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The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a 45-year-old Silver Springs man who has been missing since June 30 and whose life may be in danger.

A 21-year-old Gardnerville man has been identified as the pedestrian struck and killed in a hit and run crash that happened early Saturday morning in the Johnson Lane area of Douglas County, authorities said Monday.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division is requesting the public’s help in identifying suspects responsible for the theft of several high dollar mountain bikes from participants of the Carson City Off-Road event held this weekend.

Reno Police Department has released the name of the victim who died in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 50 near Dayton that involved an on-duty Nevada Highway Patrol trooper.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in identifying the suspect in a May 2 theft that happened at the 7-Eleven on Riverview Drive in Gardnerville.

Lyon County Sheriff's Office is looking for two men who shot and seriously injured a person Thursday night in an apparent robbery at the Wigwam Restaurant Casino in Fernley.

A 49-year-old Dayton man was charged Tuesday with open murder and is being held at the Lyon County Jail following the Monday night shooting death of a man at a Dayton Valley Road residence, sheriff's officials said.

UPDATE: A 49-year-old Dayton man was charged Tuesday with open murder and is being held at the Lyon County Jail following the Monday night shooting death of a man at a Dayton Valley Road residence, sheriff's officials said. Go here for the full story.
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two theft cases at the Walmart on Topsy Lane south of Carson City. The first theft occurred on Jan. 30 and the second on Feb. 20, 2017. In both cases two male subjects stole used vehicle battery cores from a fenced area near the automotive service department.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in an attempted residential burglary occurring on Friday night, Jan. 13.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help with identifying the suspect or suspects who vandalized several classrooms at Douglas High School on Dec. 21 during the early morning hours.

An investigation into the Dec. 14 robbery, beating and kidnapping of a Gardnerville man at his home has resulted with one woman in custody and her alleged partner in the crime a fugitive from justice who is considered armed and dangerous, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying four suspects involved in the Oct. 30 home invasion, robbery and beating of an elderly Gardnerville man.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in a shoplifting theft and an incident of destruction of property that occurred on Oct. 12, 2016 at Walmart at 3770 US Highway 395, in south Carson City.

A Silver Springs man has been arrested on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon enhancement in last Thursday’s shooting death of a 48-year-old man in Silver Springs.

Lyon County sheriff's detectives are investigating the shooting death Thursday of 48-year-old Silver Springs man after dispatch received several 911 calls regarding a fight in Silver Springs.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office has released surveillance photos of two men who robbed the Crossroads Lounge early Wednesday morning.

Carson City sheriff’s investigators have released surveillance photos of the suspect in the Thursday morning armed robbery of the Subway at Winnie Lane and North Carson Street.

The suspect is around 5 foot 7 inches to 5 foot 10 inches in height, with blond hair and was wearing a mask. He robbed the restaurant at gunpoint shortly before 9:55 a.m. taking cash from the business and a customer before fleeing on foot.

The Douglas County Sheriff reports that on Thursday at 12:05 a.m., child abduction suspects Dason Valdez and Krystle Reid were located by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office based on a Secret Witness tip.

Valdez was arrested on a Carson City warrant. Krystle was released at the scene. Charges for both are pending in Douglas County.

Authorities in Douglas County and Carson City continues to seek two people who were involved in an Amber Alert on Monday night following an abduction in which the children were returned safe.

Douglas County authorities are looking for a woman who allegedly used credit cards from a wallet that was stolen in South Lake Tahoe to ring up several hundred dollars of merchandise at the Target store south of Carson City.

On July 25, a woman visiting South Lake Tahoe reported a robbery and attempted sexual assault in a laundry room at Lakeland Village on Lake Tahoe Boulevard.

Over the past year, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department has received at least three such reports and believe they may be related due to similarities in the subject's description and method of operation, said Lt. Brian Williams.

UPDATE: The body of a missing Dayton area woman was found Tuesday in a remote canyon and a suspect, the woman's brother-in-law, is in custody on suspicion of murder, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.

In cooperation with the Nevada Division of Investigations and with the assistance of the Washoe County Crime Lab, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office has arrested James Hamrick, 55, of Dayton in connection with the death of Davis. He is the brother-in-law of Davis, a Lyon County Sheriff's Office investigator confirmed.

Hamrick is being held at the Lyon County Detention Center in Yerington and charged with open murder and is being held without bail.

Lyon County Sheriff's Office detectives searching for the whereabouts of a missing Dayton area woman now believe there was foul play involved in her disappearance.

A search warrant was executed and several items of evidence has been seized this week from the residence of Toni Davis, 60, who has been missing since April 28. A forensics analysis is currently underway.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a woman who has been missing from the Dayton area since late last month.

Toni Davis, 60, has been missing since April 28. She is from the Mark Twain area. She is caucasian, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 150 to 170 pounds; has hazel eyes, brown/gray hair. She has a tattoo of Betty Boop above her right posterior.

UPDATE: Lyon County sheriff's spokesman Michael Carlson said a U.S. Postal Service delivery worker who was killed on the job in northern Nevada was delivering mail to her own home, and her husband first reported her shooting death as an accident, according to KTVN. The husband of Johnie Nicole Shadden was questioned but not arrested after Shadden was pronounced dead outside the house about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday near Yerington.
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Lyon County Sheriff's Office authorities, the US Postal Service and the FBI are investigating the Tuesday shooting death of a 26-year-old Mason Valley mail carrier.

An Amador County, Calif., man has been identified as the victim who died after being shot Saturday night at a South Lake Tahoe lodge. The suspects in the shooting remain at large, according to South Lake Tahoe police.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help in finding a person of interest who attempted to lure a child near a Dayton area elementary School.

Carson City area law enforcement officials and the Carson City District Attorney announced Friday the issuance of a DNA arrest warrant for the shooter who fired bullets into the home of Carson City Judge John Tatro and his wife in December 2012.

A Silver Springs bar off Highway 50 was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday with the bandit brandishing a weapon and making off with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.