However, while being booked into the Tehama County Jail, the TCSO said all three suspects were found with methamphetamine and/or fentanyl. They were ultimately arrested for those charges. They were also found to have firearms believed to have been used in the carjacking at the casino. At the time of their arrest, the TCSO said they were in possession of a vehicle recently reported stolen out of Chico. Additionally, the stolen vehicle was eventually found in Glenn County and recovered.ĭeputies and police eventually located Diaz-Mendoza and Lodge, along with 20-year-old Karla Ortega-Pahua.

The TCSO said their deputies were able to identify 29-year-old Roberto Diaz-Mendoza and 18-year-old Joseph Lodge as the two men who stole the vehicle. He told deputies he was forced out of his vehicle before the thieves hopped in and drove off in it. The victim told responding deputies he was carjacked by two men in the parking lot-one armed with a shotgun. Three people have been arrested in connection to an armed carjacking at a casino in the Corning area over the weekend.ĭeputies with the Tehama County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) received a report of a carjacking at Rolling Hills Casino just after 6:30 a.m.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated with the corrected information available from the Tehama County Jail website regarding Ortega-Pahua's age.

Rolling hills casino news