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Four men were arrested Sunday on suspicion of terrorizing a man who tried to get their license plate number.

According to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (EDSO), on Sunday, July 26, at 7:45 p.m., a resident of Meyers witnessed a car full of men pull up to the stop sign at the intersection of East San Bernardino Avenue and Apache Drive. He told deputies he saw them roll down a window and shoot what he thought a gun at the sign.

An El Dorado County Sheriff (EDSO) Deputy out on patrol in South Lake Tahoe on Friday, July 3 witnessed a man jaywalking across Highway 50 near the intersection of Third and Fourth Streets.

Since the man, 57-year-old Michael Harry Horny, appeared to be under the influence, the deputy followed him into Burrito Brothers where Horny headed to the restroom and stayed for a long period of time. Concerned Horny perhaps had passed out, or was ill, the deputy knocked on the door. Horny and local law enforcement have had a lot of contact over the past several years and he was known to the deputy.

6/21/15 4:45 p.m. update:

More details of Saturday's arrest have been released by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

As the pursuit of a car driven by 35-year-old Cory Pearson of Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe ended at the Tahoe Keys Marina, officers were able to establish a perimeter around his vehicle which had been reported stolen in Lakeland Village. Pearson yelled to officers that he was armed with a gun and threatened to use it if anyone approached. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) SWAT Team and Crisis Response Team were called to assist.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office helped investigators from the Dublin (CA) Police and Alameda County Sheriff's office arrest a 38-year-old man in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, June 9. Dublin Police had a warrant for the arrest of Matthew Daniel Muller, a suspect in an attempted home invasion robbery that resulted in the assault of the homeowner.

Muller, a resident of Orangevale, CA, was found in his family vacation home on Genoa Avenue in the county portion of the South Shore.

Members of the Western El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team (WENET) arrested two South lake Tahoe men on Thursday, April 30 after a week long investigation into circumstances surrounding a Craigslist ad.

David Anthony Reading of South Lake Tahoe responded to the ad of a motorcycle for sale on the west slope of El Dorado County. A county resident posted the ad and was contacted by Reading who offered the seller illegal narcotics as payment for the motorcycle.

The concerned citizen contacted the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.

South Lake Tahoe resident Johnathan Alberto Lemus, 27, was arrested on Saturday, April 11 on multiple charges including assault with a deadly weapon.

According to police reports, Lemus allegedly stole a tip jar from Tahoe Bowl and left the business located on Fremont Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. The Police Department was called and as they were taking the report the suspect was spotted by a High Sierra Patrol security officer at nearby Inn by the Lake.

Three suspects were arrested early Wednesday morning as they were attempting to burglarize the Tahoe Keys Liquor store in South Lake Tahoe.

Lorenzo Jackson, a 20-year old from Antioch, CA, Shayan Taghi, a 20-year old from San Ramon, CA and Ryan Mello, a 21-year old from San Lorenzo, CA were all arrested on charges stemming from the burglary.

4:11 pm 3/1/15 Update from Jeff Munson, CarsonNow.org:

Six people were injured in a weather related head-on crash Saturday morning on Highway 50 near Zephyr Cove, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said. One woman remains in serious condition.

The accident was reported at 8:48 a.m. and involved a Toyota Camry, occupied by five people, three males and two females, and a Volvo, driven by a Carson City resident.

According to NHP Trooper Daniel Lopez, the Camry was going eastbound on Highway 50 and crossed over into the westbound lane, striking the Volvo head-on, said Lopez.

A 2011 false arrest complaint against the City of South Lake Tahoe by Patrick Solomon ended up in a jury trial in Federal Court's Eastern Division in Sacramento. On Thursday the jury came back with a decision siding with the defense, stating that there was no wrong doing on behalf of the City or the police department.

The case started when Solomon was arrested on January 21, 2011 for assaulting an El Dorado County Sheriff's Officer Deputy Brandon Pena.

Officer Pena was a County correctional officer and knew the plaintiff during his time as an inmate at the El Dorado County jail.

A father and son were arrested in South Lake Tahoe on Thursday evening for illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and drugs in the 800 block of Tallac Avenue.

South Lake Tahoe Police Department's SWAT team and SLEDNET detectives served a high-risk warrant on the residence that resulted in the arrest of 55-year old Richard Martin and his 23-year old son Joshua Martin.

Over the last three months, investigators had been examining several different cases that were all affiliated with the Tallac Avenue address where both Martins resided.

When reflecting over the past year it's hard to remember all that happened in one's life, unless you're good at keeping a journal and you have time to re-read it.

As I look back at what happened in South Lake Tahoe over the last 365 days, a lot happened, but what may seem to be a top story to me may not seem as important to a reader.

