Bill Cosby Gets 3 to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Assault

Bill Cosby Gets 3 to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Assault

Norristown, Pa. (AP) — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led off to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. The punishment made him the first celebrity of the #MeToo era to be sent to […]

Lee D Glenn, 60 of Railroad Flat Passed Away in Rail Road Flat Road Collision

Lee D Glenn, 60 of Railroad Flat Passed Away in Rail Road Flat Road Collision

Rail Road Flat, CA…On Saturday, September 15, 2018, at an unknown time Glenn was riding his motorcycle south on Railroad Flat Rd, south of Sierra Oaks Dr. at an unknown speed. As the roadway curved to the left, Glenn failed to follow the roadway and allowed his vehicle to drive off the right roadway edge. […]

Governor Brown on Death of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy

Governor Brown on Death of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy

Sacramento, CA…Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on September 17th issued the following statement regarding the death of Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Stasyuk: “Anne and I extend our deepest condolences to Deputy Stasyuk’s family, loved ones and colleagues and ask all Californians to keep them in your thoughts during this difficult time.” Deputy Stasyuk, 27, […]

Crime Doesn’t Always go as you Plan in Amador County.

Crime Doesn’t Always go as you Plan in Amador County.

Martell, CA…From the Amador Sheriff’s Dept…”On September 17th, 2018 at around 2:44PM, Joseph Homer Modrall, age 34 of Sacramento and Gary Wayne Modrall, age 69 of Sacramento, decided to go shopping for a victim at Save Mart Grocery Store in Martell. While Gary Modrall waited outside in the parking lot, Joseph Modrall entered Save Mart […]

Subject Arrested after Altercation and Running from Deputies

Subject Arrested after Altercation and Running from Deputies

Valley Springs, CA…On 9-17-18 at approx. 0815 hours CCSO Deputies responded to a residence in the 6000 block of Highway 26 for reports of an altercation between a male and two females. Upon arrival Deputies spoke with two females (age 21 and 22) who stated they were visiting a male, (s) Nicholas Kohring (age 28 […]

CDCR Honors Staff at 33rd Annual Medal of Valor Ceremony

CDCR Honors Staff at 33rd Annual Medal of Valor Ceremony

Elk Grove, CA…The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) honored 68 employees today during its 33rd annual Medal of Valor Ceremony. “Today, we honor heroes who have been placed in situations that call for action that is above and beyond the normal demands of duty,” said acting CDCR Secretary Ralph Diaz. “While facing danger […]

Calaveras Sheriff K9 Nox has Stylish New Eye Protection

Calaveras Sheriff K9 Nox has Stylish New Eye Protection

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office K9 Nox and Corporal Jim Moser received an essential piece of protective equipment this week. This donation of Rex Specs was made possible through the Friends Of Calaveras Sheriff’s Office and K9 Tactical, whose owner Brandon Griffin lives locally and is a private K9 Trainer where citizens can take […]

Thousands of Plants and Hundreds of Pounds of Marijuana Eradicated

Thousands of Plants and Hundreds of Pounds of Marijuana Eradicated

Valley Springs, CA…On September 12, 2018 the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team served a search warrant onto an undeveloped piece of private property located off of South Gulch Road near Milton Road in Valley Springs. Upon arrival, Deputies encountered three males who were tending to approximately 40 marijuana plants. No permanent residence was […]

68 Year Old Mi-Wuk Village Man Arrested on Firearm, Meth Charges & More

68 Year Old Mi-Wuk Village Man Arrested on Firearm, Meth Charges & More

Mi-Wuk Village, CA….From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept…”Update Sept.12th: Deputies were dispatched to the area of Pine Lake Dr. in Mi-Wuk Village for a report of suspicious person, shooting. Two shots were heard by deputies while on scene. A civilian contacted our office while deputies were on scene and advised the man, later identified as 68-year-old […]

Sonora Police Investigating Stabbing in Sonora

Sonora Police Investigating Stabbing in Sonora

Sonora, CA…From the Sonora Police Dept…”Early Saturday morning, just before 1:00 a.m., we received a call from the Emergency Room concerning a patient who was being treated for a possible stab wound. Officers responded and contacted a 28-year-old male victim with a small puncture wound to his neck and a laceration to one of his […]

Sonora Man Arrested on Arson Charges

Sonora Man Arrested on Arson Charges

Sonora, CA…From the Sonora Police Dept…”On September 10, 2018 at about 7:59pm, Stanley Jesse Wooden, of Sonora, was arrested for arson, which took place on September 6, 2018 at the Intake Grill. The investigation is still active. Wooden was booked at the Tuolumne County Jail for arson of an inhabited building with a bail of […]

