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Gunshot fired inside South Lake Tahoe bar, local man arrested
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 06/03/2012 - 3:31am
UPDATE 9:45AM: A single gunshot was fired inside a South Lake Tahoe bar early Sunday morning that missed patrons after an argument between two men, authorities said.
The incident happened at around 1:40 a.m. at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Scott William Enerson, 48, was arrested in the incident. He faces a charge of attempted murder, according to El Dorado County Sheriff's Office booking information. There were no injuries as a result of the gunfire. Minor injuries were reported that resulted from a fight.
Child bicyclist wearing headphones, no helmet injured after being hit by large truck
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 11:46amA 12-year-old boy wearing headphones and riding a bicycle without a helmet was hurt in a collision on Thursday, South Lake Tahoe police report. The accident happened at the intersection of Lyons Avenue and Highway 50 when the boy attempted to cross against a red traffic signal.
Skydiver missing after jump
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:44amPolice and rescuers are currently looking for one of three skydivers who jumped out of a helicopter around 8 a.m. near Pope Beach on the South Shore.One of the skydivers reportedly landed on the be...
Report: parachutists in distress near Pope Beach
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:30amTwo, possibly three people in parachutes reportedly in distress have been reported missing near Pope Beach in South Lake Tahoe this morning.
One parachutist may have been rescued from the water, according to initial reports.
South Lake Tahoe Fire and Rescue is looking for the parachutists who apparently landed on the water, and have positioned themselves at Pope Beach, Camp Richardson and the Tahoe Keys, according to police scanner traffic.
Rescue boats have also been launched.
Firefighters revive man following fight
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 12:41pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe firefighters were able to revive a man who was found unconscious following an altercation at Mo's Place this weekend.About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, police resp...
Fight at South Lake Tahoe bar sends owner and patron to hospital
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 11:49amA fight in a South Lake Tahoe local bar early Sunday morning resulted in two people seriously injured with the bar owner hurt and a patron knocked unconscious to the point of needing CPR.
South Lake Tahoe police responded to Mo's Place in the 3600 block of Lake Tahoe Boulevard at 12:36 a.m. with a fight reported between patrons and bar security, authorities said. When officers arrived, they learned that the business owner had been punched and knocked unconscious by a patron who had been asked to leave the establishment due to unruly conduct.
Police locate woman reported missing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 6:00amA woman who was reported missing from outside of her work Tuesday "voluntarily" went missing, according to a Wednesday statement from South Lake Tahoe police.Police located Michaela Vandenberg, 23,...
Woman arrested following crash
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 7:45pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police arrested a 59-year-old El Dorado Hills woman on suspicion of driving under the influence Tuesday afternoon after she allegedly hit a van and caused it to flip o...
Missing Woman Michaela Vandenberg located
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:51pmUPDATE 11:51AM: Michaela Vandenberg, who had been reported missing on the morning of May 15, was found unharmed on the evening of May 15. South Lake Tahoe Police Department utilized available resources to locate the woman, according to the city's website.
Police search for missing woman
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 6:32pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 23-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman who went missing from outside her work Tuesday morning.Michaela Vandenberg was...
Kudos & Kindness: Blue Lake Aikido, Jared Manninen bring great after-school activities to PAL participants
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 6:00amThe South Lake Tahoe Police Activities League would like to thank Blue Lake Aikido for partnering with us on teaching a six-week youth Aikido course. The Jan. 26 to March 16 training was attende...
Police warn of phone scam
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 6:00amEl Dorado County Assistant District Attorney Hans Uthe warned South Shore residents Tuesday about a phone scam in which the caller pretends to be a Microsoft employee attempting to help solve compu...
Police looking for driver who allegedly fled crash
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 6:00amSouth Lake Tahoe police are investigating a single-vehicle rollover crash on Rufus Allen Boulevard Monday night in which the driver allegedly fled the scene.The crash happened about 11:30 p.m., whe...
South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Memorial Ceremony
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 11:43amThe City of South Lake Tahoe Police Department would like to invite the community to attend the Annual Police Officer Memorial ceremony on Thursday, May 10th at 2:00 pm at the police department located at 1352 Johnson Blvd. Several of our officers are being honored for a variety of remarkable performance. The following SLTPD personnel will be receiving recognition for Distinguished Service, accompanied with the Distinguished Service Medal:
• Detective Brandon Auxier
• Detective Pierre Herring
• Officer Justin Brock
• Officer Travis Cabral
• Officer Jake Herminghaus
Police arrest felon following chase
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:04pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police arrested a 23-year-old on suspicion of felony evasion and being a felon in a possession of a firearm following a pursuit that wound from Glenwood ...
Truckee police arrest armed man in incident that led to lockdown of nearby schools
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 5:02pmTRUCKEE, Calif. - Many of Truckee's public schools were in a precautionary lockdown early Monday afternoon while police searched for and eventually apprehended a gunman who fired a shot in the a...
