Leslie Williams, Nevada County Sheriff's Office (NCSO)

Auburn, CA – On Thursday afternoon May 9, 2024, at approximately 2:00 pm, The Nevada County Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a witness reporting they could hear a man yelling outside of a Lake of the Pines home in apparent crisis, making threats of using a firearm. Deputies and allied agencies responded […]

Nevada City, Calif. April 14, 2024 – The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) Major Crimes Unit (MCU) is actively investigating a homicide that occurred at a residence in the 12000 block of Half Moon Way in Nevada City on Saturday 4/13/2024. Deputies responded to a 911 call at approximately 5:08 p.m. from a relative of […]

Grass Valley, Calif. March 29, 2024 – Five suspects are in custody this morning following the pursuit of a vehicle that was allegedly taken in an armed carjacking from Sacramento County overnight. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) received notification at 5:15 a.m. that the wanted vehicle, a black Chevy Volt, had just been scanned on […]

Nevada City, CA – Three Nevada City residents were arrested on Tuesday June 20, 2023, following the execution of several search warrants stemming from a joint child pornography investigation by Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, the Nevada County District Attorney’s Office, and the Sacramento Area Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program. Beginning at approximately […]

Penn Valley, CA – The body of a 20-year-old Stockton man who is believed to have drowned after jumping into the Yuba River near Bridgeport on Sunday, June 4, 2023, was located and recovered this afternoon approximately one mile downstream from where he was reportedly last seen. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office received a report from […]

Oregon House, CA – Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Detectives, with the assistance of the Yuba Sutter Regional Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), served a search warrant at a residence in the 13000 block of Licha Lane in Oregon House on May 24, 2023, at approximately 5:30 pm, where they arrested 39-year-old Joseph Woodruff on […]

Grass Valley, Ca. – On Friday 5/26/2023, a Nevada County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputy arrested 84-year-old George Matson of Grass Valley, a registered sex offender, for a new offense of annoying/molesting a minor, and unlawful entry upon school grounds by a registered sex offender. Earlier in the day, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office received a report […]

Nevada City, CA – In an effort to educate recreational boaters nationwide about the dangers of boating while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the annual Operation Dry Water campaign. The mission of Operation Dry Water is to decrease the number of alcohol and drug-related incidents […]

Grass Valley, Ca. – A wanted man was taken into custody on multiple felony warrants Saturday morning 5/6/2023, after evading deputies in two pursuits the week before. Nevada County Sheriff deputies arrested Adam Angelico, age 46 of Grass Valley, at his home in the 19000 block of You Bet Road at approximately 7:00 a.m. on […]

Penn Valley, Ca. – An investigation into a stolen utility trailer and generator on Tuesday 5/2/2023 at approximate 11:00 a.m. in the 12000 block of Country Heights Dr, developed into the recovery of additional suspected stolen property and mail involving potentially more than a dozen additional victims from multiple counties including Nevada and Yuba County. […]

Grass Valley, Ca. – On 4/18/2023, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Investigators arrested 20-year-old Kenneth Fox, of Grass Valley, CA, for soliciting a minor online for sex. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Detectives, posing as a 13-year-old girl on social media, received unsolicited messages from Fox. Throughout the communication, which continued for approximately seven days, […]

Penn Valley, Ca. – On 4/13/2023 at approximately 4:30 pm, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Investigators arrested 43-year-old Michael McElreath of Penn Valley, for alleged Lewd or Lascivious Acts with a Person under 14-years-old, and Distributing Harmful Material to a Minor, following an investigation into the reported molestation of a juvenile at a licensed daycare facility […]

Grass Valley, Ca. – Thanks to an observant Nevada County Sheriff’s Sergeant on his way home from work Wednesday 4/5/23, a wanted felon was taken into custody on a felony no-bail warrant for a prior offense of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. 55-year-old Darryl Skelton of Grass Valley was arrested on […]