EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – Three men have been arrested in connection with the death of El Dorado County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Ishmael.
Early Wednesday, October 23, Deputy Ishmael responded to a call of theft from a marijuana garden behind a residence on Sand Ridge Road in Somerset, southeast of Placerville. He had a ride-along passenger at the time, an off-duty San Joaquin County Sheriff’s deputy.