Avoid DUI Task Force Deploys Extra Patrols For Cinco de Mayo
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 10:30amThe Avoid the 6 — El Dorado County DUI Task Force will be deploying DUI saturation patrols throughout into a number of cities supporting routine DUI patrols on Cinco De Mayo starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012. Additionally, CHP will be deploying saturation patrols onto freeways and in unincorporated county jurisdictions to stop, test and arrest impaired drivers who fail to use a designated driver.
South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association at Home and Garden Show
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 4:51pmThe South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association held a demonstration at the Home and Garden Show over the weekend at Lake Tahoe Community College. K9 Argo and SLTPD officers offered the demonstration. For more information on the Association, go here.
Man charged with murder in pedestrian's death
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 4:10pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder Thursday afternoon for allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol and cocaine in...
South Lake Tahoe Outlaws Bath Salts and Spice
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 2:10pmIf it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then... well, the answer is clear.
That's basically what the South Lake Tahoe City Council decided when it outlawed heretofore legal substances known on the street as "spice" and "bath salts," which are basically synthetic drugs intended to mimic the effects — and some of the side effects — of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
South Lake Tahoe woman in custody after allegedly taking a shot at man inside home
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 4:12pm
A South Lake Tahoe woman was taken into custody on Saturday afternoon after apparently firing a shot at a man inside a home in the 2600 block of Knox Street.
The man, who was not injured, reported to police that the woman shot at him during an argument and then locked herself in room filled with weapons and ammunition, according to police scanner traffic.
Possible explosive device thrown through window of South Lake Tahoe marijuana collective
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:47pm
A device was thrown through the window of Patient to Patient, a marijuana collective in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. on Thursday night, prompting a bomb squad unit from Douglas County to be called to the scene. No injuries were reported. The scene was rendered safe at 12:30 Friday morning.
The device, thought to be explosive, was reported to South Lake Tahoe dispatch at 10:15 p.m. Patient to Patient is located at 2314 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Robber hits South Lake Tahoe Bank of America
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:12am
Shortly after 9 Monday morning a man robbed the South Lake Tahoe branch of Bank of America located at 3344 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe police report.
Bank of America robbed, police looking for suspect
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:08amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are looking for the suspect in a bank robbery that occurred about 9 a.m. Monday morning.According to a press release, the suspect, a white male between the ages...
Purchase Of ‘Air Time’ Not Frequent But Some Nevada Lawmakers Want to Review
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:25amCARSON CITY – A little-known benefit of Nevada’s public employee pension plan is the right to purchase up to five years of service towards retirement.
Referred to by some as “air time,” or the ability to add years of retirement without actually putting in the time in a public sector job, the benefit can allow state and local government workers to retire early, collecting annual pensions years before they would be eligible otherwise.
NHP, Capitol Police Appointments Made By Nevada Department Of Public Safety
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 11:17amCARSON CITY – Two top state law enforcement positions have been filled by the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Troy Abney was named as chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol after a national search. Abney has 28 years of law enforcement experience, including serving as the assistant chief of the California Highway Patrol where he led 786 sworn and non-sworn members.
Long-time Lake Tahoe lawman Les Lovell retires
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 2:41am
Since as far back as he could remember, Les Lovell wanted to be a law enforcement officer.
The notions of keeping peace and preserving justice were always on his radar and for 30-plus years, the now-retired senior lieutenant for the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Lake Tahoe Branch fulfilled his commitment.
ACLU: Local police tracking cellphones without warrants
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:45pmIn light of arrest, community reflects on 31-year-old murder
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 7:30pmPolice have captured a suspect in one of the most haunting cold cases in South Lake Tahoe's history.Carmichael resident Andrew Evan Sanford, 50, was arrested March 28 on suspicion of killing 16-...
Kudos & Kindness: Community showed support for K-9 program
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 6:55pmThe South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association would like to thank The Cork & More for hosting the "Pints for Paws" fundraiser on March 15. We had an excellent turnout and the beer was great. Suppo...
Details remain vague with arrest in nearly 32-year South Lake Tahoe murder of Richard Swanson
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 1:39pm
Authorities have arrested a Carmichael, Calif., man suspected in the 1980 South Lake Tahoe gas station robbery and murder of 16-year-old Richard Swanson.
After nearly 32 years, On March 28, Andrew Sanford, 50, was arrested and booked in the Sacramento County Jail for the alleged murder of Swanson. The robbery and homicide happened on Aug. 14, 1980 in South Lake Tahoe at what was then the Shell Gas Station located at the “Y” on the corner of Lake Tahoe Blvd and Emerald Bay Road. Details of the case have been kept tightly under wraps.
Arrest made in 31-year South Lake Tahoe Richard Swanson murder case; Carmichael, Calif. man faces charges
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 1:46pm
A Carmichael, Calif., man has been arrested in the 31-year-old murder case of Richard Swanson, South Lake Tahoe police report.
On March 28, 2012 Andrew Sanford, 50, of Carmichael, was arrested and booked in the Sacramento County Jail for the murder of Richard Swanson. The robbery/homicide occurred on Aug. 14, 1980 in South Lake Tahoe at what was then the Shell Gas Station located at the “Y” on the corner of Lake Tahoe Blvd and Emerald Bay Road, according to a press statement.
