Tree trimmer charged with slashing clients’ throats, leaving 3 dead
Updated 11:05 AM;
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of the small city of Oroville, was charged on Wednesday with murder, attempted murder and arson. The charges included special sentencing allegations that Blinston used a deadly weapon, attacked an elderly victim and committed multiple killings.
He was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Thursday and could face life in prison without possibility of parole if convicted.
Blinston had been in jail since he was arrested last year and charged in another neck-cutting, authorities said.
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The drive-by shooting happened on June 11, 2020.
Oroville Police received 911 calls reporting a young man, who had been let out of a maroon-colored SUV, was standing outside of and shooting toward a residence in the 3400 block of Roseben Ave, Ramsey said. The man then got back in the passenger side of the SUV, which fled the area.
Within minutes after the shooting, Oroville Police officers located the maroon-colored SUV less than five blocks away outside of Berry’s residence. Phianemanh was found in the driver’s seat of the vehicle registered to a family member. Berry was detained just outside his residence.
Oroville drag racing suspect appears in court
The man charged in a deadly street racing crash appeared in court Wednesday morning, however, he did not enter a plea.
Posted: May 5, 2021 3:14 PM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos
OROVILLE, Calif. – The man charged in a deadly street racing crash appeared in court Wednesday morning, however, he did not enter a plea.
Carlos Hill faces 3 counts of manslaughter for his part in the race that led up to the crash that killed two men and a 2-year-old girl on April 29.