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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Two separate incidents of robbery and burglary on September 18 has led to the arrest of one 18-year-old and two juveniles.

The first call occurred at midnight. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) responded after a woman in the 2000 block of Fresno Avenue said a 17-year-old Zephyr Cove resident, who was a former roommate, came to her front door. She refused to answer the door and the suspect climbed through the garage window to steal marijuana.

11/1/18 update: More details have come to light surrounding the officer involved shooting of an armed robbery suspect in Meyers on Monday.

There were three warrants for the arrest of Billy Jo Johnson on Monday, one from each South Lake Tahoe, Douglas County and Carson City. Law enforcement from each agency were working together on their cases in an attempt to locate and arrest the 34-year-old Johnson.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking the driver of a vehicle involved in an armed robbery and attempted abduction of a juvenile female between October 5-9 in the Gardnerville Ranchos area.

The vehicle involved in both crimes is similar to the one pictured in the photo above. It is a black older model Chevy Tahoe with scratches on the sides, dirty and dark windows.

One witness described the driver as a Hispanic or Native American male adult.

1/8/18 UPDATE 3:45PM: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in an armed robbery that occurred at a Subway Restaurant located at 1328 Hwy 395 in Gardnerville. A Caucasian male in his 20’s wearing a black mask, light colored jacket; dark pants and black tennis shoes entered the business on 1-6-18 at 6:15 p.m. and brandished a weapon.

A 28-year-old woman is dead and her fiance has been hospitalized after a shooting in Shingle Springs Wednesday evening.

On October 4, 2017 at approximately 5:47 p.m., deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (EDSO) responded to multiple reports of a shooting near the intersection of Mother Lode Drive and Sunset Lane.

They discovered two people shot at the scene. One of them, Bay Area resident Jessica Lyn Ball, was pronounced dead at the scene. A male, who was later determined to be her fiance, suffered a single gunshot would and was transported to a local hospital.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) is still looking for one suspect in the alleged assault, kidnapping and robbery of a man in Gardnerville on December 14, 2016.

The adult male victim contacted DCSO and reported that two people had violently attacked him in a home in the 1500 block of Gilman Avenue, held him at gunpoint, and then drove him to a bank where he was forced to remove an undisclosed amount of cash. They later released the victim.

Investigators had determined that Stacy Conti-Salway, 35, and Francisco “Frankie” Perez, 28, are responsible for the crime.

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Warning though, it can be harmful to your health, or safety.

An early morning armed robbery in Camino, Calif., led to the arrest of 22-year-old Aaron Friesen of Carson City on charges of robbery, vehicle theft and on an outstanding felony warrant for domestic violence.

At 5:30 a.m. Thursday, March 10, the Wine County Station just off Highway 50 was robbed at gunpoint with the suspect getting away in a vehicle. An alert witness at the scene gave law enforcement detailed information about both the suspect and the vehicle used in the getaway.

South Lake Tahoe Police Department officers responded to a report of an armed robbery on Friday night at 7:10 p.m. in the area of the CVS Pharmacy and Tahoe Beach Retreat Hotel on Highway 50. Two adult males reported being robbed by a man brandishing a handgun and long-bladed knife.

As they arrived, officers received other reports of the suspect firing one round after robbing two other adult men at the rear of the hotel.

Normally when a car rams into a gold store it is part of a robbery, but this wasn't the case Thursday afternoon with 74-year old Cheryl Smith of Minden, NV. She allegedly rammed her car into the Nevada Gold and Coin shop and ended up in the middle of the business where six employees were on duty.

South Lake Tahoe police are investigating an armed robbery at the Pinewood Lodge that happened late Saturday night.

Three are being sought by police after a woman and two men wearing ski masks robbed the motel at gunpoint, said South Lake Tahoe Police Sgt. Shannon Laney. It happened at about 11:30 p.m. The suspects, described as a black female and two black males, were armed with a black semi-automatic handgun and a hunting knife. The trio escaped in a Cadillac.

The following is a news release from Sgt. Laney of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department:

Updated Feb. 16, 5:08PM: Douglas County authorities have released surveillance photos of a Feb. 10 armed robbery at a Minden gas station and are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect and a possible accomplice.
A gun was drawn on a clerk and an undetermined amount of cash taken at the J&M Mini Mart in Minden on Friday Feb. 10.