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El Dorado County Sheriff's Report
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/29/2020 - 12:55pm
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 and West Shore, including Meyers, South Lake Tahoe, Meeks Bay, Tahoma, and the Echo Summit area. There may be some missing calls due to sheriff's logs not being completed at the time of the story.
Last Week's Log: http://southtahoenow.com/story/11/22/2020/el-dorado-county-sheriffs-report
This Week's Log:
11/22
Letters: January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/17/2019 - 1:08pm
As January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, one might ask, “exactly what is human trafficking?”
Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, for the purpose of exploitation. Sex trafficking is defined as a commercial sex act that is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age. Of particular note is the automatic classification of trafficking in children under 18 years of age.
DCSO looking for man involved in armed robbery and attempted child abduction
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 8:36pm
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking the driver of a vehicle involved in an armed robbery and attempted abduction of a juvenile female between October 5-9 in the Gardnerville Ranchos area.
The vehicle involved in both crimes is similar to the one pictured in the photo above. It is a black older model Chevy Tahoe with scratches on the sides, dirty and dark windows.
One witness described the driver as a Hispanic or Native American male adult.
SLT Soroptimist members teach local youth 'A Fighting Chance '
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 2:51pm
Members of the Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe (SISLT) spent the month of May teaching the program, A Fighting Chance, to students at Bijou Elementary, Sierra House Elementary and Tahoe Valley Elementary.
Energy reignited for 'A Fighting Chance' child safety program in Lake Tahoe schools
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 11:26pm
Jaycee Lee Dugard was just 11 years old as she walked to the bus stop on the morning of June 10 in 1991 when she was abducted by two people. The Meyers and South Lake Tahoe community joined law enforcement in searching for the missing girls. As days turned into weeks, and then eventually years, parents searched for ways to teach their own children about safety and abduction.
Man arrested at South Lake Tahoe cabin expected to plead guilty to kidnapping
Submitted by paula on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 9:39pm
A former U.S. Marine is expected to plead guilty to kidnapping on Thursday morning in a bizarre case that led to a lawsuit against Vallejo police for falsely accusing the two victims of faking their own abduction, according to court filings.
Pair accused of abducting their children located in Carson City
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/15/2016 - 9:27am
A Secret Witness tip has led to the location of Dason Valdez and Krystle Reid, the parents accused of abducting their two children on September 12 after losing custody of their two- and four-year olds.
Just after midnight Thursday morning, the Carson City Sheriff's Office found the pair and arrested Valdez on a Carson City warrant and they released Reid at the scene. Charges against both are pending in Douglas County but the arrest is based on an previous warrant.
Authorities look for pair involved in abduction of two Douglas County children
Submitted by paula on Tue, 09/13/2016 - 1:45pm
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is looking for the two parents involved in the Monday evening abduction of two children from their grandparent's home in the northern portion of the county.
On September 12, 2016 at approximately 5:10 p.m., Dason Valdez,29, and Krystle Reid, 27, were allegedly involved in a domestic incident with Valdez’s mother at an address in the Indian Hills subdivision.
Opinion: Why I'm running for Lake Tahoe Community College Trustee
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/16/2016 - 8:40pm
I am running as a candidate for Lake Tahoe Community College Trustee in District 4 because I believe a good education is one of the most important services a community can provide to its citizens.
Lake Tahoe Community College is in an extraordinary and unprecedented position with the passing of Measure F two years ago. I am committed to the prospect of offering students an affordable four-year degree program, upgrading our current facilities, building the University center and exploring the possibility of on campus housing for students.
Jaycee Dugard's kidnapper now eligible for parole in 2034
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/15/2016 - 3:22pm
Phillip Garrido is now eligible for release over 400 years early.
The abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard, 25 years later
Submitted by paula on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 9:39pm
In the early morning hours of June 10, 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was walking to the school bus stop in South Lake Tahoe when Philip and Nancy Garrido abducted her and imprisoned her for 18 years in the back yard of their Antioch California home. The only clues came from the sole eye witness to the kidnapping, Carl Probyn – Jaycee’s step father, who provided information on the car and one of the occupants.
Court rejects Jaycee Lee Dugard's lawsuit against the government
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 11:15am
The federal government cannot be held responsible for kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard's 1991 abduction and subsequent 18 years in captivity, an appeals court said Tuesday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Dugard's lawsuit alleging federal parole officials should have revoked her abductor's parole well before he kidnapped her, but failed to do their jobs.
Man jailed in South Lake Tahoe last year arrested in SF for alleged child abduction
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 7:57pm
A man arrested in South Lake Tahoe one year ago has been charged in last week's attempted kidnapping of a toddler who was riding on a MUNI bus in San Francisco with his mother.
On November 17, 2015, 45-year-old Sudesh Singh allegedly grabbed the one-year-old boy as his mother was waiting on a bus for a transfer slip. Singh ran onto the bus and took the child, put him into his arms and ran away, according to officials.
The mother chased after them and freed the screaming toddler from Singh, who was a stranger to both of them, police said.
Man sought after trying to abduct a woman in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 10/11/2015 - 7:33pm
A man is being sought in South Lake Tahoe after an attempted abduction in the Stateline area on Saturday, October 10.
At 9:40 a.m., officers from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to the area of Park and Cedar Avenues after getting a call about a suspicious man who approached a woman, telling her he'd shoot if she didn't go with him. He simulated a gun inside the pocket of his grey hooded sweatshirt.
The scared woman ran away and the suspect fled the area prior to the arrival of police.
As of Sunday evening, the only description of the male suspect is:
Boy safe after incident at middle school
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 4:34pmA 12-year-old boy is safe after a Wednesday incident at South Tahoe Middle School initially reported as a child abduction was determined to be a related to a child custody dispute.Police received a...
Jaycee Dugard's lawyers want sanctions against feds
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 6:22pmAttorneys representing kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard are demanding a judge sanction U.S. Department of Justice lawyers for alleged witness tampering.
In court papers filed Monday, Dugard’s attorneys allege that Justice Department lawyers unfairly convinced the former chair of the U.S. Parole Commission to cease serving as Dugard’s expert witness in her lawsuit against the federal government.
Girl's 33-mile ride in refrigerated trailer gets grandpa ride in police car
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 6:00amMono County deputies investigating a possible child abduction near Bishop found an 11-year-old girl riding in the cargo trailer of a big rig Friday.Deputies received a report that two men had place...
El Dorado County to handle Linnea Lomax missing person case
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 9:13am
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has transferred the Linnea Lomax missing person case to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Detectives have been assigned to the case and are in contact with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, the family of Miss Lomax and the searching organization the family has established.
Douglas authorities arrest man on abduction, attempted sexual assault charges on a child
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 2:38pm
By Sgt. Jim Halsey
Deputies of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 21-year-old Jacob Wilcher on charges of kidnapping and attempted sexual assault. At approximately 11:40 am on Sunday, Douglas County deputies were dispatched to a call of an attempted child abduction at the Lifepoint Church, in Minden.
Dugard kidnappers deny committing other abduction
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 9:30amHAYWARD, Calif. (AP) - Police have questioned the California couple convicted of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard about the high-profile abduction of a 9-year-old girl in the San Francisco Bay area more...
Garridos deny involvement in '88 Hayward abduction
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:15amHAYWARD, Calif. (AP) - The California couple convicted of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard has told investigators they had nothing to do with the 1988 disappearance of a 9-year-old girl in Hayward.The Oakl...
