Man Arrested on Weapon Charges 

February 3, 2024 - Alturas, California - Modoc County Sheriff's Office officials report that on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at approximately 8:00 A.M., Modoc County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to County Road 214 in Canby, California for a male subject who had reportedly made threats to kill his mother.

Deputies were alerted to the situation after a CHP Officer contacted the man's mother parked alongside the road on State Route 299. She told the CHP Officer that her adult son, who was identified at Zane Cyril Black, age 32, had physically assaulted her that morning and threatened to kill her. She informed the officer that her son had multiple weapons inside the residence and made threats to shoot law enforcement. He was said to still be at the residence with his two daughters, ages 8 and 9.

The Modoc County Vineyard Academy in Canby was put on lockdown as law enforcement officers worked to apprehend the suspect. By 11:00 A.M., sheriff's deputies with assistance from the California Highway Patrol and the Alturas Police Department took Black into custody without incident. The two children were turned over to child protective services.

The sheriff's deputies obtained a search warrant for the residence and seized multiple firearms, ammunition, and what's believed to be a fully automatic pistol.

Zane Black was booked into the Modoc County Jail on multiple weapons charges and criminal threats. He was arraigned in court on Thursday and held without bail.

Source & photo: Modoc County Sheriff's Office