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Registration open for South Lake Tahoe Junior Giants virtual summer season
Submitted by paula on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 5:41pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Summer baseball leagues across the county will be different this year due to COVID-19, and the South Lake Tahoe Junior Giants program is no different.
The City of South Lake Tahoe Recreation Department has teamed up once again with the Giants Community Fund to offer a free, modified Junior Giants Baseball Program for the 2020 baseball season for youth ages 5-18.
The program features a Digital Dugout offering coaching sessions including physical activities, lessons on health and wellness, reading incentives and character development.
Aryan Brotherhood prison gang drug and murder ring broken up with help of El Dorado County DA's Office
Submitted by paula on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 11:27pm
The El Dorado County (EDC) District Attorney's Office recently helped with a state-wide investigation focused on offenders operating a criminal enterprise from both inside and outside state prisons.
Sixteen members and associates of a prison-based gang have been charged after a long-running investigation into drug trafficking and murders inside and outside of California’s prisons.
The EDC DA office's investigative division has the kind of highly trained and experienced detectives that are often called in to help with operations of this magnitude.
Change behind bars: Two South Lake Tahoe locals speak about their time in jail
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 9:59pm
Do you know what it is like to be caged like a wild animal? Do you know what it is like to scratch at the insides of a jail cell wall as you scream for your freedom? Do you know what it is like to have your nightmares as your only company?
I can’t say that I know what it’s like. I really can’t.
Mt. Tallac celebrates their 76 graduates
Submitted by paula on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 3:06pm
"Congratulations on completing the first act of your lives," Keynote Speaker Leon Malmud told the graduates of Mt. Tallac High School Friday. "Leave charged with a sense of possibilities.
Malmud, a South Lake Tahoe resident and author who survived WWII by being hidden by a French family, gave the 76 students a list of lessons as they go forward:
Be Kind to Everyone
Kindness will pay you back
Be credible, people will trust you for your credibility, the core of your existence
Do not work for fools, work for people you like
It is okay to be wrong
Capt. Duffy running for Douglas County Sheriff
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 6:06pm
Captain Joe Duffy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) has announced his candidacy for Sheriff of Douglas County, a job currently held by Sheriff Ron Pierini who has announced he will retire after being in the position since 1997.
Law enforcement round up 23 gang members - 11 of them arrested in Reno
Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 5:15pm
A lengthy, multi-agency gang investigation in the Reno and Stockton areas led to the arrest of 23 people, including one correctional officer on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
Douglas County Sheriff's Captain overseas to help with Tongan gang activity
Submitted by paula on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 1:33pm
A Douglas County Sheriff's Captain was recently in the Kingdom of Tonga to assist in the development of a National Strategy on Deportation and Reintegration by providing invaluable insight on Pacific Island gangs.
Captain Joe Duffy was recruited by the Nevada National Guard for the assignment since Nevada is home to the sixth largest population of Tongans in the United States. He was part of a team of representatives from the United States which included: U.S. Ambassador Judith Cefkin and Nevada National Guard Brigadier General Zachary Doser.
Lt. Brian Williams retiring after 30 years serving the South Lake Tahoe community
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/19/2017 - 5:05pm
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.
Suspects being questioned in South Lake Tahoe drive-by shooting
Submitted by paula on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 4:28pm
The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is investigating a possible gang related drive-by shooting at the Pioneer Inn Thursday night at 10:00 p.m.
There were no injuries and, as of Friday afternoon, there have been no arrests.
Responding SLTPD officers immediately started looking for the suspect vehicle, described as a dark pick-up truck. While law enforcement searched for the truck, others were at the motel, which is located at 3863 Pioneer Trail, collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses.
US Coast Guard has record year in drug seizures - $5.6 billion worth
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/27/2016 - 7:21pm
With a growing cocaine problem, not only in South Lake Tahoe but in the whole country, the U.S Coastguard and their interagency partners are being kept busy seizing the drug from ships in the Pacific Ocean headed to the United States.
The Coast Guard broke records over the last 12 months by removing more than 416,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $5.6 billion from boats and ships. Their previous record was 367,700 pounds seized in 2008.
SLT Police Chief on Officer Hounsell, auto theft, violent crime and winter driving
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 2:21pm
Tragedy at the Police Department. The department is deeply appreciative of the support given to the family of Mark Hounsell who was killed, along with his wife Jeanne and her friend Laura Fisher, in a motor vehicle accident. They are survived by 4 children who have been the recipients of beautiful and heartfelt support from the entire community. The fund for the Children is now approaching the goal of $130,000. See this at: https://www.gofundme.com/hounsellchildren
El Dorado County Sheriff's Report
Submitted by paula on Sun, 09/27/2015 - 8:10pm
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.
