FBI’s Operation Cross Country XI Leads to Recovery of 84 Minors

FBI’s Operation Cross Country XI  Leads to Recovery of 84 Minors

Washington, DC…The Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), announced today that 84 minors were recovered and 120 traffickers were arrested as part of Operation Cross Country XI, a nationwide effort focusing on underage human trafficking that ran from October 12-15, 2017. The FBI Omaha Child Exploitation […]

Sheriff DiBasilio Obtains New Equipment for the SO

Sheriff DiBasilio Obtains New Equipment for the SO

San Andreas, CA…The sheriff and the sheriff’s office administrative team continue to work to solve outdated equipment conditions. A purchase last week totaling $11,937.61 included 6 bulletproof vests, 30 rapid containment batons with holsters along with various holsters for pistols and radios. The batons finish out updating the patrol and corrections divisions with batons. Last […]

Annie Oakley Academy Helped Fill Search and Rescue Coffers

Annie Oakley Academy Helped Fill Search and Rescue Coffers

Jamestown, CA…From the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department…”Thank you to everyone who participated in the Annie Oakley Academy. It was once again a great success and all proceeds go to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team. The team is made up of volunteers who have a calling to help those in need. The volunteers […]

Dicey Situation Ends Peacefully on Jackass Hill

Dicey Situation Ends Peacefully on Jackass Hill

Tuttletown, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept…”Update 8:45 PM: The Crisis Response Unit communicated with the man and he eventually put down his weapons and followed instructions. The man was safely taken into custody for a mental health evaluation. Original Post- Incident at 5:57 PM. TCSO Sheriff’s Deputies, SWAT, Crisis Negotiations Team, Angels Camp PD, Calaveras […]

Tuolumne Sheriff’s Looking for Timothy Joel Burton for Various Misdeeds

Tuolumne Sheriff’s Looking for Timothy Joel Burton for Various Misdeeds

Sonora, CA…From the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept…”We need your help locating 38-year-old Timothy Joel Burton. He has warrants for his arrest which include charges of willful cruelty to a child, felon in possession of a firearm, resisting arrest, driving while suspended, displaying false registration, and leading law enforcement on a vehicle pursuit. Burton led a […]

Another Illegal Grow Bites The Dust, Human Feces as Fertilizer & More, Sacramento Pair Arrested,

Another Illegal Grow Bites The Dust, Human Feces as Fertilizer & More, Sacramento Pair Arrested,

West Point, CA..On 10/12/2017 at approximately 0930 hours, Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies served a search warrant on a property located on the 3000 block of Bald Mountain Road. A large marijuana grow had been discovered at the location and investigators found that this property was not registered with Calaveras County as an authorized commercial […]

Modesto Man Arrested On Transportation / Sales of Narcotics and Firearms Charges

Modesto Man Arrested On Transportation / Sales of Narcotics and Firearms Charges

Angels Camp, CA…On 10/04/17, at approximately 6:30 PM, an officer from the Angels Camp Police Department was on patrol when he observed a vehicle with a modified and illegible front license plate. The officer stopped the vehicle near the intersection of Murphys Grade Road and Rolleri Bypass Road, and a records check revealed that the […]

Dorrington Man Arrested in Connection with Fatal Golf Cart Collision

Dorrington Man Arrested in Connection with Fatal Golf Cart Collision

Vallecito, CA…On September 5, 2017, CHP San Andreas officers responded to a fatal collision involving a golf cart on SR-4 west of Redhill Road, which resulted in the death of Cody Agasi-Horn. During the collision investigation, officers determined the golf cart was recently stolen from private property and was being towed behind an unknown vehicle […]

Two Day Walker Trail Marijuana Eradication

Two Day Walker Trail Marijuana Eradication

Copperopolis, CA…On 10-4-17 members of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team accompanied Code Compliance Officers on the service of an abatement warrant at a marijuana cultivation site on Walker Trail, which is rurally located between Copperopolis and Jenny Lind. This location was pending finalized registration with the Planning Department as a commercial medical […]

Major Injuries to Twain Harte Woman in Tuolumne Road Hit & Run

Major Injuries to Twain Harte Woman in Tuolumne Road Hit & Run

Twain Harte, CA…Ms. Porta was traveling southbound on Tuolumne Road North in a 2015 Jeep Wrangler. An unknown dark colored pickup truck was traveling northbound ahead of Ms. Porta. For an undetermined reason, the trailer being pulled by the dark colored pickup truck swung into the southbound lane and collided with the Jeep driven by […]

