The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Division is investigating a trend of forced entry vehicle burglaries being reported at local parks, trails, and various parking lots. These suspects are not only hoping to discover unlocked doors and/or vehicle windows; perpetrators are making entry by smashing windows. The investigative trend shows these perpetrators to be targeting […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…The Eldorado County Sheriff’s Dive Team located a body in deep water off of Rubicon Point. Speculation is that the body recovered is from an old diving accident from possibly as long as 20 years ago. The log excerpt is below.. 27491 GC CORONERS INVESTIGATI \ RUBICON POINT , SOUTH LAKE TAHO […]
The Placer County Sheriff Office’s Search and Rescue teams are beginning their annual telemarketing fundraising drive throughout the county. This year, Search and Rescue is hoping to purchase equipment for countywide searches, as well as mobile communications equipment for the Lake Tahoe area. Search and Rescue volunteers donate thousands of hours each year to locate […]
Placer County is hard at work preparing for a state-mandated program that will make the county responsible beginning this fall for many adult parolees and criminal offenders the state classifies as low-level and nonviolent. One of the main concerns facing Placer County is how to effectively supervise the target population within funding constraints imposed by […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a local business owner who was the victim of several thefts from the company’s vending machines. A case was initiated and assigned to the Sheriff’s Office All Threats All Crimes Task Force (ATAC) to investigate. During the course of the investigation, Detectives from ATAC worked closely with […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) investigated a vehicle versus motorcycle traffic accident, which was initially reported to the Reno Police Department at approximately 4:28am, early Thursday morning. Reno Police Officers responded to the scene and located an injured male who had been riding a motorcycle. Reno Police Officers also located […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) investigated a vehicle versus motorcycle traffic accident, which was initially reported to the Reno Police Department at approximately 4:28am, early Thursday morning. Reno Police Officers responded to the scene and located an injured male who had been riding a motorcycle. Reno Police Officers also located […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) investigated a vehicle versus motorcycle traffic accident, which was initially reported to the Reno Police Department at approximately 4:28am, early Thursday morning. Reno Police Officers responded to the scene and located an injured male who had been riding a motorcycle. Reno Police Officers also located […]
Sand Harbor, NV…On Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at approximately 3:30 pm, the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a head‐on accident State Route 28 approximately 4 miles south of Sand Harbor. Preliminary investigation reveals that a green 2000 Ford F350 pickup was southbound on SR28 heading away from Incline, Nevada. A semi truck pulling a dump […]
