It was a busy week at the Siskiyou County Jail. One Yreka man apparently didn’t get the message the first time — booked and released Monday, he was back in cuffs Tuesday night at a local farm supply store on burglary charges. Another checked in with nine outstanding failure-to-appear warrants, suggesting court dates have become something of a suggestion in certain circles. Out on northbound I-5, Weed Police stopped two separate vehicles within 31 minutes of each other in the dead of night — different drivers, same highway, same drug trafficking charges, same $50,000 bail. And in perhaps the week’s most ill-advised errand, a Hornbrook man showed up to his probation check-in at the Day Reporting Center allegedly carrying a ballistic knife and drugs he’d reportedly planned to smuggle into the jail — and left in handcuffs. The full booking report for the period of March 9–16 follows below.
All persons listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges are allegations only.
ATKINS, Donald R., 42, of Yreka, was arrested March 10 by the Yreka Police Department at S. Oregon St. and booked into Siskiyou County Jail on suspicion of disorderly conduct/loitering on private property (misdemeanor). Bail: $500. Court date: April 28, 2026.