More Marijuana Eradications in Calaveras County

More Marijuana Eradications in Calaveras County

Copperopolis, CA…The following information is to update on the status of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team’s recent activities: On 9-29-17 CCSO MET Team deputies served search warrants for illegal marijuana cultivation at two separate locations on Chuckwagon Drive in Copperopolis. At the first location, no subjects were found to be present and […]

Redwood City Man Attempts to Steal Sheriff’s Dept. Employee’s Vehicle

Redwood City Man Attempts to Steal Sheriff’s Dept. Employee’s Vehicle

Sonora, CA…On Sunday October 1st, 2017, shortly before 2:00 P.M., Sonora Police Department received a call of a male subject that had been detained by Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies for tampering with a Sheriff’s Department employee’s vehicle in front of the Sheriff’s Department. Sonora Police Officers responded and discovered that Antonio Torres, 42 years old […]

Assault With a Deadly Weapon Arrest in Sonora!

Assault With a Deadly Weapon Arrest in Sonora!

Sonora, CA…On September 30, 2017, at about 9:45 P.M., Sonora Police Department received a call of a physical fight in progress near the area of the Seventh Day Adventist Church on N. Forest Road. When Officers arrived on scene they observed a male subject, identified as Michael Logan Baker, 22 years old of Jamestown, on […]

LVMPD Working to Find Motive Behind Shooting and Bring Closure to the Families of the Fallen

LVMPD Working to Find Motive Behind Shooting and Bring Closure to the Families of the Fallen

Las Vegas, NV…Now in its 18th hour following the mass shooting into a crowd of concert-goers, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is working to process the crime scene across from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and also investigate the motives of the shooter, said Sheriff Joe Lombardo at an 3 p.m. briefing on Monday. Metro […]

50 Dead, Over 400 Transported to Hospitals, Stephen Craig Paddock, 64 From Nevada is the Deceased Suspect

50 Dead, Over 400 Transported to Hospitals, Stephen Craig Paddock, 64 From Nevada is the Deceased Suspect

Las Vegas, NV…The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department identified the lone suspect involved in the late-night mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip as 64-year-old, Stephen Craig Paddock, a white male from Mesquite, Nevada. Paddock opened fire on a crowd of more than 22,000 concert-goers from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the […]

Domestic Battery, False Imprisonment & Biting Lead to Arrest of Sonora Man

Domestic Battery, False Imprisonment & Biting Lead to Arrest of Sonora Man

Sonora, CA…On September 27, 2017, around 1:20 p.m., the Sonora Police Department received a call of a female subject being treated at Adventist Health Sonora for injuries resulting from an assault. Officer Durham arrived and made contact with the female victim. Officer Durham learned that Joshua Roy Perry, 32 of Sonora, became involved in an […]

Tuolumne Sheriff’s Department Investigating Robbery Near Columbia College

Tuolumne Sheriff’s Department Investigating Robbery Near Columbia College

Columbia, CA…Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Detectives are investigating an armed robbery incident that took place yesterday evening near the entrance of the Columbia College property. A man was robbed of his wallet at gunpoint by two men identified as 25-year old Michael Valentine and 22-year-old Gabriel Uribecarrion. Valentine and Uribecarrion left the area in a black […]

Cole Bilderback, 19 Died Early this Morning, His Father David Bilderback, 47 Charged in His Death

Cole Bilderback, 19 Died Early this Morning, His Father David Bilderback, 47 Charged in His Death

Avery, CA…The victim of this morning’s homicide in Avery has been identified as 19 year old Cole Bilderback. His father, 47 year old David Bilderback was booked in the Calaveras County Jail on the charge of 187(a)PC-murder and he is being held with $2,000,000 bail. No further details are being released at this time. On […]

Shooting in Avery Early This Morning

Shooting in Avery Early This Morning

Avery, CA…On 9-28-17 at 01:17am, Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call reporting that there had been a family altercation and someone had been shot. Units from the Sheriff’s Office, Angels Camp Police Department, and California Highway Patrol responded. Deputies arrived on scene at a business in the 4000 block of Highway 4 […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through September 26th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through September 26th

