Citizens Help TCSO and Sonora PD Make DUI Arrest

Citizens Help TCSO and Sonora PD Make DUI Arrest

Sonora, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept….Sometimes you get lucky by being in the right place at the right time. One of our Deputies was driving through downtown Sonora Friday evening. He was flagged down by three people who had just witnessed a hit-and-run collision involving a white Ford pickup. The Deputy had the truck in […]

ACDA Investigators Show Jackson Junior High Students How It’s Done

ACDA Investigators Show Jackson Junior High Students How It’s Done

Jackson, CA…Last week, ACDA Investigators Gary Stevens and Ezra Peckinpaugh gave a Crime Scene Investigation presentation to over 75 Jackson Junior High students. During the two-day presentation, students learned how a crime scene can tell the story of an event, sometimes even without witnesses. They learned why we take precautions to preserve crime scenes and […]

Deputies Recover Stolen Property from Senders Burglary, Valley Springs

Deputies Recover Stolen Property from Senders Burglary, Valley Springs

Valley Springs, CA…On 2-9-18 Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a commercial alarm at the Senders Ace Hardware store located at 129 Highway 12 in Valley Springs. Deputies arrived around 0315 hours and discovered the perimeter fence surrounding the business had been cut and there was a broken door leading inside the business. Through […]

New Sheriff Canine Team from Friends of the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office Donations

New Sheriff Canine Team from Friends of the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office Donations

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office has a new canine team in training. Corporal Jim Moser and his new partner Deputy Canine Nox are teaming up and will soon be patrolling the streets of Calaveras County. Sheriff Rick DiBasilio recently congratulated Corporal Moser and welcomed Deputy Canine Nox into the Sheriff’s Department family as […]

The Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

The Battle of the Badges Blood Drive

Sonora, CA…The Sonora PD and FD are challenging the community and other badge wearing agencies to donate blood. When you come to give blood during the campaign you can vote for either law enforcement or firefighters to win the competition. This good-natured rivalry among first responder groups helps ensure the blood supply keeps pace with […]

Teamwork Lands a Sonora Woman in Jail for Driving Under the Influence.

Teamwork Lands a Sonora Woman in Jail for Driving Under the Influence.

Sonora, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept…”Modesto Police Department called our office early this morning and asked for a Deputy to check for a hit-and-run suspect vehicle at a Columbia Village Drive address. As a Deputy drove north through downtown Sonora, he spotted the black Pontiac SUV driving south with front end damage. The 28-year-old Sonora […]

Oakdale Woman Arrested on Identity Theft, Grand Theft & More

Oakdale Woman Arrested on Identity Theft, Grand Theft & More

Sonora, CA…Late Friday night, while patrolling in Jamestown, deputies spotted a 2006 silver Chrysler 300 matching one used in connection with a crime in our county. The driver later identified as 33-year-old Janitta Garcia of Oakdale was seen exiting the vehicle and entering the Chicken Ranch Casino. Deputies recognized Garcia and her vehicle from surveillance […]

Heroin Arrest for Sonora Woman

Heroin Arrest for Sonora Woman

Sonora, CA…On Thursday night, Deputies were called to the Junction Shopping Center on Mono away in Sonora regarding a vehicle stuck on top of a parking lot island. When deputies arrived they saw a woman, later identified as 27-year-old Molly Tucker of Sonora, reclined in the drivers seat of a white Toyota Camry. Tucker told […]

Burglary Arrest For Escalon Man

Burglary Arrest For Escalon Man

Twain Harte, CA…Saturday evening, Deputies responded to a home in the 18000 block of Mother Lode Drive in Twain Harte for a report of a possible burglary in progress. The homeowner arrived at his residence and found a man on his property who was later identified as 49-year-old Bret Lee Snider of Escalon. Snider said […]

Gary L. Stevens For Sheriff Tri-Tip Fundraiser…Get Your Tickets Now!

Gary L. Stevens For Sheriff Tri-Tip Fundraiser…Get Your Tickets Now!

Angels Camp, CA…The Gary Stevens For Sheriff Tri-Tip Fundraiser is March 3rd at Frogtown. Get your tickets now… Why Gary is running for Sheriff: Gary cares about our community, our schools, and our Sheriff’s Office. Gary Stevens has lived in Calaveras County for more than 28 years. His family lives here. He has raised his […]

Arrests for Utilizing Forged Access Cards and Burglary

Arrests for Utilizing Forged Access Cards and Burglary

Angels Camp, CA…With the assistance of store employees and the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department, the Angels Camp PD arrested two suspects that were involved in the use of fraudulent access cards used to purchase thousands of dollars in merchandise. On 02/02/18, at approximately 11 AM, an officer was dispatched to Calaveras Lumber on a report […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs Through February 1st

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs Through February 1st

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-01-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-31-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-30-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-29-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-28-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-27-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-26-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 01-25-2018

Veteran Richard William Hughes 1927 – 2018

Veteran Richard William Hughes 1927 – 2018

West Point, CA…Born April 23, 1927 in San Francisco, to Clarence & Lucile Van Pelt Hughes. He was 90 years old. He graduated from Samuel Gompers Trade School in 1945, where he studied Diesel Engineering. He joined the U. S. Coast Guard/Merchant Marine, made several trips to sea, eventually obtaining an honorable discharge from the […]

Burglary for Tobacco at a Business in Valley Springs

Burglary for Tobacco at a Business in Valley Springs

Valley Springs, CA…Deputies responded to an alarm call around 0045 hours last night (2-1-18) at the Dollar Plus convenience store in Valley Springs. A suspect had thrown a rock through the business’ glass to enter the closed store. The suspect ran inside and grabbed an arm load of tobacco products before fleeing on foot leaving […]

Indoor Marijuana Grow Eradicated on Amos Lane, Valley Springs

Indoor Marijuana Grow Eradicated on Amos Lane, Valley Springs

Valley Springs, CA..On 1-31-18 members of the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team served a search warrant for illegal marijuana cultivation at a residence on Amos Lane, Valley Springs. This location was identified as having two personal medical marijuana cultivation registrations which would allow up to 200 square feet of total canopy area by […]

Mokelumne Hill Man Arrested on Stolen Vehicle and Assault Charges

Mokelumne Hill Man Arrested on Stolen Vehicle and Assault Charges

Mokelumne Hill, CA…On 1-29-18 Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded for the second day in a row to a reported disturbance at a residence on Flat Gulch Road near Mokelumne Hill. During the initial call for service it was reported that 33 year old Jason Andahl (of Mokelumne Hill) was the suspect in an assault […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through January 30th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through January 30th

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below Daily_Log_01-30-2018 Daily_Log_01-29-2018 Daily_Log_01-28-2018 Daily_Log_01-27-2018 Daily_Log_01-26-2018 Daily_Log_01-25-2018 Daily_Log_01-24-2018 Daily_Log_01-23-2018 Daily_Log_01-22-2018 Daily_Log_01-21-2018 Daily_Log_01-20-2018 Daily_Log_01-19-2018 Daily_Log_01-18-2018 Daily_Log_01-17-2018 Daily_Log_01-16-2018 Daily_Log_01-15-2018 Daily_Log_01-14-2018 Daily_Log_01-13-2018 Daily_Log_01-12-2018 Daily_Log_01-11-2018 Daily_Log_01-10-2018 Daily_Log_01-09-2018 Daily_Log_01-08-2018 Daily_Log_01-07-2018 Daily_Log_01-06-2018 Daily_Log_01-05-2018 Daily_Log_01-04-2018 Daily_Log_01-03-2018 Daily_Log_01-02-2018 Daily_Log_01-01-2018