Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K9 Kraft died of health complications Saturday. Deputy Corey Solferino, his handler of two years, was by his side. Undersheriff Todd Vinger said the passing of Kraft will be a great loss for the agency, but even a greater loss for Kraft’s handler and partner. “Kraft was a rising star with […]
About 20 members of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office elite Detention Response Team will treat residents at the Life Care Center of Reno to Bingo and prizes at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, December 3, 2011. This is the fourth year in a row that Detention Response Team members have donated their time to share a […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn all residents of Washoe County to be aware of scams in which dishonest people pose as friends, family, respected companies and government agencies to get people to send money immediately. Already this holiday season, fraudulent activities have been reported about persons representing themselves as working through […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency call from a resident in the 1300 block of Del Monte Lane at approximately 3:50 AM. The resident reported that a suspicious male subject was at their front door yelling that he had been attacked and demanded entry into the residence. The alert resident did not open […]
Minden, NV…On Monday, November 14th, 2011, Investigators from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office located a single vehicle 90 feet down the side of an embankment near the old power dam on the East Fork of the Carson River, in Gardnerville. The vehicle matched the description of a vehicle driven by a 56 year-old Patricia Loraine […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind the public that texting, accessing the internet and hand-held cell phone use while driving is against the law in Nevada. The Sheriff’s Office reports that 150 warnings (verbal and written combined) have been issued since October 1, 2011 to drivers using a cellular telephone while operating a […]
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office now has more resources in the fight against underage drinking and alcohol sales to minors, thanks to a grant from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. This growing problem was made apparent during a recent Sheriff’s Office decoy operation in the Lake Tahoe area, where 40 percent of the businesses […]
Reno, NV….On October 13, 2011 at approximately 1:31 a.m. officers from the Reno police department responded to the area of the 2200 Block of Flagg Dr. on a report of a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident where the vehicle had fled the scene. The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with substantial injuries which have […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has identified and arrested the suspect in a recent metal theft who was caught in the act of stealing scrap metal from an undisclosed business in Verdi, Nevada in the afternoon of Saturday, October 1, 2011. Following the identification of Timothy Alsum 56 year old Verdi resident (Bk 11-17986), Washoe […]
Lovelock, NV….On Monday, October 10, 2011, the Lovelock Police Department requested the assistance of the Department of Public Safety, Investigation Division to conduct an investigation into the suspicious death of Emigdio V. Herrera, 55, a long-time resident of Lovelock, Nevada. The Investigation Division was assisted in the investigation by the Lovelock Police Department, the Forensic […]