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below Daily_Log_09-26-2017 Daily_Log_09-25-2017 Daily_Log_09-24-2017 Daily_Log_09-23-2017 Daily_Log_09-22-2017 Daily_Log_09-21-2017 Daily_Log_09-20-2017 Daily_Log_09-19-2017 Daily_Log_09-18-2017 Daily_Log_09-17-2017 Daily_Log_09-16-2017 Daily_Log_09-15-2017 Daily_Log_09-14-2017 Daily_Log_09-13-2017 Daily_Log_09-12-2017 Daily_Log_09-11-2017 Daily_Log_09-10-2017 Daily_Log_09-09-2017 Daily_Log_09-08-2017 Daily_Log_09-07-2017 Daily_Log_09-06-2017 Daily_Log_09-05-2017 Daily_Log_09-04-2017 Daily_Log_09-03-2017 Daily_Log_09-01-2017 Daily_Log_08-30-2017 Daily_Log_08-29-2017 Daily_Log_08-28-2017 Daily_Log_08-27-2017 Daily_Log_08-26-2017 Daily_Log_08-25-2017 Daily_Log_08-24-2017 Daily_Log_08-23-2017 Daily_Log_08-21-2017 Daily_Log_08-20-2017 Daily_Log_08-19-2017

CDCR Nurse & Officer Climb into Canyon to Help Crash Victims ~ By Lt. Robert Kelsey, AA/PIO Sierra Conservation Center

CDCR Nurse & Officer Climb into Canyon to Help Crash Victims ~ By Lt. Robert Kelsey, AA/PIO Sierra Conservation Center

Jamestown, CA…After her shift at Sierra Conservation Center, Supervising Registered Nurse II Maria Cope was on her way home when she came across a lone ambulance helping victims of a car accident. Not seeing any other emergency vehicles such as fire or law enforcement, she stopped her car to offer assistance. The paramedic attending to […]

Elton Redick Homicide Suspect Captured

Elton Redick Homicide Suspect Captured

Big Oak Flat, CA…Today at 3 PM, Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Detectives were searching the area of Big Oak Flat for homicide suspect 42-year-old Elton Quintin Redick. Detectives saw Redick walking on Hwy 120 in Big Oak Flat. They located him trying to hide underneath the Claim Jumper Outpost business and quickly took him into custody. […]

Two Arrested After Search Warrant Served for Stolen Property in Copperopolis

Two Arrested After Search Warrant Served for Stolen Property in Copperopolis

Copperopolis, CA…This morning, 9-26-17 Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Detectives served a search warrant for stolen property at two locations in Copperopolis. Items positively identified as stolen were recovered from both locations. Some of the property recovered this morning was stolen from boats around Lake Tulloch as was previously reported earlier this month. At one location […]

Valley Springs Man Arrested for Allegations of Child Pornography

Valley Springs Man Arrested for Allegations of Child Pornography

Valley Springs, CA…Yesterday, 9-25-17 at about 9:00am, Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Detectives assisted agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the service of an arrest warrant on Nicholas Watkins, age 29, of Valley Springs. Watkins was taken into custody at a business in Mountain Ranch without incident and turned over to FBI agents. […]

Three Arrested After Pursuit of Possible Robbery Suspects

Three Arrested After Pursuit of Possible Robbery Suspects

Valley Springs, CA…On 9-24-17 at about 0100 hours, a Calaveras County deputy patrolling the Wallace area noticed a Ford Mustang travelling eastbound on Highway 12 swerve off and on the roadway, and then come to a stop in the road. The deputy initiated a traffic enforcement stop, at which time the suspect vehicle accelerated and […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Investigating Suspected Homicide in Big Oak Flat

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Investigating Suspected Homicide in Big Oak Flat

Groveland, CA…From the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept….”Update 2:30 PM: Detectives are conducting interviews and will be processing the scene. No arrests have yet been made. Sheriff’s Deputies are on scene at a residence on Black Road in Big Oak Flat, investigating a suspected homicide. An adult man is confirmed deceased.”

Justice for Cici Protesters Attacked by Unidentified Assailants

Justice for Cici Protesters Attacked by Unidentified Assailants

Angels Camp, CA…On September 23, 2017 at approximately 1:25 PM, officers from the Angels Camp Police Department were dispatched to a reported fight in front of the Pet Bath House located at 172 South Main Street. Witnesses of the fight reported that a male and female approached the “Justice for Cici” protesters in front of […]