****UPDATE:****
Suspect in Custody

The Chico Police Department Violence Suppression Unit (VSU) identified DAYVON HANKINS (23) of Sacramento, as a suspect in the robbery that occurred at W. 12th St. and Ivy St. on October 28th 2020. VSU Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for HANKINS.

On 12/08/2021, Sacramento PD arrested HANKINS on Chico PD’s arrest warrant for robbery. Sacramento PD had also obtained arrest warrants for HANKINS for unrelated robberies in their jurisdiction.

See original press release below.

The Chico Police Department and the victim’s family are asking for the public’s help in solving a cold case from 2016. On February 17^th, 2016 about 7:30pm, Officers were dispatched to a hit and run traffic collision near the intersection of W. Sacramento Ave. and Citrus Ave.  In this collision, a female named Elizabeth Lewis was struck and dragged by a westbound vehicle.  The vehicle drove several blocks before Lewis was dislodged from the vehicle.  The vehicle did not stop and fled the scene.  A citizen found Lewis on the side of the road near W.

On November 10, 2021, officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on E. 5th Avenue. The driver, Rosa Valdez (age 42), had a felony warrant for her arrest. As officers were about to detain Valdez she fled in her vehicle. Officers pursued the vehicle for about one mile and then terminated the pursuit.

On November 15, 2021, a citizen reported their Ford Escort stolen and they named Valdez as the suspect in the theft.

On 6-19-2021 at approximately 1:30 AM, Chico Police Officers contacted the victim of a sexual assault that had recently occurred in the south Chico area. Chico Police Officers conducted an initial investigation and transported the victim to an area hospital where the victim was treated and evidence was collected. The case was forwarded to the Detective Bureau for further investigation into the sexual assault.

On 11/14/2021 at 0458 hours, Chico Police Dispatch received a call from a security company monitoring Pick N Pull Auto Dismantlers located at 397 E. Park Avenue. The caller indicated they could see a subject on video going through vehicles inside the locked gates of the closed business. Officers from the Chico Police Department arrived on scene and began a search of the facility. Within three minutes of entering the business Officers located Terry Miller who was taken into custody without incident. Miller was arrested and later transported to Butte County Jail.

On 11/5/21 at approximately 0824 hrs. CPD Dispatch received a phone call from an alert citizen who reported seeing a stolen vehicle in the 2500 block of the Esplanade. The reporting party advised the vehicle was occupied by one subject. Officers arrived on scene and spotted the stolen vehicle as it drove southbound on the Esplanade. A felony traffic stop was initiated and the suspect, Cody Allen, was arrested without incident. Allen was additionally charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

On Sunday 10/31/21 just before 10:30 a.m. Chico Police Officers were dispatched to the CalWater water tower located at Oleander Avenue and E. 6th Avenue Chico, CA after several passerby’s noticed a male holding a long object sitting atop the tower. Fearing the subject was possibly armed with a rifle, Officers cautiously responded and prepared to communicate with the individual. For over two hours Chico Police Officers and Crisis Negotiators attempted to get the male down from the tower. The male, later identified as 39-year-old Derrick CRIST, refused to come down.

On 10/31/2021 at approximately 0120 hours, the Chico Police Department received a call about a strong arm robbery that had just occurred in the area of E. 20th Street and Mulberry Street. The victim indicated he was assaulted by a group of male subjects and property was taken as a result. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Chico Police Department at (530) 895-4911.

Location: E. 20th Street / Mulberry Street

Victim: Withheld Suspect: Unknown

On 10/29/21 at approximately 0914 hrs. CPD Dispatch received a phone call from an employee of a local business in the 2000 block of Dr. MLK Pkwy. that a subject was inside the business and chasing an employee with an axe. Several CPD Units responded Code-3 to the scene and discovered 38 year old Michael Creek being detained by several bystanders in front of the business. A subsequent investigation revealed that Creek was asked to leave the business by an employee.