Car Theft Suspect Arrested in Paloma

Car Theft Suspect Arrested in Paloma

Paloma, CA…On 11-16-17 at approx. 0445 hours, an anonymous citizen called 9-1-1 to report trespassers. Upon deputies’ arrival, a male and female were located inside a garage. The male suspect told deputies that his vehicle was stuck in the mud nearby. Deputies found a truck and trailer blocking a drive-way. Sheriff’s deputies determined that the […]

Indoor Marijuana Grow Eradicated in Mokelumne Hill

Indoor Marijuana Grow Eradicated in Mokelumne Hill

Mokelumne Hill, CA…On 11/13/2017 Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies served a search warrant for an illegal indoor marijuana grow operation at a residence in the 8000 block of Hwy 49, Mokelumne Hill. After securing the scene, Sheriff’s deputies located 1506 marijuana plants, 12.59 pounds of processed marijuana packed in individual plastic bags and a scale. […]

Jamestown Resident Arrested for Brandishing a Knife

Jamestown Resident Arrested for Brandishing a Knife

Angels Camp, CA…On November 11, 2017 at approximately 11:25 PM, officers from the Angels Camp Police Department were dispatched to the 600 block of Stanislaus Avenue for a report of a male brandishing a knife. Witnesses advised that 20 year old Jamestown resident, J.Carroll Troche, violated an existing retraining order when he entered the home […]

Suspect Attempts to Stab Deputy During Domestic Violence Incident

Suspect Attempts to Stab Deputy During Domestic Violence Incident

Wallace, CA…On 11-10-17 at approx. 9:25pm Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence on Cottontail Lane in Wallace. The reporting party who called dispatch stated a male subject at that location was intoxicated, armed with a knife, and possibly suicidal. Upon deputies’ arrival an argument was […]

Hwy 108 DUI Head On Collision Sends Four To Hospital & One To Jail

Hwy 108 DUI Head On Collision Sends Four To Hospital & One To Jail

Sonora, CA…On Sunday, November 12, 2017, at approximately 4:12 am, 36 year old Salinas resident, Roberto Martinez Lira, was driving a 2004 Cadillac Escalade eastbound on State Route 108 through Washington Street. At this time, 43 year old Sonora resident, Alonso Solis Tolentino was driving a 2002 Toyota Rav4 westbound on State Route 108 approaching […]

Standoff in Amador, Subject Arrested Related to Law Enforcement Impersonation Robbery in West Point

Standoff in Amador, Subject Arrested Related to Law Enforcement Impersonation Robbery in West Point

Pioneer, CA…Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Detectives, with the assistance of the Amador County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, executed a search warrant at a residence on Meadow Drive in Pioneer (Amador County). CCSO Detectives have been conducting follow-up on a robbery that occurred at a marijuana grow site on Skull Flat Road in West Point (Calaveras […]

Probation Search Lands Trio Back in Jail on Felony Charges

Probation Search Lands Trio Back in Jail on Felony Charges

Sonora, CA…On Tuesday afternoon the High Risk Probation Team and the Tuolumne Narcotics Team conducted a probation search at the Tamarron Mobile Estates located on Mono Way in Sonora. During a search of the home belonging to 58-old- Lindon Hill, 54-year-old Sandra Cole and 46-year-old Rodney Kulp, several items consistent with narcotics sales were located […]

WWII Era Grenades, Mortar Rounds & Ordnance Rendered Safe By Calaveras Bomb Squad

WWII Era Grenades, Mortar Rounds & Ordnance Rendered Safe By Calaveras Bomb Squad

La Grange, CA…Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies received assistance from The Calaveras Bomb Squad yesterday morning at the Lake Don Pedro Storage Facility in La Grange to remove items of military ordnance. The WWII era explosives were found by a woman cleaning out the unit of her deceased father. The Bomb tech took possession of the […]

Minimum-Security Inmate Who Walked Away from North Kern State Prison Believed to be in Tuolumne County

