South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 18, 2013) – The attached pictures are of a missing 16-year-old juvenile named Autumn Ellison. She is a white female, 5’-1” tall, 100 pounds, with long brown hair and blue eyes. Ellison has been missing from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina since July 7th, 2013. She has no vehicle or cell […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 18, 2013) – On Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 at around 8:30pm SLTPD Officers responded to the intersection of US Highway 50 with Heavenly Village Way to investigate an injury traffic collision. Steven Magelssen, a 20-year-old resident of South Lake Tahoe, was riding his bicycle southbound on US Highway 50 in […]
Sun Valley, NV…The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division arrested Henry “Hank” Dempsey, age 33, of Sun Valley on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 on four counts of Sexual Assault on a Child Under the Age of 14 and four counts of Lewdness with a Child Under the Age of 14. These assaults involved two female […]
Cold Springs, NV… Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detectives have made an arrest in the July 1, 2013 Cold Springs Homicide Investigation. Robert Michael Owens Jr., a Cold Springs resident was arrested Tuesday afternoon, July 16, 2013, for the murder of Lacee Nicole Shupe and for the attempted murder of a second victim, identified as 39-year-old, […]
SACRAMENTO – As of today, 2,572 inmates in 17 state prisons are on a mass hunger strike disturbance, down from 12,421 inmates on July 11, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). An inmate is considered to be on a hunger strike after he has missed nine consecutive meals. Today, 258 inmates […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…On 7/12/13 the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office received information that a suicidal male subject was in the forest behind Heavenly Ski resort. The subject had posted a Facebook video of himself, which depicted him in this forested area, leaving a message to his family. The subject gave the GPS coordinates of his […]
Reno, NV….The staff at Regional Animal Services knows that microchips are making a world of difference in the lives of cat owners. In the past two years, there have been a number of amazing stories in which cats were returned to their owners after being lost for a long period of time or travelling great […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 16, 2013) – Around 2:00 o’clock in the morning of Wednesday, July 10th, 2013, SLTPD Officers responded to Whiskey Dick’s Saloon, at 2660 Lake Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe to investigate a strong-armed robbery. The 25-year-old victim is a South Lake Tahoe resident who was at the bar when […]
Update: The Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed a formal identification and next of kin notifications. The deceased person has been identified as Kenneth Jewel Stafford, age 27. The cause of death is still pending from the Medical Examiner’s Office. The Regional Officer-Involved Shooting Team investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this incident […]
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responding to a mass hunger strike disturbance by thousands of inmates in several correctional facilities. As of today, 12,421 inmates in 24 state prisons and four out-of-state contract facilities have missed nine consecutive meals since Monday, July 8, 2013. An inmate is considered to […]
