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A 33-year-old Carson City woman was arrested for suspicion of felony grand larceny and child endangerment after shoplifting nearly $1,000 worth of merchandise from a local department store with her four-year-old child in tow.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the FBI, investigated an alleged kidnapping that happened in the early morning hours of Monday, March 11 in the Stateline casino corridor.

A 22-year-old man was arrested in the 600 block of E. John Street for failing to register as a sex offender after moving to Carson City a month ago.

A Carson City man is in custody after he allegedly assaulted a female Washoe Tribe police officer Wednesday morning, striking her with his vehicle as she was conducting a status check of a recent victim of domestic battery, according to the Tribe's chief of police.

Fresh off a secret wedding last month to a New York City police officer, country music singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert has hooked up a July 18 gig at Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena, Harveys announced today.

Days after President Kennedy was assassinated, Frank Sinatra, Jr., just barely an adult, was in the midst of a tour getting his music career off the ground.

On his tour during a snowy Tahoe December, he performed at the Harrah’s Club Lodge in Lake Tahoe.

Little did he know he had a few followers trailing him from city to city, and they weren’t hopeful fans, but instead, hopeful foes.

A 46-year-old transient woman was apprehended Thursday afternoon by Special Enforcement Team deputies after having allegedly escaped from the attorney general’s office. She was also arrested on two contempt of court warrants, possession of methamphetamines, drug paraphernalia possession, and attempting to conceal or destroy evidence.

SET Deputies arrested Sally Jean Whooley after they received a report that a bail bondsman had apprehended a fugitive.

At a news conference Thursday, the City of South Lake Tahoe provided an update to the story about the woman who was saved from a buried car by a snow plow driver and SLTPD officers.

It’s tax season again and this time of the year brings out the scammers trying to take away your money. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office wants to remind everyone to pay close attention to those ongoing scams out there.

A woman was arrested Wednesday night for suspicion of felony domestic battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly using a knife during an argument with her boyfriend, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The stories about February's massive snowfall at Lake Tahoe keep coming in. The latest involves a snow removal operator who struck a vehicle he didn't see that was completely buried in the snow. What comes next was beyond a surprise.

Good day Carson City and welcome to Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. A few snow showers may linger and should clear out by tomorrow with mostly sunny skies Friday into Saturday. Lots of activities today, including the kickoff of the sixth Carson City International Film Weekend festival.

According to the Carson City Board of Supervisors and Board of Health agenda for the upcoming Feb. 21 meeting, the University of Nevada, Reno Police will begin staffing the Western Nevada Campus by July 1, 2019 in an Interlocal Agreement for operational support between the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and the University of Nevada, Reno Police Services.

Friends and acquaintances of Tony Pastini described him as a generous member of the community, a long-time supporter of local youth programs. He was a friendly face to his neighbors.

A 38-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 300 block of East Winnie Lane on Saturday evening for suspicion of felony domestic battery with strangulation, felony dissuading a victim from reporting a crime, and a gross misdemeanor of false imprisonment, a sheriff's deputy said.

"Winterflix," a play on the popular Netflix streaming service, was the theme this year at the 2019 Winterfest week at CHS with dress-up days and night-time activities all week long. Some of the events included the Netflix show, "Stranger Things," a Twins Day, "Riverdale," "The Office," and even the ever popular once-a-month Dress for Success competition.

A Carson City drywall laborer was arrested Thursday night at 7:40 p.m. in the area of Fifth and Stewart streets on two felony counts of uttering a forged instrument and a misdemeanor charge of ex-felon failing to register, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Investigators have determined that Antonio Pastini, a Gardnerville man who died when his Cessna airplane broke apart and crashed into a Yorba Linda, CA, home Sunday killing four residents, was carrying credentials leading to false identification as a former Chicago police officer, authorities said Tuesday.

A 49-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Thompson Street for misdemeanor suspicion of domestic battery and resisting a public officer, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

On Dec. 28, Finnegan the terrier snuck off into the night while being babysat, clad only in a sweater. In a triumph of community help, people from Carson City came out in droves to help locate the little lost dog, and Monday their efforts paid off.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a Wellington, Nev. man who died in a three-vehicle crash that happened early Sunday morning on I-580 south of Moana Lane in Reno.

A 25-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Sherman and Highway 50 on multiple felonies, including eluding with endangerment and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Misdemeanor charges included resisting a public officer, reckless driving, and failure to use due care.

Community members of Douglas County and Carson City, and even our neighbors in Washoe County, took to social media Monday discussing whether or not there was another homicide in Indian Hills, which, according to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, did not occur. While there was a death that occurred inside one of the residences, there was no suspicion of foul play.

In the aftermath of the tragic four killings in our neighborhoods, it’s understandable to still be on high alert. A 19-year-old man residing in Carson City by the name of Wilbur Ernesto Martinez-Guzman was arrested in connection with the four crimes on Saturday.

However, conspiracy theories have begun to run rampant on social media that either it wasn’t Guzman, or that he didn’t act alone.

UPDATE: 1/18/19 at 3:15PM: According to a story in the Reno Gazette Journal today, the elderly couple found dead in their South Reno home Wednesday have been identified by friends as Jerry and Sherri David. Jerry David was a former president of the Reno Rodeo Association.
The identities of the elderly couple still have not been released by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, which is leading the investigation into their deaths that have been ruled homicides.
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An elderly man and woman died as a result of homicide at their south Reno residence after their bodies were discovered Wednesday, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office confirmed during a press conference.

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two suspicious deaths discovered Wednesday in a South Reno residence. Authorities from both Washoe and Douglas counties are also attempting to determine whether the Reno deaths and those of two Douglas County women are linked.

MINDEN — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is getting assistance from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigations and Patrol Division, Reno Police Department Robbery Homicide Unit, the Nevada Division of Investigation Major Crimes Unit, State of Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, and continued assistance from the FBI to assist with the recent homicide investigations.

UPDATE 9:05AM: The suspect in last night's pursuit that ended near the Minden Tahoe Airport appears to not be related to the two homicides, according to Douglas County Sheriff Daniel J. Coverley.
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UPDATE: Carson Now will cover the press conference this morning live via Facebook. The press conference begins at 9 a.m. Go here to watch.
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A man was taken into custody late Sunday night after leading Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high speed pursuit that began in the Dresslerville area between the suspect and Washoe Tribal Police Officers after attempting to serve the suspect a warrant.

A discussion to bring the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department to the Carson City branch of Western Nevada College will be held at the special joint meeting of the Carson City School District Board of Trustees and the Carson City Board of Supervisors on Thursday, Jan 17.

A Lyon County jury returned verdicts of two counts assault with a deadly weapon on a Silver Springs man who attempted to run over deputies with a car last year.

The Carson City School District welcomes two new school board members: Lupe Ramirez, District 1, and Richard Varner, District 4. Ramirez and Varner were accompanied by Stacie Wilke-McCulloch, District 3, and Don Carine, District 6, at the Carson City Court House Monday, Jan. 7, as all four took their oaths of office and were sworn in as elected city officials.