Ty Robben to spend the next seven years in prison

The man who led anti-South Lake Tahoe Police, El Dorado County Sheriff, District Attorney and Judge campaigns will be spending the next seven years in prison after he was given the maximum sentence October 27, 2017 in Sacramento Superior Court.

Todd "Ty" Christian Robben had been found guilty by a jury September 25 on eight felony charges which involved threats and attempted threats targeted at a number of public officials including Superior Court Judges in El Dorado County, a South Lake Tahoe Police lieutenant, an investigator from the State Bar, the South Lake Tahoe City Attorney, and a local attorney who represented the defendant on a misdemeanor appeal.

All judges sitting on the El Dorado County bench recused themselves due to Robben's threats so the case was heard in Sacramento before a Sacramento Superior Court Judge on an assignment handed down by the California Supreme Court.

After learning of the verdict, District Attorney Vern Pierson issued the following statement: “I am pleased that a jury has convicted Mr. Robben of these crimes. I hope this sends a strong statement that El Dorado County won’t tolerate threats or intimidation against judges or other public officials.”

Through intimidation and spreading fake news smear tactics, Robben was also known to use size-exaggerated crime scene tape to surround Carson City government buildings, the El Dorado County complex on the corner of Johnson Boulevard and Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe and also in Placerville. He also ran two websites that targeted law enforcement and government with veiled threats of violence. He was seen numerous times in local courts and had threatened to disrupt a Nevada Day Parade with his crime scene tape antics.

A fired Nevada Department of Taxation employee, Robben also had run-ins with a Carson City judge, a district attorney and a sheriff in Carson City.

In 2014, Robben was accused of solicitation to commit murder and intimidation against Carson City Judge John Tatro in which formal charges were filed but later dismissed by a presiding judge in Douglas County.

Former Carson City District Attorney Neil Rombardo, Assistant District Attorney Mark Krueger and Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong were subjects of intimidation by Robben but charges were never filed.