An El Dorado County man who was arrested in connection with an alleged cockfighting operation in Garden Valley last February was formally convicted last week, ordered to serve 45 days in county jail, and pay $700 in fines and fees and over $4,200 in restitution to El Dorado County. Once he serves his jail time, […]
Sunday, May 29, an off-duty Placer County Sheriff’s sergeant was involved in the shooting of a suspected burglar in the city of Roseville. The Roseville Police Department is investigating the shooting. The Sheriff’s Office is prevented from making further comment due to personnel laws. According to standard countywide protocol for an officer-involved shooting, the Placer […]
Placer County Sheriff Detectives arrested Jeremy Ray Baker (DOB 06-12-79) of Roseville for the murders of Nanette Florance, John Camara and Lawrence Fay. Deputies responded to a residence on Rachel Lane in Loomis Saturday morning and discovered the three victims. Two victims died at the scene and one victim died at the hospital. All three […]
A Loomis woman was arrested Monday night on charges that she poisoned her husband. Rachel Melody Bettencourt, 53, was booked at the Placer County Jail on charges of willful poisoning and of inflicting corporal injury to a spouse. She is being held on $100,000 bail. Placer County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Sutter Roseville Medical […]
Truckee, CA…On May 28th and 9:45pm CHP Dispatch received a 911 call from a person stating they were involved in a hit and run collision. The collision occurred on I-80 eastbound east of Donner Summit. The victim, Brianne Butler of Sacramento described the suspect vehicle as a white Honda Accord and gave the license plate […]
On 05-27-2011 at about 2:20 am unidentified suspects broke into Silver State Roofing in Gardnerville, Nevada, and stole numerous power tools including compressors, nail guns, drills and circular saws. The suspect vehicle is described as a white minivan with a sliding passenger side door, possibly a late 90’s – early 2000 model Toyota Sienna or […]
Sitting as the Board of Fire Commissioners for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), County Commissioners approved their 2011-12 budget of $20,377,780 effective on July 1st. The budget takes into consideration approximately $400,000 of savings realized by wage and benefit concessions recently negotiated by the City of Reno and Firefighters Local #731 (which represents […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Division is currently investigating a report of a Home Invasion and Kidnapping, which occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 22nd at a residence on Chula Vista Court in Spanish Springs. At approximately 4:43AM on Sunday morning, the Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of Highland […]
Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley will hold two Town Hall meetings during the month of May to discuss budget impacts on public safety. The first Town Hall meeting will be held this Tuesday, May 24th at 6:00p.m. at the Regional Public Safety Training Center located at 5190 Spectrum Boulevard in Reno. Sheriff Haley will address […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has greatly increased its ability to support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking with the addition of a new, grant-funded Victim Advocate from the Crisis Call Center working directly out of the Sheriff’s Detective Division. “Connecting victims with an advocate as soon as possible after the crime lessens […]
