Gold Nugget Days Jail Goes Missing Before Event

Gold Nugget Days begins today in Paradise, but a core part of the event has mysteriously gone missing. Organizers told the Chico Enterprise-Record that someone has made off with the “calaboose,” which is a sort of jail on wheels, and is used by the High Sheriff and his deputies to sell Gold Nugget Days badges. The calaboose was reported missing on Monday after someone went to the home where it was being stored and took it from the yard. The paper says that organizers were ready to file a police report but changed their mind after a ransom note was sent to the museum. The note apparently was pasted together with mismatched letters that said the jail would be returned in time for the event and that it would be cleaned up and polished. The identity of the thieves remains a secret.