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Red Bluff Police are searching for a high-risk sex offender, paroled in Red Bluff, who police said cut his ankle monitor and is on the loose. He is considered high-risk. 24-year-old Jose De Jesus Esparza was recently released from prison and paroled in Tehama County.

<p>Authorities are searching for a possible witness to the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old Red Bluff police officer and father of one, who was gunned down early Tuesday morning while he was apparently refueling his patrol car at a gas pump.</p>

The coming revolution against the United States government was announced on the Internet via a manifesto by a self-described "proud and insolent youth," a college sophomore who sought to be our leader. This was to be the spark: At 1:27 a.m. on Nov. 19, 2002, Officer David Mobilio of the Red Bluff Police Department was working the graveyard shift when he pulled his cruiser into a gas station in his quiet little farm town. As he stood beside the car, the 31-year-old husband and father of a toddler was shot three times, twice in the back and once in the...

Colusa Jury Convicts Cop Killer April 5, 2005 COLUSA -- A Colusa County jury has convicted the man accused of killing a Red Bluff police officer in 2002. The jury took only about 30 minutes to deliberate the case before returning a guilty verdict against Andrew Mickel. Mickel, 26, who defended himself, admitted in the past to shooting Dave Mobilio as the officer refueled his car on Nov. 19, 2002. Since the shooting, Mickel has said in Internet postings and media interviews, that he shot the officer to protest police brutality. Mickel had told jurors in his opening statement that...

<p>Suspect was 'in my grasp,' deputy says Christine Vovakes -- Bee Correspondent Published 2:15 a.m. PST Wednesday, December 11, 2002 RED BLUFF -- An Oregon deputy sheriff said Tuesday he didn't realize it, but he had the suspect in Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio's killing "in my grasp" just hours after the Nov. 19 shooting. Andrew Hampton McCrae, 23, wrecked his 1992 maroon Ford Mustang in southeastern Oregon about 11 a.m. Nov. 19 -- less than 10 hours after the shooting, according to a Harney County Sheriff's Department accident report. He was arrested a week later in New Hampshire.</p>

What follows is a timeline of events of my involvement in the Red Bluff, CA police officer slaying. The original story was posted on Free Republic HERE. My first update to the story and request for assistance was posted HERE. BTW .... my thanks to everyone who copied the RBPD composit and posted it in stores and gas stations. Please go back now and take them down. On Friday evening, I received the following email (I have redacted the domains of the receipents as there is NO evidence to suggest any involvement by them in this crime): Return-Path: < americanresistance@yahoo.com...

This story is taken from crime at sacbee.com. Suspect in Red Bluff police officer slaying apprehended - (Published November 26, 2002) [Updated 10:05 a.m. Nov. 26] CONCORD, N.H. — A 23-year-old man opposed to "police-state tactics" was captured in a hotel Tuesday as people in California flocked to a memorial service for a police officer he apparently admitted killing. Andrew Hampton McCrae, 23, of Olympia, Wash., surrendered without incident at about 10 a.m. EST after a standoff at the Holiday Inn, police said. Investigators will have to prove the man they arrested is the same Andrew McCrae who admitting on...

<p>Students from Red Bluff High School joined in downtown Red Bluff today to show support and compassion to local law enforcement following the tragic death of Red Bluff Police Officer David Mobilio earlier this week.</p> <p>Students from the sophomore leadership classes, student government and peer partners organized the event that included leaving fresh flowers on the bell outside the police department, as well as congregating on the four corners of Main Street, Oak Street and Antelope Boulevard. The carnations were a donation from the Gazebo Floral and Gift Shoppe in Red Bluff.</p>