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12/27/16 update 11:45 a.m. - Pioneer Trail in South Lake Tahoe reopened and the water was turned back on at 1:00 a.m. this morning after a car struct a fire hydrant on Frontier Court Monday evening.

South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) was at the scene until 3:00 a.m.

2:40 p.m. update: Tara Dawn Johnson has been located. She was discovered walking in the area of Lake Tahoe and Al Tahoe Boulevards just before 2:00 p.m. Thursday. She was wet with the rain and cold, but otherwise seemed healthy. Her dog Bart was with her and he is fine as well.

Johnson explained she had walked away of her own accord and found shelter on her own last night. There appears to have been no foul play involved in this case. Johnson has been released back to her care giver.

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South Lake Tahoe local Monika Taboada was picking her daughter up from the training room at South Tahoe High on Sunday when she received a flat on one of her new snow tires, leaving her the victim of another "Ninja Road Star" being left on roads around town.

Over the past several months there have been dozens of stories just like Taboada's.

A South Lake Tahoe man is behind bars tonight after being arrested as the suspect in a food contamination case at Raley’s in the Village Center near Stateline.

On Tuesday, November 22, South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) arrested 43-year-old Harry Dally at his residence and booked him into county jail on a single felony count of intentionally dispensing a contaminating substance capable of causing death or injury on food items for human consumption. At this time he is only charged with the crime at the Hot Wok inside of Raley’s. His bail has been set at $100,000.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of some of the 399 calls the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to between November 1 and November 14, 2016.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

11/1
Felony "Other" in the 2800 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

11/2
Warrant in the 1200 block of Ski Run Blvd
DUI at Johnson Blvd and Al Tahoe Blvd

11/3
Drug Offense in the 1000 block of Johnson Blv
Drunk in Public in the 2600 block of Sussex Ave
Drug Offense in the 2400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

11/4

The man killed as he crossed Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe on November 5, 2016 has been identified as 58-year-old Daniel Wallace Curry of Carson City, Nev.

A delay in release of the victim's name was due to the El Dorado County Coroner's Office having trouble locating the next of kin.

Curry was attempting to cross the roadway outside of a crosswalk near Heavenly Village Way at 10:40 p.m. when he was hit by a 61-year-old female Blackjack Taxi driver.

The accident doesn't appear to be alcohol or drug related. There have been no citations or arrests.

A South Lake Tahoe teenager has not been heard from since November 2 and his father is asking for the public's help in locating him.

Giovanni Fena, 14, had runaway from home the prior week, but returned on October 31, only to run away again on Wednesday. His dad last saw him then at South Tahoe High school. South Lake Tahoe Police (SLTPD) were contacted on Sunday, November 6 that Fena was missing.

He has been listed in the national database as a missing person according SLTPD Lt. David Stevenson.

Readers of South Tahoe Now's reports on local crime have seen an increase in reports of property crimes such as petty theft, theft from cars, auto theft and robbery.

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 may be updated when provided.

10/23/16

1:15 a.m. - Disorderly Conduct: Alcoholo - Jicarilla Dr - A 34-YEAR-OLD MALE WAS ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. THE SUSPECT WAS BOOKED INTO EDCJ AND LATER RELEASED
PURSUANT TO 849(B)(2) PC.

6:56 a.m. - Death Investigation - South Lake Tahoe - 89-YEAR-OLD FEMALE DECEASED.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 406 calls in the two weeks between September 27 and October 10, 2016.

Calls Resulting in Arrests:

9/27
Unlicensed drive in the 3600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Violation of Domestic Violence Court Order in the 1100 block of Acoma Circle
Warrant in the 1000 block of Lakeview Ave

9/28
Drunk in Public in the 3800 block of Pioneer Trail

9/29
Trespassing in 900 block of Rubicon Trail

One man was transported to Barton Hospital Sunday morning after the motorcycle he was on collided with a Chevy Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe.

Personnel from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) and South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue (SLTFR) responded to a call that came in at 10:19 a.m. on October 2 on Highway 50 between the Raley's shopping center and Mc Donalds.

In honor of "National Thank a Police Officer Day," and in an effort to encourage others to show their support for our heroes in law enforcement, South Lake Tahoe resident Daniella Flatau presented the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and South Lake Tahoe Police Department with 60 goody bags on Monday.

