South Lake Tahoe Police Blotter

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of some of the 411 calls the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to between November 15 and November 28, 2016.

Calls resulting in arrests:

11/15/16

"Other" misdemeanor at Cedar & Stateline Aves
Felony "Other" in the 4000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Friday Ave & Lake Tahoe Blvd
"Other misdemeanor in the 3900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drunk in public in the 1000 block of Lakeview Ave
"Other misdemeanor in the 3400 block of Spruce Ave

11/16/16
Drug Offense in the 2600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Warrant at 2nd & Lake Tahoe Blvd
Battery in the 2600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Trespassing in the 3100 block of Harrison

11/17/16
Embezzlement in the 1800 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drunk in Public in the 3400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drug offense at Springwood Dr & Rubicon Trail

11/18/16
Forgery in the 900 block of Emerald Bay Rd

11/19/16
Vandalism in the 4000 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Carson & Lake Tahoe Blvd
Warrant in the 1000 block of Lake Parkway

11/20/16
Driving on a suspended/revoked license in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd

11/21/16
"Other" misdemeanor at Oak Ave & Cape Horn
Drunk in Public in the 1200 block of Ski Run Blvd

11/22/16
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Pioneer & Glen

11/23/16
Drunk in Public in the 1100 block of Emerald Bay Rd
Warrant in the 3400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

Hit and Run Felony on Lakeview Avenue - At 10:42 a.m. a 44-year-old local man was out of his car with his dogs at Regan Beach, and his wife was inside the car. A white van came around the corner at the east entrance of the beach and hit the local's car, throwing him to the ground, and left the scene. His wife looked out of the car and saw him face down in the snow and yelled for help, and yelled for someone to get the van's license plate. Emergency crews arrived and transported the 44-year-old man to Barton with undisclosed, non-life threatening injuries. Just moments later, South Lake Tahoe Police received a call of a white van hitting a tree west of Bigler Avenue and Lake Tahoe Blvd. The van turned out to be the same one that just hit the man at Regan Beach. The driver, 57-year-old William Griffiths of South Lake Tahoe, was arrested for felony hit and run, Felony DUI: Drugs causing bodily injury with 1 prior, misdemeanor DUI:drugs and misdemeanor driving on a suspended license. Injuries to Griffiths, if any, are unknown.

11/24/16
Drunk in Public in the 2100 block of South Ave

11/25/16
Violation of Court Order in the 1200 block of Ski Run Blvd
DUI in the 2700 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

11/26/16
Domestic Battery in the 2600 block of Fountain
Drug Offense in the 800 block of Stateline Ave
Domestic Battery in the 3800 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Lake Tahoe Blvd & Bigler
Driving on a suspended/revoked license at Merced & Harrison
Drunk in Public in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd

11/27/16
Trespassing in the 900 block of James Ave
Drug Offense in the 800 block of Stateline Ave

11/28/16
Battery in the 1900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

Calls Not Resulting in Arrests:

11/15/16
Domestic Battery in the 900 block of Modesto
Fraud in the 100 block of Lighthouse Shores

11/16/16
Battery in the 1200 block of Ski Run Blvd

11/17/16
Fraud in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd
Brandishing in the 1900 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

11/18/16
Burglary in the 3700 block of Forest

11/19/16
Assault with a deadly weapon in the 3700 block of Blackwood Rd

Arson in the 2300 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd - At 11:20 p.m., an unidentified man in dark clothing threw a bag of burning papers and rags into the Tahoe Key Laundromat. Very little damage.

11/20/16
Petty Theft in the 1000 block of Al Tahoe Blvd

11/21/16
Fraud in the 1100 block of Tata Lane

11/22/16
Fraud in the 1400 block of Melba Dr
Fraud in the 800 block of Palmira Ave

11/23/16
Fraud in the 2300 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Fraud in the 1000 block of Heavenly Village Way

11/24/16
Petty Theft vehicle in the 3600 block of Pioneer Trail
Petty Theft vehicle in the 700 block of Los Angeles

11/25/16
Petty Theft in the 1200 block of Bonanza

11/26/16
Fraud in the 2700 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

11/27/16
Vandalism in the 1000 block of Sonora Ave
Runaway in the 1800 block of 13th St

11/28/16
Domestic Battery in the 1000 block of Blue Lake Ave
Fraud in the 2100 block of South Ave
Burglary in the 3500 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Runaway in the 1800 block of 13th St

Other Calls:

67 calls for Suspicious Circumstances (vehicle, person, situations)
34 calls for Disturbances (fights, verbal, neighbors, other)
29 calls for Alarms
26 calls for Assisting Other Agencies
20 calls for Welfare Checks
19 calls for Traffic Collisions without injuries
12 calls for Domestic Disturbances
11 calls for Trespassing/Unwanted person
6 calls for Disturbances due to music or a party, unknown source
5 calls for bears
5 calls or Hit and Run
2 calls for Threats
2 calls for Stalking
2 calls for animals
2 calls for Disturbances due to music or a party, vacation rentals
2 calls for Threats
1 call for Mentally Disturbed Person
1 call for Traffic Collisions with injuries
1 call for Unattended Death