Minimum-Security Inmate Who Walked Away from North Kern State Prison Believed to be in Tuolumne County

Sonora, CA…Deputies have located a stolen vehicle on Jamestown Road that Daniel Salazar was said to have escaped the Fire Camp in. The vehicle was unoccupied and parked on the side of the road. Deputies are searching the area. Please call the Sheriff’s Office if you see him at 209-533-5815 or 9-1-1. Salazar was sentenced […]

Trick or Treaters Were Fine But Adult Rendered Unconscious with a Flashlight to the Head

Trick or Treaters Were Fine But Adult Rendered Unconscious with a Flashlight to the Head

Soulsbyville, CA…Last night, Deputies responded to the 20000 block of Willow Springs Drive near the old Willow Springs market for a report of an unconscious man in the roadway. The caller believed the man had been hit by a vehicle. Deputies arrived on scene and found a 28-year-old man laying in the roadway unconscious. Based […]

Calaveras Deputies Assist BLM with Marijuana Eradication

Calaveras Deputies Assist BLM with Marijuana Eradication

Railroad Flat, CA…On 10/31/2017 Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies assisted the Bureau of Land Management and TRIDENT (Tri County Drug Enforcement Team) in serving a search warrant for an illegal marijuana grow near the 2000 block of Independence Cemetery Road, Railroad Flat. After securing the scene law enforcement personnel seized 595 marijuana plants, approximately 400 […]

Sexual Assault in Jamestown Leads to Arrest

Sexual Assault in Jamestown Leads to Arrest

Jamestown, CA…On Saturday afternoon, Deputies were dispatched to a home on Main Street in Jamestown for a report of a sexual assault that occurred earlier in the day. Deputies were told the victim who is familiar with 35-year-old Jake Schlegel, was sexually assaulted by him in her home. Schlegel was later contacted at a restaurant […]

Overexposure in Sonora Leads to Arrest

Overexposure in Sonora Leads to Arrest

Sonora, CA…On Saturday, just before 1:00 pm, the Sonora Police Department received a call that a man exposing himself near West America Bank on Sanguinetti Road. Officers learned that 26-year-old Daenon V. Brewer of Sonora had exposed himself in public while talking with a female. Witnesses said the female immediately left the area in response […]

San Andreas Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder

San Andreas Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder

San Andreas, CA..On 10-28-2017 at approx. 5:40pm, Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 1330 Calaveritas Road in San Andreas, the Oak Shadows Mobile Home Park, for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival deputies learned that there was a domestic dispute between a 50 year old man and the alleged suspect, Carol Soares (age […]

Felony DUI Arrest for Turlock Man

Felony DUI Arrest for Turlock Man

Jamestown, CA…On October 29,2017, at approximately 11:25 pm, a Turlock, was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu, southbound on SR-49/108 approaching the intersection of Main St at the south end of Jamestown, CA. At that time, Mr. Hein pulled out from Main St and into the southbound acceleration lane of SR-49/108, where he stopped his 2006 […]

Manafort, Gates Indicted in First Charges in Mueller Probe

Manafort, Gates Indicted in First Charges in  Mueller Probe

Washington, DC(AP)…President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former Manafort business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted Monday on felony charges of conspiracy against the United States, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and several other financial counts involving tens of millions of dollars routed through offshore accounts. The indictments, the first arising […]

Do you know this man? Wanted in String of Thefts

Do you know this man?  Wanted in String of Thefts

Soulesbyville, CA…He is a person of interest in a string of trailer and fork lift thefts in the Soulsbyville, Willow Springs area. The white Chevy S10 truck used in the video to steal the trailer was reported stolen out of Mono Vista. The forklifts and trailers were discovered abandoned in Willow Springs by the Clubhouse […]

