Two meth-heads arrested are suspected of stealing man's car, running him over during Oroville evacuation

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BY NASHELLY CHAVEZ
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Two people were arrested Friday night for allegedly stealing an
Oroville man’s car and running him over with it during the
evacuation of Oroville last Sunday.

According to a news release from the Butte County Sheriff’s
Office, the man injured in the incident was packing his
belongings into his car Sunday night in the 5600 block of Farley
Street in Oroville and had left the engine running.

As he was loading the car, police allege that 27-year-old Cody
Bowles got into the driver’s seat. Bowles allegedly was followed
by a second suspect, Lucia Ripley, 32, who got into the
passenger’s seat.

The man tried to stop Bowles from driving away with the car but
was run over. The Sheriff’s Office said he was flown to an area
hospital with serious injuries.

His car was found the next day on Rosedale Avenue in Oroville.

Bowles and Ripley were taken into custody Friday night after
investigators received information that the two were at a home
in Biggs.

Bowles was booked into the Butte County jail on suspicion of hit
and run, carjacking, vehicle theft, mayhem and assault with a
deadly weapon. Ripley was booked on suspicion of vehicle theft.

Nashelly Chavez: 916-321-1188, @nashellytweets

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article133626124.html

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More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of
California’s largest water agencies rejected concerns that the
massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam — at risk of collapse
Sunday night and prompting the evacuation of 185,000 people —
could erode during heavy winter rains and cause a catastrophe.

Those agencies included the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California, which provides water to 19 million people
in Los Angeles, San Diego and other areas, along with the State
Water Contractors, an association of 27 agencies that buy water
from the state of California through the State Water Project.
The association includes the Metropolitan Water District, Kern
County Water Agency, the Santa Clara Valley Water District and
the Alameda County Water District.