The 27-year-old former Oakland transit officer, accused of fatally shooting a 22-year-old man on New Year's Eve, will be appear in East Fork Justice Court on an extradition warrant this morning.
Johannes Mehserle is in Douglas County Jail in Minden awaiting an extradition hearing.
Mehserle was arrested at 6:20 p.m. Tuesday at a home at 1007 Skyland Drive, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
He is being held without bail on a fugitive warrant from the Alameda County, Calif., Superior Court.
The sheriff's office was informed early Tuesday by the Oakland Police Department that Mehserle was believed to be in the Zephyr Cove area.
Officials contacted Mehserle's attorney and advised him Mehserle was at the residentce. According to reports, the attorney telephoned Mehserle who surrendered without incident.
Jail staff said Mehserle had been cooperative and was housed in a segregated area on a precautionary health and welfare watch.
His arrest comes 12 days after witnesses said he fired into the back of 22-year-old Oscar Grant while the man was lying facedown on a train platform at a Bay Area Regional Tansit station in Oakland. Grant and others had been pulled off a train after reports of fighting, as New Year's Eve revelers were shuttling home after midnight.
The shooting was captured on several cell phone cameras and widely viewed on the Internet.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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