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UPDATE 8/11/20: A 28-year-old man from Napa, California has been identified as the person who died in a tragic boat incident off shore from South Lake Tahoe on Monday. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) Marine unit responded along with South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Coast Guard.

When the call came in around 3:40 p.m., two men were in the water and a third was inside a rental boat. One of the men, David Castorena, had a major injury to his leg and he as not wearing a personal floatation device, or PFD.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 39-year-old South Lake Tahoe man drowned in Lake Baron in Meyers on Thanksgiving Day.

David Schmidt was walking his dogs Cheena and Oreo along with a friend's dog at Tahoe Paradise Park. According to close friends, it appears one of the dogs fell through the ice and David went to save him. David left his keys, wallet, phone and jacket on the shore and went onto the ice when he broke through. Friends said he would be too smart to just walk onto thin ice without a good reason.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in a vehicle burglary in a parking lot at Harvey's Casino.

Between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on March 24 a locked vehicle was burglarized. The suspect took numerous credit cards and personal items. Video surveillance captured an alleged suspect exiting a lcoal business where he attempted to use one of the stolen credit cards.

2:45 p.m. 2/28/16 update:

Two different high speed chases through the Carson Valley and up Kingsbury Grade resulted in the arrest of two men and two women on Saturday, February 27, 2017.

At 3:10 p.m., a trooper from the Nevada Highway Patrol spotted a silver Mercedes-Benz with California plates going down U.S. 50 (Spooner Summit) at 85 mph. The driver failed to pull over for the trooper, instead turning South on Highway 395 towards Minden, Nev., at speeds in excess of 100 mph.

On March 5, a theft occurred at the Ulta store in Carson City and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects.

At 5:14 p.m., a male and female entered the store located at 911 Topsy Lane. They began looking at perfume, and while the female began a conversation with the employees at the front counter the male exited he store with several fragrance packs. The female suspect exited the store shortly after.

Both suspects were seen leaving the parking lot in a red 4-door sedan.

There are 134 registered sex offenders in Douglas County. They were the subject of "Operation Vigilance" which was a joint operation of the Douglas County Sheriffs Office and U.S. Marshals.

They wanted to make sure all those registered were in compliance with Nevada law. Nine of the registered sex offenders were not in compliance, and an investigation is being conducted to determine if prosecution is warranted.

Of the remaining 125, 115 were found to be in compliance and 10 were either deceased, in prison or deported.

Douglas County Sheriff's Investigators have spent the last several months investigating the thefts of solar energy equipment around the region. On Tuesday they arrested 40 year-old Geoffrey Earl Meudt of Reno (a former Douglas County resident) for possession of stolen property, which is a felony charge.

Between November of 2013 and April of 2014 there were five separate thefts of solar panels and associated solar system components in Douglas County.

The equipment was sold by Meudt to unsuspecting buyers who thought the items were the result of a solar energy upgrade project in Reno.

Crime log excerpts from the Douglas County Nevada Sheriff's Department, Lake Tahoe Subdivision

Highlighted Reports

1/11 - A purse stolen from a slot machine area at Harrah's Tahoe led to the arrest of Eric Beaman and Marcus Tillman on an assortment of charges including possession of stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, possession of hypodermic needles and conspiracy to commit a crime.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is making preparations for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebration at Lake Tahoe starting on Tuesday, December 31st, 2013. Each year upwards of 60,000 celebrants ring in the New Year in the casino core area of Stateline, Nevada.

I was very distressed to read in my north shore paper that Douglas County Sheriffs had "accidentally" shot and killed a black bear. The Sierra Sun article said bears were attracted to garbage store...