Four Marijuana Eradications this Week With Over 1,000lbs of Marijuana Seized

Four Marijuana Eradications this Week With Over 1,000lbs of Marijuana Seized

San Andreas, CA…The following information is to update on the status of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team’s recent activities: 10/24/2017 At about 0950 hours Sheriff’s deputies assisted Code Enforcement Officers in serving an abatement warrant that had been obtained by Calaveras County Code Compliance at an address in the 8000 block of […]

Lloyd Corsen Has Passed Away From His Injuries

Lloyd Corsen Has Passed Away From His Injuries

San Andreas, CA…On 10-17-2017 at approx. 8:58pm Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Mark Twain Medical Center Emergency Room for a report that Lloyd Corsen (age 34, a resident of Calaveras County) was brought in to the ER with a major head trauma. Corsen was transferred to an out of area trauma center. […]

Armed Robbery with Truck Stolen in Mountain Ranch

Armed Robbery with Truck Stolen in Mountain Ranch

Mountain Ranch, CA…On 10/24/2017 at approximately 04:40 AM Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery having occurred at a property in the 9000 Block of Whiskey Slide Road in Mountain Ranch. The 55 year old male victim reported that two Hispanic male subjects came on the property, restrained him […]

Murphys Man Arrested On Drug & Weapons Charges

Murphys Man Arrested On Drug & Weapons Charges

Angels Camp, CA…On October 26, 2017 at approximately 9:45 AM, an officer from the Angels Camp Police Department observed a Jeep Wrangler driving northbound on Hwy 49 near Copello Drive without a front license plate, and the vehicle’s oversized tires were protruding beyond the vehicle’s fenders by more than 3 inches. The officer stopped the […]

Deuel Vocational Institution Investigating Inmate Death as a Homicide

Deuel Vocational Institution Investigating Inmate Death as a Homicide

Tracy, CA…California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is investigating the death of an inmate at Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) as a possible homicide. Inmate Rodrick Castro, 34, was found unresponsive in his cell by staff on Monday, Oct. 24, at about 3:50 p.m. Staff immediately responded with life-saving measures. Castro was pronounced dead at […]

Arrests Made After Probation Check in Jamestown

Arrests Made After Probation Check in Jamestown

Jamestown, CA…While attempting to locate a probationer on Monday afternoon, the High Risk Supervision Team ended up finding more than they expected. As the High Risk Supervision Team attempted to locate a probationer at a home on Golden Dove Lane in Jamestown they encountered 29-year-old Dustin Stevens, 30-year-old Ashley Leal and 38-year-old Gina Cook at […]

Sheriff’s Dept Arrests Valley Pair on Drug and Weapon Charges

Sheriff’s Dept Arrests Valley Pair on Drug and Weapon Charges

Jamestown, CA…We are always happy to remove dangerous drugs and unregistered hand guns from our community. Early this morning, Dep. Knapp contacted 21-year-old Alyssa Pifer of Turlock, sitting in a white Chevrolet truck in the parking lot of the Chicken Ranch Casino in Jamestown. Pifer was waiting for her boyfriend 21-year-old James Gonzales of Ceres […]

Murphys Woman Arrested For Criminal Threats

Murphys Woman Arrested For Criminal Threats

Murphys, CA…On 10-20-17, at approximately 10:30 PM, officers from the Angels Camp Police Department arrived at an address in the 3000 block of Brice Station Road to conduct follow-up. Kimberly J. Sturgeon, a 48 year old Murphys resident was ultimately arrested on charges related to making criminal threats. We Would Like To Thank Fox Security […]

156 Pounds of Marijuana Seized From Bakersfield Man after Traffic Stop

156 Pounds of Marijuana Seized From Bakersfield Man after Traffic Stop

Angels Camp, CA…On 10-19-17, at approximately 11:45 PM, an officer from the Angels Camp Police Department made a traffic enforcement stop on a truck pulling an enclosed trailer. The trailer had a non-functioning license plate, which is required equipment. While approaching the driver the officer could smell the strong odor of marijuana emanating from the […]