Logging Truck vs Vehicle Collision Injures San Andreas Man and Sonora Woman

Logging Truck vs Vehicle Collision Injures San Andreas Man and Sonora Woman

San Andreas, CA…Stufflet was driving is Ford west on Beverlynn Ln at an undetermined speed approaching the intersection with SR-49. Stormes was driving his Kenworth north on SR-49 at the speed limit. Stufflet entered onto SR-49 without yielding the right of way to Stormes. Stormes was unable to avoid a collision and the front of […]

Attorney General Becerra Announces Arrest and Indictments of 32 BullyBoy and CoCo Boy Street Gang Members for Fraud Scheme

Attorney General Becerra Announces Arrest and Indictments of 32 BullyBoy and CoCo Boy Street Gang Members for Fraud Scheme

Sacramento, CA…. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arrest and indictment of 32 individuals associated with criminal street gangs throughout Northern California known as the BullyBoys and the CoCo Boys. The gangs and their associates conspired to defraud victims throughout California by hacking the credit card terminals and merchant accounts of dozens of medical and dental businesses. […]

69 Year Old Sonora Man Loses His Life in Vehicle vs Electric Bicycle Collision

69 Year Old Sonora Man Loses His Life in Vehicle vs Electric Bicycle Collision

Sonora, CA…At approximately 1740 hours, Mr. Williams was driving his 2006 Buick Rendezvous southbound on SR-49 approaching the intersection of Old Sonora Columbia Rd. A that time, a 69 year old Sonora man was riding his electric bicycle, without a helmet, southbound, along the right roadway edge line just ahead of the Buick. From the […]

The Marijuana Eradications Continue in Calaveras County

The Marijuana Eradications Continue in Calaveras County

San Andreas, CA…On September 6, 2018, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team served two consecutive and unrelated search warrants. The first site was located in the 1400 block of Railroad Flat Road in Railroad Flat. This location was previously the site of an attempted marijuana robbery in October of 2015 which resulted in […]

Marijuana Eradication Near Angels Camp

Marijuana Eradication Near Angels Camp

Angels Camp, CA…On 8-29-18 the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team served a search warrant for an illegal marijuana grow in the area of Spring Hill Ranch Road in rural Angels Camp. The area was discovered to have 1361 marijuana plants in various stages of growth. The majority of the plants were immature which […]

Calaveras Search & Rescue Honor’s Its Own

Calaveras Search & Rescue Honor’s Its Own

San Andreas, CA…From the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office…”The Calaveras County Search and Rescue team held its annual awards event on Saturday, August 25th. Awards for 2017/18 year – chosen by team members: *Outstanding Service 2016/17: Mike Borean. *Training Officer of the Year 2016/17: Laurie Plautz. *Rookie of the Year 2016/17: Jennifer Berry (no pic- Not in […]

Body of Ceres Man Possibly Recovered at New Melones

Body of Ceres Man Possibly Recovered at New Melones

Tuttletown, CA…A sad discovery at New Melones from the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept….”Yesterday morning a fisherman spotted a body in the water near the shore at New Melones Reservoir. 58-year-old Richard Matlock of Ceres was reported to have drowned in that area two weeks ago after jumping from a boat to swim, however he was not […]

13 Year Old Copperopolis Girl Lost Her Life Today in Fatal Multi-Vehicle Collision

13 Year Old Copperopolis Girl Lost Her Life Today in Fatal Multi-Vehicle Collision

Angels Camp, CA…Earlier today Hwy 49 was closed for an extended period of time because of a fatal multi-vehicle collision that tragically took the life of a young Coperopolis girl today. Below is directly from the CHP release… POWELL WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON STATE ROUTE 49 SOUTH OF FRICOT CITY RD. COLDWELL, MCCUBBINS, AND MORALES […]

Off Duty CHP Officer Shoots Wife and Then Himself

Off Duty CHP Officer Shoots Wife and Then Himself

Martell, CA…On Monday September 3, 2018 at around 10:45pm, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from the owner of Get Ripped Nutrition, Martell. The caller reported he was inside the business with a women and her husband was banging on the door to get inside. The caller stated the husband was a […]

Deputy Andrew Long Reporting for Duty

Deputy Andrew Long Reporting for Duty

Sonora, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept….”Congratulations to Deputy Andrew Long who successfully completed the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Field Training Program. Deputy Long grew up in Tuolumne County and graduated from Sonora High School. He joined the military after graduation and served as a Navy Corpsman for seven years. During that time he completed a tour […]