9/20
4:30 a.m. - Vacation Rental - Aravaipa St - DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A NOISE COMPLAINT AT A VACATION RENTAL
10:40 a.m. - Vacation Rental Violation - Susquehanna Dr - 27-YEAR-OLD MAN CITED AND RELEASED FOR TRASH AND REFUSE ISSUES AT A VACATION RENTAL HOME.
Graffiti vandals tag signage on bike trail through Rabe Meadow
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/25/2015 - 8:03pm
Vandals were busy this week in Rabe Meadow on the South Shore, defacing the new bike trail railings and signage throughout the historic meadow.
Deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) are working on the case, saying they see this type of tagging every summer. Surveillance cameras have lead to the arrest of perpetrators on several other cases and they hope that leads will come in on this case as well.
Gang sweep in El Dorado County
Submitted by paula on Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:27pm
Four people were arrested earlier this week in El Dorado County when the El Dorado Gang Enforcement Detail (EDGE) contacted several gang members at their homes.
El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, El Dorado County Probation, El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department participated in the sweep on May 18.
Three arrested in stabbing death of El Dorado County man
Submitted by paula on Sat, 02/21/2015 - 12:24pmEl Dorado County Sheriff's Office arrested three suspects for the murder of 55-year-old Pete Thomas.
On the evening of February 3, police found Thomas's body inside of a home in the 3200 block of Sand Ridge Road in unincorporated Placerville. Detectives and crime scene investigators examined the scene and circumstances of Thomas’ death and determined it was a homicide, said El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Lt. Tom Murdoch.
Pound of meth seized, three arrested in bust that focused on Dayton, Moundhouse
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 11:29pm
Three have been arrested after a monthlong investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in the Dayton and Moundhouse areas, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday night.
The investigation, which ended Jan. 21, led to the seizure of a pound of methamphetamine, eight firearms, and $4,500 in cash and involved two search warrants in the Dayton and Moundhouse area. Each of the three suspects are being held on $1 million bail.
Three land in jail after Tuesday brawl in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/29/2014 - 8:03pm
The South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to a brawl in progress at the mid-town Jack in the Box on Tuesday afternoon. When they arrived they found two men and a woman confronting a man. The suspects had a bat and a slungshot (homemade weapon with a weight on the end of a rope) on them according to Detective Doug Sentell of the SLTPD. Sentell said that even though a bat was present it wasn't used on the victim.
Gangs are a problem in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/29/2014 - 12:03am
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?"
Home invasion robbery leads to the arrest of three suspected South Lake Tahoe gang members
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 10:49pm
Three South Lake Tahoe men are sitting in the El Dorado County Jail tonight on charges ranging from participating in a criminal street gang, conspiracy to commit a crime, burglary, robbery to manufacturing a controlled substance.
The charges stem from a home invasion robbery on October 11. Four men forced their way into a home in the Ski Run Blvd area, assaulted the victim and stole personal property. The victim reportedly knew the perpetrators.
Prop 47: Safer schools and neighborhoods or 10,000 convicted felons on the streets?
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/06/2014 - 8:15pm
Being touted as "The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" by proponents, Proposition 47 will mandate misdemeanors instead of felonies for “non-serious, nonviolent crimes," unless the defendant has prior convictions for murder, rape, certain sex offenses or certain gun crimes.
The reason Prop 47 got this name is because a fund bearing it's name will be created by the estimated savings of $150M to $250M the state will receive by not having to prosecute crimes that would become misdemeanors.
South Shore criminals keep cops busy
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:35am
Gangs, drugs, the threat of violence at schools, parents who are not engaged, and a crime rate that is increasing.
Those were some of the topics South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler, El Dorado County sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum, and Steve Heggen with county probation touched on during this month’s Lake Tahoe Collaborative meeting.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office offers academy for citizens
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 10:15amThe El Dorado County Sheriff's Office has announced classes for its 2013 Citizen's Academy. Residents of the county can learn about the law enforcement agency and its many functions, said Sheriff John D’Agostini.
Classes run one night each week, (typically Tuesdays) from 6 to 9 p.m.. The next academy is scheduled to begin March 19 and will end June 25, 2013 The academy classes are held at the Sheriff’s Placerville OES training facility. The Citizen’s Academy is offered on a first come first served basis to El Dorado County residence and is free of charge.