I reviewed our analytics, the numbers that are kept to show how many people read South Tahoe Now stories at any given point, and drew from those numbers to come up with the "South Lake Tahoe's Top Stories of 2014."

The driver of a white Ford sedan who was trying to evade CHP officers in South Lake Tahoe early Tuesday morning ended up booked into the El Dorado County Jail.

A 61-year-old woman was arrested on Friday night after leading South Lake Tahoe police on a chase from Heavenly Village, through city streets and ending on Blackwood Road.

Donna Lorraine Vano was observed driving erratically near Stateline. Police officers followed and pulled her over near Primrose. As they approached the car she drove away. Officers got her to pull over again near Glen Road but she pulled the same stunt.

A 22-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman remains jailed Tuesday evening on charges of hit and run, resisting, DUI and assault with a deadly weapon. Alejandra Lopez was driving westbound on Highway 50 in the vicinity of South Tahoe Middle School at 9:20 a.m. Tuesday morning when the series of events occurred that landed her in a cell at El Dorado County Jail. Lopez is accused of splitting the two westbound lanes with her car, hitting the cars in each lane. The drivers of the two cars which were hit got of their vehicles after the accident when Lopez tried to run one of them over.

Wayne Allen Huntsman, the accused King Fire arsonist, is sitting in the El Dorado County Jail in South Lake Tahoe awaiting his next court date on October 28, 2014.

Huntsman was arrested on September 17 on felony charges of Arson on Forest land with a Special Allegation of Arson with Aggravating Factors. He was arraigned in Superior Court in Placerville on Friday and transferred to the county jail in South Lake Tahoe. His bail was set at $10,000,000.

A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested early Thursday by officers from the South Lake Tahoe-El Dorado County Narcotics Enforcement Team after they served a search warrant and found 300 pounds of marijuana plant trimmings.

Dwayne Allan Crenshaw,36, was arrested at his Fresno Avenue home and is accused of using the trimmings to create concentrated cannabis oils through several methods, including butane fuel extraction, a dangerous process that can cause an explosion and is a felony in California.

4-5-14 12:40 p.m. update - Camilyn Kay Price-Miller has been found alive and well in another location. She was unaware of the search for her so, once she found out about the situation she walked into a local police station.

Four people, including two locals, were arrested on Friday night during Shoulder Tap Decoy Operations at South Lake Tahoe stores that sell alcohol.

On March 15, 2014, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) arrested Stevie Smith, a 23 year old from Pasadena, Harvey Hampton, a 58 year old from South Lake Tahoe, Charles Kerr, a 72 year old from South Lake Tahoe and Hamza Salmi, a 32 year old from San Francisco. As of 10 p.m. Friday, 522 people had been arrested statewide during the largest decoy operation in California's history.

A mid-day car crash on Monday led to the arrest of a couple out of San Mateo, CA on charges of hit and run, conspiracy to commit a crime, and transportation/sales of methamphetamine.

South Lake Tahoe police arrested a man on Monday for allegedly skinning a raccoon after a foot chase ended on the South Tahoe Middle School ball field.

Kevin Burroughs, 37, faces several charges including unlawful taking of wildlife. He is also a parolee and a registered sex offender out of California and had a felony warrant for being a parolee-at-large. The raccoon’s remains were recovered and destroyed by Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

South Lake Tahoe police have arrested a man they believe stabbed a 57-year-old family member to death early Wednesday morning on Wildwood Avenue.

Sean-Paul Andrew MacIntire, 32, of South Lake Tahoe faces first degree murder charges in the stabbing death of Shirley Gordon, said South Lake Tahoe Police Lt. Brian Williams.

A 21-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Wednesday and faces felony battery and resisting charges after allegedly strangling his mother until she was unconscious and then eluding police on a bicycle, authorities said.

Skylor Klisch was arrested after South Lake Tahoe police officers caught up with him during a chase in which the man was peddling a bicycle near Lake Tahoe Boulevard. He was found to be in possession of a 22-caliber hand gun with ammunition. The battery happened on Tahoe Island Drive at around 6:30 a.m.

Below is a news release from South Lake Tahoe Police Sgt. Brian Williams.

South Lake Tahoe police arrested a man following a burglary Sunday of South Shore Bikes on Emerald Bay Road.
Lee Sparks, 34, was arrested early Monday at Barton Memorial Hospital and admitted to the burglary and taking a bike, South Lake Tahoe police report.

Sparks was at the hospital being treated for cuts to his arms. Blood was found at the business where officers noted Sparks allegedly had forced entry into the shop through a roof event and exited through a window.

Below is a news release issued by Lieutenant David Stevenson of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

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