Stand-off in El Dorado Hills

Stand-off in El Dorado Hills

Deputies responded to the 7100 block of Hearst Dr. in El Dorado Hills for a report of a suicidal subject. Upon arrival, deputies contacted Serrano security who had been standing by with two individuals from inside the residence. According to information gained from individuals, a 25 year old male was alone inside the Hearst Dr. […]

Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Volunteers Locate a Body in the area above the Whites Creek Trailhead…Body Has Been Identified

Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Volunteers Locate a Body in the area above the Whites Creek Trailhead…Body Has Been Identified

UPDATE 2/10/11: On Tuesday, February 8th at approximately 4:55 pm, the body was transported to the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office for formal identification. Today, the Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity as the missing hiker, Rick Gentry. Two Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Volunteers who were training their cadaver dog, Geiger, discovered […]

UPDATED PRESS RELEASE for WHEELER WAY SHOOTING

UPDATED PRESS RELEASE for WHEELER WAY SHOOTING

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the following additional information in regard to the shooting on Wheeler Way which occurred earlier this date at about 3:20 a.m. The subject who was shot is identified as 41 year old Eric Cooper. The person who shot Cooper is his step son, who is identified as 24 […]

Shooting in Gardnerville on Saturday

Shooting in Gardnerville on Saturday

Gardnerville….On Saturday February 5, 2011 at about 3:20 a.m. Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to 1318 Wheeler Way in the Gardnerville Ranchos on the report of a domestic battery in progress. While the Deputies were responding to the call they were advised that shots had been fired. Responding Deputies learned that a 24 year old […]

Florida Man’s 17-year ID Theft Nightmare Ends w/Arrest

Florida Man’s 17-year ID Theft Nightmare Ends w/Arrest

Placer County, CA…Since 1993, Larry Smith has been arrested numerous times, been sent to state prison, paroled, obtained welfare and Medicare benefits and gotten married. Only he isn’t really Larry Smith, he’s Joseph Kidd, an Auburn area transient. The real Larry Smith’s 17-year nightmare ended yesterday when the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, with the help […]

BREAKING NEWS…..Shooting Occurs at Schnell School Today…Update the Principal Has Passed Away

BREAKING NEWS…..Shooting Occurs at Schnell School Today…Update the Principal Has Passed Away

ElDorado County, CA…Update 6:40pm: According to Sheriffs Office, Mr. LaCara has so sadly passed away……An Update on the Schnell School Shooting that occurred today from the ElDorado County Sheriff’s Office…All children are safe, none were injured during the incident. Updated 12:50 PM – Students at the Schnell School and Bliss Center campus’ are being evacuated […]

2nd Annual Sheriff’s Council Event Coming in May

2nd Annual Sheriff’s Council Event Coming in May

Facing ever-increasing budget shortages, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office is more grateful than ever for the assistance of its non-profit supporter, the Placer County Sheriff’s Council. A group of business and community leaders formed the council in 2004 to fill the gap between the public’s need for increasing law enforcement services and tightening county budgets. […]

Arrest Warrant Issued for Male Originally Charged with Sexual Assault and Lewdness with a Child

Arrest Warrant Issued for Male Originally Charged with Sexual Assault and Lewdness with a Child

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a male who was previously charged on October 22, 2009 with Sexual Assault with a Child under the age of 16 and Lewdness with a Child under the age of 14. Oscar Monroy-Calderon was booked into the Washoe County Detention Facility and subsequently posted bail. Oscar Monroy-Calderon […]

UPDATE: Sheriff’s Office Investigates 12 Unlocked Vehicle Burglary Reports in Incline Village over the Past 90 Days

UPDATE: Sheriff’s Office Investigates 12 Unlocked Vehicle Burglary Reports in Incline Village over the Past 90 Days

Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying suspects in recent string of vehicle burglaries in the Incline Village area. The same suspects were also seen in the Carson City area attempting to purchase items using stolen credit cards. Suspect information: Three males, approximate ages are late teens […]

Cemetery Vandals Arrested

Cemetery Vandals Arrested

An anonymous tip to Placer County Crime Stoppers provided Placer County Sheriff’s detectives with leads that resulted in the arrest of two young Lincoln men for causing massive damage to the Manzanita Cemetery near Lincoln in November. Cody Lee Piland and Steven Robert Warn III, both 19, are cooperating with detectives in the crime spree […]