Reno, NV… Volunteers from the Specialized Vehicle Unit of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team felt they needed a better understanding of how to work with horses during, or as part of, their missions. So they turned to the Sparks Police Department’s Horse Mounted Unit and asked if they could collaborate on […]
Washington DC…During the past 72 hours, the FBI; its local, state, and federal law enforcement partners; and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) conducted Operation Cross Country VII, a three-day enforcement action to address commercial child sex trafficking throughout the United States. The operation included enforcement actions in 76 cities across 47 […]
Sacramento, CA… Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the arrest of three individuals who allegedly engaged in fraud against the State of California by taking bribes, misappropriating taxpayer money and forging documents. The complaint alleges that Michael Mathison, owner of Veteran Toners Services, supplied inflated quotes to the Department of Fish and Wildlife and […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office joined the Nevada Highway Patrol, Reno Police Department and Sparks Police Department in a two-week “Joining Forces” DUI Enforcement campaign earlier this month. From June 28 through July 12, 2013, the Sheriff’s Office and other participating agencies conducted around the clock saturation patrols and a DUI checkpoint on the 4th […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to help identify a suspect, who attempted to rob the El Dorado Savings Bank located at 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd, in the Bijou Shopping Center, at about 3:30 this afternoon. The suspect appears to be an elderly white male adult, […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 25, 2013) – On Thursday, July 25, 2013, at about 1:30 a.m., South Lake Tahoe Police Officers were dispatched to reports of a screaming woman at a multi-story apartment complex on SR. 89. Upon arrival they contacted 37-year-old Matthew Hamilton who was bleeding from the head, hand and foot. Hamilton […]
Gardnerville, NV…On Friday, 07/19/13, at approximately 4:30 pm, Investigators of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to an apartment in the 1200 block of High School St, in Gardnerville, reference a death investigation. Information revealed that a civil process server had gone to the location to serve an eviction, and had discovered a deceased person […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 23, 2013) – SLTPD detectives and patrol officers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the stabbing death this past weekend on Pioneer Trail of 28-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident Julian Acevedo Salvador. This is the first homicide investigation in South Lake Tahoe during 2013. The suspect remains unidentified and at […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 20, 2013) – At around 3:30am this morning, Saturday, July 20th, 2013, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department officials requested police respond to Pioneer Trail, in the area of the Americana Village Suites. This is a residential complex at 3845 Pioneer Trail. Fire officials were already en-route to an unrelated medical […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (July 19, 2013) – SLTPD Officers arrested a 33-year-old Mountain View, California resident for indecent exposure at the free Summer Series Concert at Lakeview Commons yesterday evening. Two officers were already present at Lakeview Commons when several people contacted them for help. People in the crowd directed the officers to Ajit […]
