The South Lake Tahoe Police Department is looking for a man they believe has been contaminating food at the Raley’s grocery store on Lake Tahoe Boulevard. Police say surveillance video shows a man walking into the store, and putting an unknown type of substance on top of the food in the food court. Police believe…… MORE
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Vegas Eases Up On Weed
Las Vegas prosecutors will stop charging people accused of having small amounts of marijuana after Nevada voters decided to change the law. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson is suspending cases in progress and won’t file new charges against people accused of having less than an ounce. The new law actually takes effect at the…… MORE
Sun Valley “Strangler” Gets Life in Prison
A Sun Valley man has been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping of one victim, and the kidnapping and sexual assault of another. 20-year-old David Calderon-Morales was sentenced for one count of First-Degree Kidnapping and one count of Sexual Assault after pleading guilty. Both sentences were ordered to run consecutively, ensuring Calderon-Morales will…… MORE
Young Man Dies in Hit and Run
A man who was hit by a car while walking in a crosswalk on Virginia St. near 17th St. this past weekend has died. He is identified as 24 year old Alexander Trussel of Reno The vehicle fled the scene but was located abandoned a few hours later. The driver turned himself in. He is…… MORE
Police Searching For Fatal Hit & Run Driver
Reno Police are looking for the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian at the intersection of 4th and Washington last night. Reno’s Major Accident Investigation team responded to the scene just before 7 o’clock and found that the victim was struck by two vehicles. The driver of the first vehicle did not stop after…… MORE
Roommate Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison
A Reno man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a fatal stabbing. 33-year-old Michael Anthony Robbins pleaded guilty, and was sentenced in Washoe District Court for one count of Murder with the Use of a Deadly Weapon. Robbins strangled and stabbed his roommate, 43-year-old Patrick Drahos of Reno.…… MORE
Medicaid Fraudsters Get Jail Time
Two women convicted of Medicaid fraud have been sentenced to a year in jail, and restitution of more than 18 thousand dollars. The investigation began after the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit discovered that the defendants had conspired to create false records for patients in need of rehabilitative mental health services. 40 year old Elizabeth Gerton…… MORE
Man Gets Life in Prison For Murdering Girlfriend
A Reno man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a June, 2014 murder. 63 year old Zollie Dumas was convicted by a jury in September of 1st degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Dumas had been accused of the stabbing death of his 59 year…… MORE
Construction Season Over For State Route 28
The construction season is over for the Nevada Department of Transportation’s State Route 28 Shared Use Path and Safety/Stormwater Enhancement project. There will be construction over the next two years to complete the three-plus-mile shared-use path from the south end of Incline Village to Sand Harbor State Park, but it won’t resume until 2017. NDOT…… MORE
The Bundy’s Are Back in Nevada
Ammon Bundy and his brother, Ryan, are back in federal custody in Nevada ahead of a February trial on charges stemming from a 2014 standoff with federal agents. The brothers were transferred Monday from a federal detention center in Seattle to a detention center in Pahrump. Cliven Bundy is also being held there.… MORE
