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Pair arrested and facing South Lake Tahoe vehicle theft charges
Submitted by paula on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 11:39amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Two people have been arrested by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (SLTPD) after allegedly stealing a car from a home on Anita Drive.
Fours years after man killed in South Lake Tahoe over pot deal, one trial begins
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/07/2020 - 12:45amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It was a snowy night on January 30, 2016, when Dennis Wright, Jr. brought at least 100 pounds of pot to the Beverly Lodge on Lake Tahoe Boulevard to sell to an interested party. Wright, who was better known as Spike, never made it back to his home in River Pines, Amador County that night. Instead, he was shot and killed at about 7:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the motel.
19th annual Snapshot Day to unveil conditions in Lake Tahoe and Truckee River
Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/30/2019 - 8:34amFor the past 18 years, volunteers have been monitoring water quality conditions across the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River watersheds, collecting data at a single point in time to better understand the area as a whole. It is a bi-state collaborative that can achieve a larger watershed approach to successful data collection.
On May 17 and 18, 2019, volunteers will once again head out and perform a variety of tests including temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, algae, and nitrogen.
38 years after skull is found, Jane Doe has a name
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 8:26pmEL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - On March 22, 1974, Nancy Webster, 37, and her daughter, 19-year-old Rebecca Dinkel were seen at a café in the Garden Valley area of El Dorado County.
They left the cafe shortly after Nancy received a threatening phone call from her abusive, common-law husband, Clifton Mahaney.
It was the last time anyone saw either one of them alive.
Letter: Measure C needs to be rewritten, Vote No
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/31/2017 - 2:50pm
Event Date:
October 31, 2017 (All day) As it stands right now, any tax money collected goes to the General Fund where it can be disbursed as the city sees fit regardless what it is ear. That's why this Measure C is a good tax (if there is a good tax), because it is a specific fund that cannot be used for anything but what it's voted on.
Specifically this started as a way to keep CalPERS from robbing the general fund for unfunded pensions and liabilities. The problem is it's not enough and everyone knows it, even the authors.
South Lake Tahoe man arrested as suspect in Tracy bank robbery
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/02/2017 - 9:25amSouth Lake Tahoe Police Department detectives arrested a local man on February 1 on a warrant out of Tracy, Calif.
Bandaged Bandit arrested after another bank robbery
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 1:10pmA 22-year-old El Dorado Hills man is behind bars on suspicion of robbing several area banks between June 29 and July 25 from Stateline to Folsom with his face covered in bandages, earning him the nickname, the Bandaged Bandit.
On July 25 at 2:35 p.m., the US Bank on White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills was robbed by a suspect who fled into a wooded area southeast of the bank. Deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol officers and helicopter started searching the area.
Two women arrested after robbing men in Lake Tahoe motel rooms
Submitted by paula on Sun, 07/24/2016 - 6:30pmTwo women were returned to El Dorado County jail on Sunday, accused of robbing men after bringing them to their motel rooms.
Allegedly, 23-year-old Ashley Benn and 24-year-old Loorna Daniels of Oakland brought men to their motel rooms in South Lake Tahoe on the promise of sex. Once in the rooms, they allegedly robbed the men.
After releases from jail after posting bail for felony robbery, they were both rearrested after more victims came forward according to Sgt. Travis Cabral of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.
Man facing several charges after South Lake Tahoe robbery
Submitted by paula on Tue, 11/17/2015 - 2:56pmSouth 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.
Bank robber known as 'Fedora Bandit' sentenced to 9 years in prison
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 07/19/2013 - 11:14amDavid Griffith Osborne, 75, known as the "Fedora Bandit" for his lengthy string of bank robberies in northern California, Lake Tahoe and at least one in Carson City, was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for three counts of armed bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
'Fedora Bandit' pleads guilty
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 1:57pmA man accused of robbing two Lake Tahoe banks in 2010 pleaded guilty to a string of Northern California bank hold-ups Friday.Former Carson City resident David Griffith Osborne, 74, pleaded guilt...
'Fedora Bandit' pleads guilty to three robberies, admits to bank heists at South Lake Tahoe, Kings Beach among others
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 1:17pmThe 'Fedora Bandit' who robbed banks in South Lake Tahoe, Kings Beach and Carson City, among several others, pled guilty Friday to three counts of armed bank robbery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
Douglas County authorities seek witness to Stateline assault
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 9:51pmDouglas County authorities are asking the public for help in identifying two men responsible for beating and robbing an unarmed man outside a South Shore Lake Tahoe casino Nov. 10 at around 9:45 p.m.
The two suspects were seen on video surveillance assaulting and robbing the victim outside the casino. The men, described as caucasian or light-skinned Hispanics ages 18 to 25, jumped and battered the victim, punching and kicking him repeatedly after he fell to the ground.
Popular South Tahoe High School program gets cut
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 5:41pmAn area school is boasting some of the highest graduation rates in California. Newly finalized counts show about 92.5 percent of South Tahoe High School's seniors are earning diplomas. Compare that to the state average of 76.3 percent. But district officials say one of the main reasons they're claiming success has just been cut from the California budget.
South Tahoe Wells Fargo Bank robbery suspect arrested in Sacramento
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:07amThe man believed to have robbed the Wells Fargo Bank inside the Raley's at the Village Center in South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 30 is sitting in a Sacramento jail after allegedly robbing a bank.
Police looking for suspects in gas station robbery
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 9:25amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police are looking for two men suspected of robbing the USA Gas Station at gunpoint Saturday night.Two masked men walked into the gas station at 2470 ...