Washington, DC…The first few pages of Chief Justice Roberts Opinion follows and click on the image below for complete ruling. “Catholic Social Services is a foster care agency in Philadelphia. The City stopped referring children to CSS upon discovering that the agency would not certify same-sex couples to be foster parents due to its religious […]
Reno, CA…Shortly after 8:00 this morning, Washoe County Sheriff’s – Hasty Team members, along with deputies and detectives were called out to Olinghouse for a mining accident. A 75-year-old hobbyist was mining with a friend near the remote mining camp/ghost town. The ground beneath him caved in, and the man succumbed to his injuries. HASTY […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…Enhanced fire restrictions begin today, June 15, 2021, and will remain in effect through November or until rescinded. Wood and charcoal fires and other fire-related activities are prohibited on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin, including developed campgrounds. Illegal campfires cause over 90 percent of the wildfires at Lake […]
Incline Village, NV…Donald Diffin, 49, is in custody at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility after an hours-long standoff with Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies, assisting agencies, and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team Saturday night. Patrol deputies were first called to the 300 block of Winding Way in Incline Village shortly […]
Homewood, CA…From the Placer Sheriff’s Office…”UPDATE: We are aware the date in the surveillance video is listed as 6/6/2021, which is inaccurate. The date the homicide occurred was 6/5/2021. Please see the new surveillance video below. Do you recognize the subject? On June 5th at 10 p.m., Placer County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 […]
Reno, NV…Washoe County Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested the suspect in a counterfeit check scam. On May 13, 2021 the Sheriff’s Office requested help from the community in identifying a man seen in surveillance images while cashing counterfeit U.S. Treasury checks at an area casino. Within two days, detectives had a probable identity of the […]
Reno, NV…The Regional Sex Offender Notification Unit (RSONU) has charged Javier Virrey-Rodriguez, 27, with one felony count of being a sex offender who failed to register. Virrey is a Tier I sex offender previously charged in Placer County for sexually motivated crimes with a deadly weapon. Virrey was arrested by the Reno Police Department on […]
Reno, NV…Washoe County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies made contact with, and identified, two non-compliant sex offenders over the weekend. Carl Geier, 50, was arrested June 4, 2021 when deputies responded to another crime in progress. Geier was not a suspect in that particular crime. When deputies were interviewing Geier – he fled from them on […]
Santa Anna, CA…A 24-year-old Costa Mesa man has been charged with murder for shooting and killing a 6-year-old boy during a road rage incident on the 55 freeway on May 21, 2021. The 23-year-old driver of getaway vehicle has been charged with being an accessory after the fact and having a concealed weapon in her […]
Sacramento, CA…California Governor Gavin Newsom released the following statement on today’s court decision regarding assault weapons: “Today’s decision is a direct threat to public safety and the lives of innocent Californians, period. As the son of a judge, I grew up with deep respect for the judicial process and the importance of a judge’s ability […]
