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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.

Two 18-year-old girls turned themselves into the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) on Friday evening after they became aware of a warrant out for their arrest on charges of kidnapping and battery.

According to SLTPD, Christina Barnhart and Lily Brooks and a third teen are suspected of forcing themselves into an apartment in the 3600 block of Spruce Avenue on Tuesday, February 28 and pulling the occupant out by her hair, and then dragging her outside where they allegedly kicked and punched the victim.

9:50 a.m. update - A South Lake Tahoe Police detective found Daniel Trevis at 9:26 a.m. this morning on Park Avenue less than a mile from his residence. Trevis was wrapped in a blanket, awake and alert, but was very cold. His son is taking him for a medical evaluation. SLTPD thanks the public for their assistance.

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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 75-year-old resident who suffers from dementia.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested by Washoe County Sheriff's deputies after the teen made over a dozen false reports to emergency dispatch.

Between November 12, 2016 and November 29, 2016, the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received calls from the Sun Valley area, including reports of mass murder, shoot-outs in the street, and a bomb threat to a local elementary school.

Carson City sheriff's detectives are looking for two women suspected of stealing several pieces of jewelry from a Carson City store earlier this month.

During the crime, which happened on Monday, Sept. 19, one of the female suspects was able to distract store employees while the other suspect concealed several pieces of jewelry and left the store, said CCSO Detective David LeGros. A small child was with them.

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Anyone with information can contact Detective David LeGros at 775-283-7853 or Lt. Brian Humphrey at 775-283-7850.

9/12/6 update: All four teenage girls who were reported as runaways last week have now returned home, the Carson City Sheriff's Office investigators said today.

Two sisters, 15 and 16, who were listed as runaways and not seen since Sept. 2, have turned themselves over to juvenile officers. A 14-year-old had returned to her residence on Thursday and a 16-year-old was located Wednesday.

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Two men have been arrested after a man was robbed at gunpoint at the Blackjack Motel on Wednesday, August 25, according to Detective Brian Hannink of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

SLTPD responded to the armed robbery where the victim reported two white male adults had used a firearm while they robbed him of a cell phone and other property. The two suspects then fled in a vehicle.

On July 25, a woman visiting South Lake Tahoe reported a robbery and attempted sexual assault in a laundry room at Lakeland Village on Lake Tahoe Blvd.

Over the past year, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department has received at least three such reports and believe they may be related due to similarities in the subject's description and method of operation.

SLTPD wants to caution the public and is asking for help in identifying the suspect(s) in these cases.

1:30 p.m. 7/20/16 update: The man who died while kayaking in Lake Tahoe on Tuesday has been identified as 43-year-old Paul Anthony Aguirre of Rio Linda, Calif. Aguirre was in South Lake Tahoe with his family, his fiancée, and his fiancée's family.

Aguirre had been paddling in a privately owned kayak in the area of El Dorado Beach when family members lost sight of him and a call went out for help at 4:49 p.m.

The victim was located at the water’s surface, approximately 300 yards off of the shoreline of El Dorado Beach, where the depth was approximately 10 feet.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a deaf woman who went missing in the Pollock Pines area back on July 8.

Kimberly Gillespie, 42, was last seen possibly walking in a rural area east of Pollock Pines. She is a white female adult, 5’2″ tall and weighs approximately 140 pounds. Kimberly has brown hair, brown eyes and has disabilities that affect her memory and mobility.

She was last seen wearing a sleeveless shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a possible dead person on June 25, 2016 at 4:21 p.m. in the 1200 block of Winnemucca Avenue in South Lake Tahoe.

Upon arrival, deputies found a deceased male in a moderate state of decomposition.

At this time, the case is being investigated as a suspicious death, and no identification or cause of death has been determined.

This is an active investigation and anyone with any tips can call Detective Simon Brown at (530)642-4717.

One can tell summer is here with the increased number of calls into the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. If keeping drivers, pedestrians and cyclists safe weren’t enough, officers responded to several out of the usual type of calls this weekend.

