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El Dorado County Sheriff's Report
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/17/2015 - 10:05am
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.
The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.
5/10
11:13 a.m. - Ordinance Violation - Mt. Tallac Rd - DISPATCHED TO AN ORDINANCE VIOLATION (VEHICLES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY). THREE VEHICLES WERE TOWED PURSUANT TO VC 22651(E).
El Dorado County Sheriff's Report
Submitted by paula on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 7:47pm
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.
The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.
4/19
No Report
4/20
12:00 a.m. - Narcotics - Fair Meadow Court - .2 GRAMS OF HEROIN BOOKED INTO EDSO PROPERTY
10:54 a.m. - Impersonate to get Money - Zuni Street - VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED IDENTITY THEFT BY UNKONWN SUSPECT(S). DOCUMENTATION
Stolen tip jar turns into arrest of South Lake Tahoe man on multiple charges
Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 3:11pm
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.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Report
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/08/2015 - 10:43pm
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.
The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.
3/1
7:42 a.m. - Death Investigation - Pioneer Trail - DEPUTIES RESPONDED FOR A DEATH INVESTIGATION AFTER MEDICS RECEIVED A MEDICAL AID CALL AND DECLARED 88-YEAR OLD WOMAN DECEASED.
Father and son arrested in South Lake Tahoe for weapons and drugs
Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/23/2015 - 3:10pm
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.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Log
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 11:12pm
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.
The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at press time and the story will be updated when provided.
12/27
South Lake Tahoe man arrested after marijuana and heroin found in Nevada County
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/20/2014 - 10:48pm
A 23-year-old man from South Lake Tahoe was arrested after a narcotics task force tackled a large marijuana grow in Nevada County that resulted in the arrests of seven people, officers said.
The Nevada County Sheriff's Office said they served a search warrant at about 11 a.m. Wednesday on Kentucky Flat Road for a man involved in marijuana cultivation.
Officers found 20 people on the property, in addition to marijuana stalks in a large burn pile along with a marijuana scent coming from one of the two buildings on the property, according to officials.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Report for South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 09/28/2014 - 9:52pm
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.
The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore.
9/20
5:50 p.m. - Baldwin Road: 21 YEAR OLD WOMAN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. 849 FORM COMPLETED FOR RELEASE WHEN SOBER.
10:53 p.m. - Thunderbird Drive: A REPORT OF A VACATION RENTAL
11:03 p.m. - Bella Coola Drive: A REPORT OF A VACATION RENTAL
9/21
11:37 p.m. - Lake Tahoe Blvd: A 27 YEAR OLD MAN WAS CITED FOR POSSESSION OF AN OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND MARIJUANA INSIDE OF A VEHICLE.
Drug Take Back Day in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday
Submitted by paula on Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:17pm
Event Date:
September 27, 2014 - 10:00am
Have bottles of prescriptions sitting unused in your medicine cabinet?
A free and anonymous disposal site for expired and unused drugs will be in the Safeway parking lot at 1020 Johnson Blvd. on September 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of National Drug Take Back Day. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Drug Free Coalition will be hosting the event. The Coalition will be on hand to answer any questions or address any concerns the public may have.
El Dorado County Sheriff's report for South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/12/2014 - 11:21pm
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responds to calls throughout the county.
The following are calls that only pertain to the South Shore:
6/26
8:10 a.m. - Prospector Trail: A 62 YEAR OLD MAN REPORTED THE FRAUDULENT USE OF HIS CREDIT CARD FOR $530.
2:21 p.m. - Kaska Street: SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS STOLE NUMEROUS PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FROM A LOCAL BUSINESS.
4:35 p.m. - Al Tahoe Blvd; A 52 YEAR OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
6/27
Lake Tahoe Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 26
Submitted by paula on Sat, 04/19/2014 - 8:50pm
Event Date:
April 26, 2014 - 10:00am
Have bottles of prescriptions sitting unused in your medicine cabinet?
A free and anonymous disposal site for expired and unused drugs will be in the Safeway parking lot at 1020 Johnson Blvd. on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of National Drug Take Back Day. The El Dorado County Sheriff's and South Lake Tahoe Police Departments, in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Drug Free Coalition will be hosting the event. The Coalition will be on hand to answer any questions or address any concerns the public may have.
South Tahoe Drug Free Coalition Seeks Help to Make Lasting Impact in Community
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/10/2014 - 1:19am
Melody Easton is here to make a difference. Recently tapped as the coordinator for the South Tahoe Drug Free Coalition, the action oriented Easton has hit the ground running.
Tahoe Youth & Family Services was awarded a Federal Drug Free Communities grant, bringing in $125,000 for each of the next five years to help combat drug and alcohol abuse among the youth of South Lake Tahoe. Once the grant was awarded a coordinator needed to be hired. Easton was hired and the Concordia College graduate and her husband packed up and moved from Portland, Oregon.
Rowe, Wade arrested on drug charges
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 5:40pmSouth Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team members arrested two people on suspicion of drug charges Nov. 2 after the pair allegedly tried to make a hand-off of cocaine and heroin at Barton Mem...
South Lake Tahoe police arrest man on felony charges; stolen Lexus, wristwatch recovered
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 09/04/2012 - 5:54pmA 25-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested and faces felony burglary and drug charges after a chase Monday that went from South Lake Tahoe across the state line.
Deonte Brown is suspected of stealing, among other things, a 2002 Lexus convertible from a Zephyr Cove home, South Lake Tahoe authorities said. He was booked into Douglas County Jail.
Letter to the editor: Look at the big picture
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 6:00amI read the recent article regarding heroin addiction and the number of lives this has claimed locally. But to truly understand why this is taking place, look no further than greed by the companies ...
Heroin deaths jump at South Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 6:00amA spike in heroin use at the South Shore has led to more than a death a month in the past year and a half.Nineteen heroin overdose deaths have been recorded in the past 18 months on the California ...
Skibum column: Getting stuck in the traffic of life
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 8:55pm
If the TTD took the $70 Million that they say it will cost to build the loop road and fix up the area they would still have enough over to give us a free bus system like most of the other resort towns. They are not alleviating any traffic flows or amount of cars only diverting them faster to Nevada. How is diverting the traffic helping the traffic situation, we will still have the same amount of cars on the road. I have said this before about other things done to us by our Government agency’s doing what’s best for them and us(mostly them).
Heroin plea gets man six months in jail
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 6:00amA South Lake Tahoe man has been sentenced to six months in El Dorado County Jail after pleading no contest to possession of heroin for sale, according court records.Alberto Vierboom will also be re...
DEA holds nationwide prescription drug Take-Back Day on April 28
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:58amThis spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 28th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will hold their fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at sites nationwide. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Ex-STHS football player on a new track — one without heroin
Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 1:59amU.S. teens turning to heroin as a cheaper high
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:43pmBy Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers. EL DURAZNO, Mexico — Mexico's heroin industry has had a bullish few years, and for traffickers the outlook is as uplifting as the scarlet, orange and yellow...
Narcotics team arrests two in heroin bust
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 7:12pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team members arrested two people last week after discovering more than two ounces of heroin at an Al Tahoe neighborhood home.Af...
