5,000 revelers, 12 arrests New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe's Stateline
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office reports 49 arrests during the New Year's holiday weekend beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29 through 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1 in both Carson Valley and the Lake Tahoe area of Douglas County.
There were a total of 12 New Year's Eve arrests in the Stateline area.
All of the arrests included violations such as possession of a controlled substance, sales of a controlled substance, drug trafficking, domestic battery, battery on a peace officer, resisting and obstruction of a peace officer, warrant arrests, parole and probation violations, traffic violations, and civil protective custody.
The crowd present was estimated to be around 5,000 revelers in the casino core and unlike most years, there were minimal physical fights witnessed or reported to DCSO.
DCSO Capt. Dan Coverley was the Incident Commander under Sheriff Pierini, and said the crowd was very respectful and seemed to have a good time.
Sheriff Ron Pierini stated he was appreciative of the party goers who chose to come to Tahoe to celebrate the New Year.