Reno, NV… The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is taking part in the Crisis Call Center’s drive to collect donated teddy bears for victims of sexual assault during the first week of June. The Crisis Call Center provides support to victims of sexual assault in northern Nevada through their Sexual Assault Support Services. “One small way […]
Sparks, NV… Washoe County Regional Animal Services plans to offer free microchipping services at several locations during the month of May, including this year’s Walk for Animals event on Saturday, May 18, at the Sparks Marina. The following mobile microchipping clinics have been scheduled for May, 2013. Pet owners are asked to bring their dogs […]
Palomino Valley, NV…The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office patrol division and Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) investigated a fatal traffic accident involving a motorcyclist versus a wild horse in the Palomino Valley area on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at approximately 9:03 p.m. The collision occurred on Whiskey Springs Road near Amy Road. The Sheriff’s Office has […]
RIVERSIDE – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors finalized a first-of-its-kind contract Tuesday that allows the County Sheriff to utilize jail inmates in the state’s fire camps. “This historic agreement is another great example of the state working with counties to protect public safety,” CDCR Secretary […]
Zephyr Cove, NV…At 8:05 am this morning, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded a report of a kidnapping and robbery at the Zephyr Cove Lodge. An employee of Zephyr Cove noticed banging coming from the trunk of an older Silver Mercedes Benz. Locating the keys in the ignition, she opened the truck and found 42 […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA – On Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 the SLTPD SWAT team executed high risk search and arrest warrants at 2493 William Avenue, and took 46-year-old Anthony Corbin into custody for several felonies. Anthony Corbin is a confirmed member of the South Lake Tahoe Brotherhood Motorcycle Club. In mid-March Corbin was identified as […]
Ottawa, April 22, 2013– Today, the RCMP arrested two individuals and charged them with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack against a VIA passenger train. The accused have been charged under sections 248, 235 (1), 83.2, 83.18, 83.21 of the Criminal Code of Canada. As a result of extensive collaborative efforts, the RCMP was […]
Gardnerville, NV…On Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 11:18 pm, Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence in the 1300 block of Waterloo Lane for a report of a female who had been shot. DCSO Deputies arrived and found Rianilee Belles (38), Benjamin Dupreez (35) and Travis Belles (38) all from Gardnerville. Rianilee had suffered […]
SAN QUENTIN, CA… Condemned inmate Justin Alan Helzer, 41, who was on California’s death row from Contra Costa County, was pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison late Sunday evening, April 14, 2013. The death is being investigated as a suicide. He was single-celled. Helzer was sentenced to death, along with his brother Glenn Helzer, […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…On Wednesday, April17th, 2013 at around 0630 am police dispatch received a report at 899 Tahoe Island Drive that an intoxicated adult man, identified as 21 year old Skylor Klisch, had battered and strangled his 45 year old mother to the point of her losing consciousness. The son fled their shared residence […]