The definition of a massage parlor according to Wikipedia is: A place where massage services are provided. Some massage parlors are fronts for prostitution and the term "massage parlor" has also become a euphemism for a brothel, to the annoyance of professional masseurs.

The owner of Lake Tahoe Brewing Company was arrested Monday on a felony theft warrant involving brewing equipment sold to a man in British Columbia in which he paid the suspect $45,000 for equipment he never received, a Carson City sheriff’s detective said.

Michael Candelario was taken into custody on suspicion of theft of property valued at $3,500 or more. The dollar amount of the alleged theft related to equipment is $45,000, said Detective Sam Hatley. He was arrested at the Carson City brewery and booked into Carson City jail. He is being held on $25,000 bail.

The Ponderosa High School water polo coach was arrested by the El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday, January 26 on charges of sex with a minor with the intent of committing sexual acts and possession of child pornography.

Shane O’Rourke, 22, was arrested after the school's resource office obtained information that a coach at the school was possibly involved in an inappropriate relationship with a student. An investigation conducted with EDSO investigators determined O'Rourke had two inappropriate sexual relations with students.

There have been two home invasion robberies in El Dorado County in the last nine days, and in both cases the thieves were after money and marijuana.

On November 28 at 1:15 a.m., sheriff's deputies responded to a home invasion robbery in the 3000 block of Winter Creek Road in Mount Aukum. The unidentified male caller said his wife was the victim and she was home alone. He went home and met deputies there.

The El Dorado Savings Bank on Pleasant Valley Road in Diamond Springs was robbed on Friday, November 13 at about 6:00 p.m. The suspect reportedly fled on foot, last seen running east on Pleasant Valley Road.

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.

9/27

12:01 a.m. - Vacation Rental Noise - Apache Ave - DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORT OF A PARTY AT A KNOWN VACATION RENTAL

3:12 p.m. - Unlicensed Driver - Emerald Bay Rd

9/28

8:30 p.m. - Domestic Dispute - Hwy 50 - DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A VERBAL DISPUTE.

The cameras were running in New York City on September 11, 2001 as two airplanes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center, forever changing the lives of Americans. First responders lost their lives as they rushed to the scene of the disaster to help the injured, marking the day as a day of remembrance for firefighters and police officers.

Two first responders chose 9/11 to be married in South Lake Tahoe in a ceremony that united a Suisun City Police Detective with a Pennisula Fireman.

Author Todd Borg returns with Tahoe Blue Fire, his 13th Owen McKenna Tahoe Mystery.

Tahoe Blue Fire is about former pro football player Adam Simms who is suffering Traumatic Brain Injury from his days on the gridiron. When Simms becomes the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders in Tahoe, Detective Owen McKenna can’t tell if Simms is being framed or if he is a diabolical killer who is faking brain injury... He shares his writing techniques and storylines in a very entertaining way.

This is not to be missed.

Book sale and signing to follow. Free.

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El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies arrested five Bay Area residents on Thursay who are accused of being part of a counterfeit credit card ring.

On April 30, 2015 at about 1:00 p.m., deputies responded to Red Hawk Casino for a fraudulent use of a credit card. Red Hawk casino security reported two persons inside the casino attempted to use forged or stolen credit cards in an attempt to obtain cash. One was described as an adult Hispanic man and the other as an adult African American woman.

Unless you're not connected to social media or watching television news in the region you have most likely heard of accusations of racism on the part of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) in their handling of the Dejon Smith missing person and subsequent death case. This claim and other rumors circulating around the case were discussed today with SLTPD Lt. Brian Williams who spoke to South Tahoe Now about the case

It’s the brassy, bright, and promising year of 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage the entire cast & crew are suspects.

South Lake Tahoe may be a small city of around 23,000 residents but it isn't immune to the big city problems of gangs.

Our mountain hamlet has white gangs, a black gang, hispanic gangs, motorcycle gangs and even white supremacists and sometimes they cross racial lines in order to beef up numbers. The gang names won't be mentioned in this article because of the advertising value it would give them as they try and recruit children and new members.

Last week's arrest of three gang members for a home invasion robbery brought the comment to the forefront..."Tahoe has gangs?"