Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal

PENN VALLEY, Calif. July 19, 2017 – On July 18, at approximately 0820 hours, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dispatch Center received a call for service from Cal-Fire reporting a possible shooting in the 11000 block of Sierra Circle in Penn Valley California. On duty deputies along with detectives from the Narcotic Task Force responded […]

June 29, 2017 – On June 29, 2017 at approximately 0500 hours, Nevada County Sheriff’s Deputies along with Fish and Game and Investigators from the District Attorney’s Office executed a search warrant on a 140 acre ranch in Penn Valley for a possible Drug Trafficking Operation (DTO) marijuana grow. Two people on scene were detained […]

April 12, 2017 – On April 12th, 2017 the Sheriff’s Office successfully notified the next-of-kin for the homicide victim located at an Alta Sierra Home on Monday April 3rd. The victim has been positively identified as Scott William Cox; 60 years of age. Cox was believed to have been a resident at the home where […]

January 26, 2017 – On January 26th, 2017 at approx. 10:00am, deputies from the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a report of a robbery at the Tri-Counties bank located on Combie Rd. in Southern Nevada County. Employees at the bank reported a single male adult entered the bank wearing a ski mask and […]

January 6, 2017 – The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with Nixle to implement its Community Notification System to alert residents in real-time for localized emergency situations and relevant community advisories. As a resident, you can register for this service by texting your zip code to 888777. Standard texting and messaging rates may apply. […]

UPDATE December 28, 2016 – Autopsy results received today indicate Mr. Kirk was shot five times with two of the shots fatal. His toxicology results are still pending. The two involved officers remain on routine Administrative Leave. One of the officers has been employed by our office since 2013 and the other has been employed […]

December 14, 2016 – On December 14th, 2016 an autopsy was performed on the decedent, James Paul Scola. The results of the autopsy revealed that Scola was struck several times with what appeared to be handgun caliber bullets. The autopsy further revealed that the fatal wound Scola suffered was actually “self-inflicted” from a shotgun. The […]

December 13, 2016 – On December 13, 2016, deputies from the Nevada County Sheriff Office were dispatched to a residence in the 12000 block of Pawnee Trail in Nevada City, Ca, regarding a report of a male subject with a gun who had been shot. Upon arrival at the residence, deputies located a white male […]

November 7, 2016 – The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office is excited to announce the launch of two new community access websites for news and information. The first site is the Nevada County Sheriff’s new marijuana cultivation site. This site was developed to allow the community to research marijuana growing regulations in their neighborhood as well […]

October 11, 2016 – On Tuesday October 11th at approx. 1 p.m. members of the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force, the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit and the Grass Valley Police Department arrested Daniel Gene Paradiso DOB: 05/27/1982 in the Brunswick basin on the crimes of Kidnapping, Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Criminal Threats. It is […]

September 8, 2016 – On September 8th, 2016, at approximately 7:30 AM, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force, along with Cal Fire and Fish and Wildlife executed a criminal marijuana search warrant at the end of Farrell Ravine Road, located in the North San Juan area. Once on scene, officers contacted and detained […]

August 10, 2016 – On August 9th, 2016, at approximately 6:35 PM, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office received a Medivac request for a Placer County Search and Rescue (SAR)Team member who had been shot in the hip while conducting a search for missing man, Timothy Hansston. Hansston, age 75, from Tulare County, has been missing […]