Andrew Trygg, NCSO Public Information Officer

On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, detectives with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) and Sacramento Valley High-Tech Task Force executed search warrants for two separate, unrelated internet crimes against children investigations. Earlier in 2022, NCSO received two separate cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children regarding suspected child pornography being exploited […]

This evening shortly after 5:00pm, the Nevada County Regional Dispatch Center received a call from the Gridley Police Department advising a male subject called 911 after finding a vehicle that appeared to have crashed in the area of Highway 20 and Poker Flats Road. The phone connection with the caller dropped prior to obtaining further […]

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office is looking for community members who live and/or work in Nevada County to join the second Annual Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Community Academy. The Community Academy is a program designed to give those with little to no law enforcement exposure or experience a chance to see what goes on “behind […]

On Sunday, May 8, 2022, shortly after 12pm, our regional dispatch center received several 911 calls reporting an active shooter inside the Country Store located in the 19000 block of Tyler Foote Crossing Road in North San Juan. While deputies were responding to the scene, additional 911 callers reported a possible kidnapping had taken place. […]

On February 1, 2022, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) was contacted by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office regarding a victim reporting possible sexual abuse that occurred in Nevada County. The victim is a minor and lived in El Dorado County. Arrangements were made for a Detective from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office […]

On 8/17/2021, The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) Special Investigations Unit (SIU), along with Nevada County Cannabis Compliance, California State Water Resource Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Calfire and California State Parks executed several marijuana search warrants. Over the past several months NCSO SIU has been investigating numerous marijuana cultivation sites that appear […]

August 19, 2021 at 6:15 PM Chase was found alive and well and has been reunited with his family. Thank you to our great community as well as Placer County Sheriff’s Office and Colusa County Sheriff’s Office for sending searchers. According to reports, he was “very well hidden” in the family store in Rough and […]

On 7/09/2021, detectives with the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, officers and biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nevada County Code Enforcement, and biologists with California State water Resources Control Board executed numerous marijuana search warrants within Nevada County. The locations targeted were sites that have been identified as posing large environmental impacts […]

Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon is excited to announce the release of a smartphone application. This app will serve as a new way for the sheriff’s office to connect with Nevada County residents and visitors, providing information quickly and efficiently to anyone with a smartphone. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office smartphone app was developed by […]

June 21, 2021 at 8:30 AM Update: On June 19, 2021 human remains were discovered buried on the property. A forensic recovery team from California State University at Chico (CSUC) responded and removed the remains on June 20, 2021. The remains were taken to the Placer County morgue where an autopsy will be performed. The […]

Nevada City, Calif. November 24, 2020 – Nevada County’s rugged landscape can make communication for first responders difficult when emergencies strike in river canyons and parts of the County with limited telecommunications infrastructure. Radio coverage can be spotty, and many times cell and data service are non-existent. Until now, the Incident Command Post in the […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. October 10, 2020 – Earlier this afternoon our Regional Dispatch Center received a call reporting several people were passed out and possibly deceased inside of a residence on Deerhaven Lane in Nevada City. Several deputies, as well as medical personnel, immediately responded to the residence. Upon arrival, deputies found three unconscious victims […]

October 9, 2020 at 1:40 PM Update: Next of kin notification has been made. The male victim is identified as Shelby Comeaux II, 48 years of age, Grass Valley. —- October 9, 2020 – Last night, shortly after 10:00 pm our Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a resident in the 14000 block […]