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 [...]
Ron Littlefield | May 28, 2009
El Dorado Hills – Richard R. Betchley – a former resident of El Dorado Hills, CA – was arrested today and charged with twenty-eight felony counts relating to various real estate fraud and securities fraud schemes over the past three years. The six month investigation involved members of the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, [...]
Staff Reporter | May 21, 2009
BARSTOW – On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at 8:33 a.m., Barstow Police Department patrol officers were dispatched to a report of a robbery that occurred at the Dollar Tree Store located at 1264 East Main Street in Barstow. Officer’s responded to the location and talked with the manager of the business who stated that he [...]