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The first South Lake Tahoe Police Department community gathering was a successful one on Saturday as the 50th anniversary of the department was celebrated with hundreds of people at Lakeview Commons. There were rides on both the police and fire boats, a concert, BBQ, interactions with the police K-9s, booths, fingerprinting and an awards ceremony.

Going above and beyond the call of duty was recognized with awards to both staff members and the public.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

5/7
2:11 p.m. - Search & Rescue - Horsetail Falls - SEARCH AND RESCUE INITIA
TED FOR 2 LOST HIKERS AT HORSETAIL FALLS.

5/8
2:51 p.m. - Threats/Terrorize - Meyers - 16-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE MALE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS AGAINST HIS FAMILY.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

4/30
1:48 p.m. - Driving without a license - Mt. Rainier Dr - 27-YEAR-OLD MALE DRIVER CITED FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE WITHOUT A LICENSE.

10:55 p.m. - VHR Noise - Lupine Trail - HOT TUB PARTY WAS CALLED IN BY NEIGHBORS. CONTACTED SUBJECTS WHO WERE ADVISED.

5/1

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

4/23
8:39 a.m. - Vacation Rental Violation - Shoshone St - RESPONSE TO A PERMITTED VHR FOR NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS SURROUNDING A VHR.

11:45 a.m. - Search & Rescue - Waterhouse Peak - SEARCH AND RESCUE INITIATED FOR AN INJURED 39-YEAR-OLD FEMALE SKIER OFF OF WATERHOUSE PEAK.

A 24-year-old Tahoe man jailed Wednesday after leading Nevada Highway Patrol troopers on a vehicle pursuit from Highway 50 Spooner to downtown Carson City, faces charges of attempting to escape and destruction of jail property, a sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, a deputy assigned to the jail on Thursday responded to the housing pod for an inmate, Jesus Salvador Herrera-Casas, attempting to climb through the ceiling. Deputies responded and saw the man climbing up into the ceiling through the ceiling tiles.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

4/9

2:58 p.m. - Missing Person - Humboldt St - R/P REPORTED A MISSING PERSON.

5:18 p.m. - Death Investigation - 62-YEAR-OLD FEMALE FOUND DECEASED IN TRUCKEE RIVER.

A 26-year-old male employee at the Heavenly Mountain Resort children’s ski school was officially charged Wednesday for child exploitation and possession of child pornography after images were found on an electronic device at the resort.

Stephan L. DeGraffenreid of Gardnerville was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a child, two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of possession of child pornography.

A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested in Southern California after a warrant was issued for his arrest for allegedly binding, gagging and injuring a 43-year-old man earlier this week, and then stealing his vehicle.

An inmate who walked away from work detail at the Stewart Conservation Camp in Carson City on Tuesday has been arrested after crashing a City water truck that he allegedly stole.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) was contacted on Wednesday, March 29 about the attempted theft of a vehicle in northern Douglas County. The reporting party was working on the roof of the Sprint Store on Hwy 395 when he saw the attempt. The suspect was chased away by witnesses, running north towards Fuji Park in Carson City.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

3/19
2:26 p.m. - Death Investigation - South Lake Tahoe - 63-YEAR-OLD FEMALE DECEASED.

3/20
1:20 p.m. - Theft - Johnson Pass Road - UNKNOWN SUSPECT(S) CARRIED AWAY VICTIM'S PERSONAL PROPERTY AFTER VICTIM UNKNOWINGLY LEFT IT OUTSIDE ON A DRIVEWAY.

The man believed to be responsible for shooting at and attempting to firebomb the home of a Carson City judge and sending him a threatening Christmas card in the mail has been formally charged for the crimes, officials announced Tuesday.

Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury announced Reno area resident Jason Aston, 74, is charged with fourth-degree arson, aggravated stalking and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. His bail is set at $250,000 cash.

As he reflects back on 30 years in uniform for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, Lt. Brian Williams knows the dates that will be forever etched into his memory. 12/29/1986, 6/10/1991, 1/29/1997, 10/25/2005 and 8/26/2009.

