    Police lights, stock photo. // Citrus Heights Sentinel

    “We are relieved to announce [the missing person] has been located and is currently being reunited with her family,” said CHPD’s Public Information Officer Chad Morris in an email update to media just after 3 p.m., Thursday.

    Police said officers responded to a report of the missing girl, who reportedly had last been seen at her Citrus Heights residence around 11:30 a.m.  A detailed description and photograph of the minor was then sent out by police in a press release around 2:50 p.m., urging anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to call the Department.

    Just 20 minutes after sending the release out, police said the missing girl had been located, and thanked those involved in the search effort for their willingness to help.

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    According to Sergeant Mike Wells, CHPD receives about 50 missing person calls a month — with the Department most recently notifying the public in December of two separate cases where “at-risk” seniors went missing.

  • Police: driver gets stolen vehicle back after search leads to arrest

    Citrus Heights police said they recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested an at-large wanted parolee Monday, after “an alert citizen” helped find the man hiding in a shed within a search perimeter officers established near Antelope Road and Mariposa Avenue.

    Officers maintain a perimeter near Antelope Road Monday, in search of a vehicle theft suspect.
    Officers maintain a perimeter near Antelope Road Monday, in search of a vehicle theft suspect.

    Sergeant Mike Wells said police officers located the stolen vehicle just “moments” after it had been reported stolen around 9 a.m. by a man who left his vehicle running while going inside a local gas station.

    Police said the thief fled the vehicle on foot and was reported “hopping fences” near Mariposa and Pratt Avenues, leading officers to establish a multi-block perimeter in search of the thief. A California Highway Patrol plane was also observed circling the area during the search.

    Wells said the search resulted in officers finding a man hiding in a shed after “an alert citizen observed some property, which did not belong to them, in front of their residence and advised officers.”

    The man is believed to be responsible for the vehicle theft, according to Wells, but an investigation is still under way. He said officers arrested the man after determining him to be an at-large wanted parolee.

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    The sergeant said CHPD reminds drivers “not to leave their vehicles running when unoccupied,” commenting that it happens more frequently in the winter when drivers warm up their cars on a cold morning. “It only takes a few seconds to have your vehicle stolen, and leaving it running can make an inviting target for criminals.”