Jesse Wilson, Nevada County District Attorney

As we start 2022, looking ahead to what this new year will bring and reflecting on the year behind us, I ask you to make a commitment to yourself, your loved ones, and your community to not drink and drive. Recent DUI-related deaths have made headlines locally, and DUIs are on the rise in California. […]

November 30, 2021 – In the early morning hours of November 20, 2021, CHP officers were dispatched to the report of a wrong way driver on I-80 eastbound near Eagle Lakes Rd. in Nevada County.  Upon arrival, officers observed multiple vehicles with extensive damage as a result of a traffic collision.  In one vehicle, officers […]

November 2, 2021 – On April 14, 2021, the Nevada County District Attorney’s Office received a report from the Truckee Police Department of a fatal injury to a pedestrian. According to the report, the victim was Justin ‘Shuba’ Ardagh, age 25. The report stated that the victim and a group of friends were standing in […]

Today, the Court sentenced defendant Wesley Panighetti to 280 years to life for 3 counts of forcible sodomy, 2 counts of forcible oral copulation, one count of criminal threats, one count of first degree burglary, one count of attempting to dissuade a witness, and one count of battery upon a protected person (DV victim).  Defendant’s […]