Police arrest suspect in Wells Fargo robbery
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:22amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police arrested Joshua Schauert, a South Lake Tahoe resident, Sunday on suspicion of a March 29 bank robbery at the Village Shopping Center.Schauert, ...
South Lake Tahoe man arrested in Wells Fargo bank robbery
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 5:13am
South Lake Tahoe police say they caught the man who allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank located inside Raley’s Heavenly Village Shopping Center in South Lake Tahoe on March 29.
Joshua Schauert, 26, of South Lake Tahoe was arrested Sunday after investigators responded to a laptop computer advertisement he allegedly placed on Craigslist.
Robber hits South Lake Tahoe Wells Fargo bank at Raley's; second robbery at same bank this year
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 12:25pm
For the second time this year, the Wells Fargo Bank at South Lake Tahoe, located inside the Raley’s supermarket in the Heavenly Village Shopping Center, was robbed.
Police looking for Wells Fargo robber
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:18amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are looking for a man who robbed the Wells Fargo bank inside Raley's near Stateline this morning.Dispatchers received a report of a robbery at the bank about 10 a....
60-year-old arrested on suspicion of assault
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 6:00amSouth Lake Tahoe police arrested a 60-year-old man March 20 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly attacked his roommate with a glass bottle.Timothy Lawson was arrested abo...
Suspect faces charges for string of burglaries at Lake Tahoe since 2007
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 5:52pm
Washoe County Sheriff's detectives worked a collaborative investigation with the Placer County Sheriff's Office and the Truckee Police Department to serve a search warrant which led to the subsequent arrest of a man who authorities believe may have been involved in a string of burglaries around Lake Tahoe since 2007.
NHP to step up enforcement on Highway 395 in Douglas County
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 1:31pmThe Nevada Highway Patrol will step up enforcement on US Highway 395 in Douglas County at the end of this month for a non-disclosed period of time with special emphasis on stopping and citing motorists who exceed the posted speed limit. In an effort to create awareness to this enforcement campaign and to pre-warn motorists from potentially receiving a moving violation citation, we are reminding motor vehicle operators to pay attention while driving and obey all the rules of the road.
Movie Review: '21 Jump Street' more basic teen fare but enough laughs to be a winner for all
Submitted by Sam Bauman on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 1:35pmThe action-comedy film "21 Jump Street," currently playing at the Horizon Stadium at Stateline, Lake Tahoe, may seem a little familiar to those who saw the teen comedy "Project X" recently. And for good reason, the writer for both films was Michael Bacall. There's much of the same in both films, high school affairs drugs and teen mammoth parties.
South Lake Tahoe parent donates website to fight drug use
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 6:00amAfter a presentation by police about what drugs are available in South Lake Tahoe and how teens are using drugs, parent Hanna Bernard decided she had to do something."I have a 9-year-old," Bernard ...
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Safely This Year and Every Year
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 1:11pmEverybody may be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day but nobody should drive drunk after celebrating Ireland’s patron saint this Saturday, March 17, 2012. The Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Campaign will be deploying additional officers on overtime this weekend, supporting routine traffic and patrol officers and focusing on drinking driver hotspots. Police, sheriff and CHP officers will have a “zero tolerance” response toward impaired drivers who fail to use a designated sober driver.
Letter to Caltrans regarding speed limit on Highway 50
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:27amThe following letter from former South Lake Tahoe City Manager David Jinkens was sent to Jody Jones, District 3 director of Caltrans in Marysville.
Tahoe Valley school locked down briefly; distraught man inside home with gun surrenders to police
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:08am
Tahoe Valley Elementary School was briefly locked down at around 10:30 a.m. after a report of a distraught man with a gun inside a home in the 800 block of Tahoe Island Drive.
The man walked out of a home, speaking on a phone, and was detained by South Lake Tahoe police and El Dorado County sheriff's deputies. According to police scanner traffic, Tahoe Valley school was locked down, briefly, as authorities circled the perimeter of the home, cutting off traffic in the area.
Pints for Paws beertasting event at Cork & More
Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 8:25pm
Come to the Cork & more Thursday, March 15 at 5pm to support the South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association. There will be beer tasting featuring beers from Bison Brewery & the catering department will be serving tasty mini-corned beef sliders, Irish soda bread and other Irish flavors for the season
Tickets are $15 and purchase in advance is recommended due to limited availability. For more information call the Cork & More at (530) 544-5253.
Police: Explosion caused by THC extraction
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 4:09pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly causing an explosion while attempting to make a concentrated form of cannabis from marijuana plant parts.Ar...
Arrests made in Lake Tahoe cocaine sting
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:13pm
The Tri-NET Narcotic Task Force, working in conjunction with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Street Enforcement Team (SET), the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Investigators, and the Santa Cruz California Police Department arrested 26 year-old Joseph Perez and 25 year-old Oscar Madriz, both of Santa Cruz, California, on charges of trafficking and sales of cocaine. The arrests were made on March 2.
