Staff Reporter | March 29, 2010
By Joe Nelson, Staff Writer at the The Sun
03/28/2010 07:02:38 AM PDT
One of the grisliest murder cases in Redlands’ history will be featured on the Investigation Discovery network’s forensic-crime series “Solved.”
The episode highlights the slaying of 14-year-old Tristan Jensen, who was stabbed to death and his remains tossed down a sewer in southeast Redlands in [...]
Staff Reporter | March 28, 2010
SAN BERNARDINO • San Bernardino prosecutors will seek tougher penalties for parolees who commit new crimes under the new policy implemented by the District Attorney’s office.
The announcement on Friday came in response to legislative changes that allows inmates to be released early and reduces supervision for parolees.
When prosecutors can choose whether to file the case [...]
Press Release | October 26, 2009
On October 20, 39 year old Dos Palos resident Mary Ann Jones entered no contest pleas to multiple felony charges stemming from her embezzlement of over 1.7 million dollars from the City of Los Banos. The pleas were entered in front of Merced County Superior Court Judge Frank Dougherty. Following the pleas, Dougherty sentenced Jones [...]
Staff Reporter | August 24, 2009
I read the affidavit in support of the search warrant served upon my home and business. The affidavit is factually flawed and untruthful. It is full of conclusory statements without corroboration. It uses words such as “likely” and “may” in reference to describing so-called criminal conduct on my part. What is more egregious is the [...]
Staff Reporter | July 1, 2009
El Dorado County Animal Services is searching for the owner of a dog that bit a man on Monday, June 29 at approximately 9:30 a.m. while he was walking on the El Dorado walking trail between the tunnel and the bridge off of Mosquito Road in Placerville. The dog is described as black and grey, [...]
Press Release | July 1, 2009
June 29, 2009 at 4:50 PM, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting a subject stuck in the water near trouble maker rapids on the south fork of the American river in Coloma. According to initial reports a raft carrying 5 to 6 individuals went through trouble maker rapids (class 3) and [...]
Press Release | June 26, 2009
El Dorado County – Sheriff’s narcotics detectives located and eradicated a large outdoor marijuana grow in El Dorado Hills. The marijuana was being grown in an area off Salmon Falls Rd, Dorado Ridge Trail and Salmon Valley Lane. The grow area spanned over a 3 mile area on private, State and Federal properties. [...]
Press Release | June 24, 2009
EL DORADO COUNTY – The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating a string of vehicle burglaries along Hwy 89 North. Most of the burglaries have occurred at trailheads or popular parking areas near Emerald Bay and Fallen Leaf Rd.
The suspects typically target vehicles parked in areas with little or no pedestrian traffic [...]
Ron Littlefield | June 23, 2009
Spring Valley Lake – On Monday, June 15, 2009, at approximately 11:02 p.m., deputies from the Victor Valley Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to a report of a possible vehicle burglary in 17000 block of Prado Way in the community of Spring Valley Lake in Victorville. The reporting party caught a male juvenile trying to get [...]
Press Release | June 1, 2009
EL DORADO COUNTY – On June 2, 1986 Haley Wing, age 76 was murdered outside his son’s home in Rescue, CA. Haley Wing had gone to his son’s residence located just off Green Valley Road to check into a possible burglary. While at the residence Haley Wing was shot and killed.
Over the past 23 [...]