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Motel squatter faces up to 40 years in prison in ID theft

A Las Vegas man who obtained identification of nine people and attempted to forge their information faces up to 40 years in prison.

Restaurant burglar sent to prison

The Carson City man who broke into his former employer’s restaurant and cleaned out the till was sentenced to 2-5 years in prison Monday.

Man enters guilty plea in Hard Rock murder

A Santa Cruz man faces a half-century in prison after he entered a guilty plea in the March 25, 2023, shooting death of South Lake Tahoe resident Omar Reyes Garcia on the casino floor of the Hard Rock Casino.

Update: Bail set at $1 million for couple held in massive mail theft

A couple are in custody after they were allegedly caught with mail and gear used to fish mail from boxes are facing charges related to the possession of more than 300 pieces of mail with checks totaling more than $555,000.

Lake Tahoe foot fondler gets 20 years

Mark Anthony Gonzales was sentenced to 8-20 years in prison on two counts of residential burglary.

Trial set in Stateline vehicle burglary

A woman accused in the theft of a $25,000 engagement ring from a vehicle in Stateline is denying the charges and is scheduled for trial Sept. 4-6. Rebekah Yushi Ramos, 34, has yet to appear in person in a Douglas County courtroom, according to prosecutors after she was detained briefly in Stateline in connection with the Jan. 28, 2023, theft at the Hard Rock.

Woman faces ID theft charges

A Florida woman sought in two states as part of an identity theft ring is scheduled to appear in Tahoe Township Justice Court today after allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card to pay for her room at Edgewood Tahoe Resort on Friday.

Fight in jail doubles sentence for drug seller

A man who grabbed another inmate by the throat during an altercation was sentenced to 2-5 years in prison on Tuesday. Anthony Michael Conley, 32, said he apologized to Logan Peetz, who is himself awaiting sentencing for domestic battery with strangulation.

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