The South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) will step up their pedestrian safety enforcement operations during the month of September as part of “California Pedestrian Safety Month.”

With a rapidly increasing number of pedestrians being killed and injured on roadways in the state of California, the Senate passed a resolution to bring attention to the 813 pedestrians killed on California roadways in 2015 alone. This was nearly 25 percent of all roadways deaths in the state, up from 17 percent just ten years earlier.

Mt. Tallac High School would like to thank South Lake Tahoe Police Department
Chief Brian Uhler, Officer Andy Eissinger, and Probation Officer Del Peuse for their
willingness to attend a presentation designed by mental health to learn about
the special needs and concerns for many of our students. It is through
working together that we best understand and meet the needs of our most
vulnerable youth.

With great appreciation,

Holly Greenough and Amy Jackson
Mt. Tallac High School

The following is a recap of activity the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to 526 calls between July 26 and August 8, 2016.

7/26
Drunk in Public in the 900 block of Poplar St
Resisting in the 3400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd
Drunk in Public in the 3400 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

7/27
Warrant in the 3600 block of Spruce Ave
Drunk in Public in the 3000 block of Harrison Ave
Defrauding in the 1000 block of Emerald Bay Rd
Drunk in Public in the 1100 block of Rufus Allen Blvd
Drunk in Public in the 2600 block of Lake Tahoe Blvd

South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue and other area fire departments have responded to several illegal cooking fires in homeless encampments this summer, some which have spread to burn up to several hundred feet.

The cause of the July 19 fires behind the power station by the Heavenly Gondola and in the Trout Creek area behind Ross are still under investigation, but sources have said they were both most likely started by illegal campfires. Fire crews also responded to transient camp fires on July 27 and August 8 as well as several illegal cooking fires.

A South Lake Tahoe man is in the El Dorado County Jail, facing several charges after an alleged hit and run accident at the corner of Sierra Blvd. and Lake Tahoe Blvd. on Saturday.

An unidentified man was crossing the street in the crosswalk at the intersection of Lake Tahoe Blvd. and Sierra Blvd. when he was struck by 66-year-old Gary J. Stanton.

Updated Story 7/25/16:

A 22-year-old woman from Oregon is in serious condition at Renown Medical Center in Reno after having her leg caught in the propeller of a boat on Lake Tahoe Sunday afternoon. The boat with twin propellers had been pulling her on an innertube, but upon re-entering the boat the unidentified woman's legs were caught in the props.

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 primary published non-emergency business phone number for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (530-542-6100) is currently inoperable. SLTPD is working with their local phone service and outside vendors to correct what appears to be a hardware malfunction at the police department.

Currently, when this number is dialed, the caller will likely hear an indication of a phone ringing on the other end, but this signal is not connecting to any telephone in the police department.

For the 96 hours that made up the 4th of July weekend this year, South Lake Tahoe police arrested 27 people, nine of them on the holiday.

SLTPD Chief Brian Uhler said they could have made more arrests, but his officers look for a peaceful solution. If there is a sober adult in the situation, police will many times let them take care of the person in their party who'd been drinking. This leaves officers available and on the streets in case of emergencies, and not tied up with paperwork.

A list of the 27 arrests:

An almost six-hour long standoff in the parking lot of the South Lake Tahoe Motel 6 parking lot has ended, with no suspect in custody, though a warrant has been issued for 31-year-old Sean Wanamaker.

South Lake Tahoe Police officers were called to the area Saturday afternoon after a person said a man got into an argument with someone in the parking lot, and that he brandished a handgun, then went into a trailer parked at the motel.

9:00 a.m. update 6/27: Michael Anderson, 48, was arrested for felony domestic violence and for discharging a firearm in an inhabited dwelling. His 57-year-old girlfriend was taken to Barton Hospital last night with a gunshot wound in the abdomen. According to Lt. Brian Williams of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, her condition is unknown at this time, but it doesn't appear to be life-threatening.

She was able to speak to police Sunday night. Both parties told SLTPD detectives they were wrestling over a gun during an argument and "the gun went off."

South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler has written the following in response to an opinion piece written by South Tahoe High junior Noah Jackson that was posted on South Tahoe Now June 9 concerning massage parlors.