SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today announced that the California State Senate has confirmed Dan Stone as the Director of Adult Parole Operations and Jay Virbel as Associate Director of Female Offender Programs, Services and Special Housing. “During these times of unprecedented public safety changes, both within our prisons and […]
Washington, DC…The following remarks were prepared for delivery by FBI Washington Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave concerning the September 16, 2013 shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. Good afternoon. As we have progressed past the initial 24 hours after yesterday’s shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, we wanted to take a moment […]
Incline Village, NV… The suspect in an armed robbery that occurred early this year at a Chevron in Incline Village was found guilty on four felony counts by a Washoe District Court jury on September 11, 2013. Jorge Miranda-Rivas, a resident of Incline Village, was found guilty on one count each of Robbery with a […]
Sacramento, CA..Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and legislative leaders agreed on amendments to SB 105 that allow the state to comply with a federal court order to limit the prison population to 137.5 percent of capacity, avoid the early release of thousands of prisoners and protect public safety. While the legislation provides an immediate path […]
Reno, NV…The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement agencies statewide are warning drivers that authorities will be out in force this Labor Day weekend patrolling the roads for impaired drivers. Drunk drivers will be cited and prosecuted. “Driving under the influence is a costly mistake that must be avoided,” Washoe County Undersheriff Tim Kuzanek […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (August 21, 2013) – The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to help identify the suspect who robbed the El Dorado Savings and Loan at 3443 Lake Tahoe Boulevard this morning around 9:30am. Based on surveillance footage, the suspect appears to be a white male adult […]
Duncan, OK…<a href=”http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/20/police-say-teen-shot-australian-student-in-oklahoma-for-fun-it/”>Prosecutors on Tuesday charged two teenagers accused of gunning down an Australian student in Oklahoma for the “fun of it” with first-degree murder, and a third teen with being an accessory. Officials say 22-year-old Christopher Lane, who was visiting the U.S. on a baseball scholarship at East Central University, was jogging along a […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (August 20, 2013) – On Monday, August 19, 2013, at about 2:30 pm, South Lake Tahoe Police Officers Eissinger and Sgt. Williams responded to the corner of Modesto and Harrison Avenues on report of a man using a large knife to skin an animal in the open lot between the Snow […]
Reno, NV…The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office reports that an 83-year-old woman who had been the subject of a multi-day search in west Reno was found safe this morning and returned to her family. Helen “Elaine” Haines was located on the north side of the Truckee River just west of McCarran about 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning. […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (August 16, 2013) – On the night of Tuesday August 8th, 2013 an unidentified suspect walked into the USA gas station located at 2470 Lake Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe and killed the 27-year-old clerk, Manpreet Singh, with a gunshot to the upper torso. Detectives have been poring over several […]