December 29, 1986: Brian starts with SLTPD and heads off to the Police Academy in Santa Rosa.

One by one detectives from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Department have been rounding up all six suspects wanted for the brutal November 11, 2016 murder of Jeffrey Quinn Settler, 35, a commercial marijuana grower.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 199 calls between February 28 - March 6, 2017.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

2/28
Unlicensed Driver at Aspenwald and Pioneer Trail
Warrant in the 1000 block of Johnson Blvd
Driving on a suspended/revoked license in the 1000 block of Johnson Blvd
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Tallac & Riverside
Warrant in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd
Warrant in the 700 block of Emerald Bay Rd

Denise Huskins’ mother found out her daughter was missing when Vallejo police called her on the way home from work and told her Denise may have been kidnapped, and that her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, was a suspect.

“I was told to hope for the best but that I should prepare for the worst,” Jane Remmele recalled the officer telling her on March 23, 2015.

What struck her most was the “nonchalant” and “cavalier” attitude of Vallejo police, which became even worse after her daughter was found alive and authorities described her disappearance as a hoax.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 359 calls between February 14 - 27, 2017.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

2/14
Unlicensed driver in the 2600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drunk in Public in the 1000 block of Heavenly Village Way
Spousal Abuse in the 1000 block of Herbert
Drunk in Public in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd

2/15
Warrant in the 3500 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drug Offense in the 3600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
DUI at 3rd and Eloise Ave

Two men are wanted for questioning in two recent thefts at the Walmart on Topsy Lane in the Carson Valley. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is investigating the thefts which occurred on January 30 and February 20.

In both cases, two male subjects stole used vehicle battery cores from a fenced area near the automotive service department. At this time it is believed that over 100 battery cores were taken between the two thefts.

A 12-year-old student was arrested on Thursday evening after making threats to bring a gun to Carson Valley Middle School on Friday February 17 and “shoot up the school.”

At 7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 16, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received a call after a concerned parent intercepted the threatening message sent to their child. Deputies responded to the Indian Hills residence of the reporting party and met with the parent to examine the phone in which the threat was received.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

1/29

12:38 a.m. - DUI turnover - Emerald Bay Road - A A SHERIFF'S SERGEANT ON PATROL STOPPED A VEHICLE FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION AND RECOGNIZED THAT THE DRIVER WAS
INTOXICATED. 27-YEAR-OLD MALE WAS ARRESTED.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office and several law enforcement agencies are investigating new information related to threats made against a Carson City judge, Sheriff Ken Furlong said Thursday.

On Wednesday, Carson City Sheriff’s Office detectives and Department of Public Safety investigators received information that an inmate at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Detention Center was being held on a 2011 felony contempt of court warrant out of Carson City.

An El Dorado County woman walking on a bike trail with her child in a stroller was sexually assaulted on January 27 at approximately 1:00 p.m.

The male suspect approached the woman on the trail near Missouri Flat Road and asked her about the location of a nearby business. He then asked her for a dollar, and when she gave it to him he asked to shake her hand. He then grabbed a hold of her hand, pulled her in close and used his other hand to sexually assault her according to Sgt. Tasha Thompson of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

A suspect was arrested two days after the Douglas County Sheriff's Office circulated the photo of a person of interest in an attempted residential burglary in Gardnerville.

On January 19 at 3:00 p.m., Joshua Gutierrez, 25, of Gardnerville was arrested at his place of business in Douglas County. During the arrest, a box of collectibles, coins and currency that didn't belong to the suspect was located in Gutierrez's vehicle.

If you have been the victim of a theft with the loss of those types of items, contact the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division at (775)782-9080.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. - 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 time of story.

1/1

2:53 a.m. - Felon in possession of Stun Gun - Edgewood Circle - 48-YEAR-OLD MALE ARRESTED FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF A STUN GUN

1/2

A 28-year-old suspect in the alleged December 14 assault, kidnapping and robbery of a man in Gardnerville, Nev., has been arrested in Yerington.

At 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2017, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) investigators and Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Francisco “Frankie” Perez at a residence on North West Street without incident.