They also found firearms believed to have been used during the casino carjacking.Īnd, while being booked into the Tehama County Jail, the TCSD said all three suspects were found with methamphetamine and/or fentanyl.įollowing their arrests, investigators learned Ortega-Pahua acted as a getaway driver the night of the incident. The TCSD said their deputies were able to identify 29-year-old Diaz-Mendoza and 18-year-old Lodge as the two men who stole the vehicle.ĭeputies eventually found both Diaz-Mendoza and Lodge with 20-year-old Ortega-Pahua in a vehicle reported missing from the Chico area and arrested them. RELATED CONTENT | Three suspects arrested after carjacking at Rolling Hills Casino over the weekend The stolen vehicle was eventually recovered from the Glenn County area. He told deputies he was forced out of his vehicle before the thieves hopped in it and drove off. The victim told deputies he was carjacked by two men in the parking lot-one armed with a shotgun.

Deputies with the Tehama County Sheriff's Department (TCSD) responded to reports of a carjacking at the casino just after 6:30 a.m. Their charges stem from an armed carjacking at the casino in Corning on Sat., Oct. Ortega-Pahua-were sentenced on Friday, Jan. The Tehama County District Attorney's Office says the three suspects- Joseph J. Three people involved in an armed carjacking at the Rolling Hills Casino in October of last year have been sentenced.

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