Nevada County Sheriff's Office (NCSO)

NEVADA CITY, Calif. January 4, 2019 – On January 3rd, 2019, around 1 PM, Douglas Ralph MacDuff, 27, from Grass Valley, was involved in an altercation in the 27000 block of Sweetland Road in the North San Juan area of Nevada County. During the altercation, Mr. MacDuff allegedly discharged a handgun at another person, causing […]

September 27, 2018 – Per Sheriff Royal’s direction, an application for a body worn camera grant was submitted to the US Department of Justice in May of 2018. Sheriff Royal is pleased to announce that yesterday, the Sheriff’s Office received notification of approval of our application for a Body Worn Camera Grant. The grant, in […]

May 5, 2018 at 11:01 PM UPDATE – The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team has concluded search operations for the day and there has been no sign of Stanley Norman or his dog “KoKo”. In total, there were in excess of 80 Search and Rescue members from 6 different counties participating in […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. February 22, 2018 – Shortly before 6:20 AM, this morning a homeowner was leaving his residence as a suspicious vehicle was blocking his driveway. He approached the vehicle and was told by the driver that he was at the wrong address. The victim left his residence after noting the suspect vehicle license […]

February 8, 2018 – On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 the coroner’s division was requested in the 10000 block of North Bloomfield Road. During our investigation the decedent, Pamela Diane DeGrio, 67, of Nevada City, was found to have been shot multiple times. This death has been classified as a homicide and is actively being investigated. […]

January 26, 2018 – On Thursday January 25, 2018, at around 1:15 AM, a 911 call was received regarding a fire in the 11000 block of Miners Way in Rough and Ready. Firefighters arrived to find a fully-involved travel trailer. After about 40 minutes the fire was extinguished and fire personnel discovered what appeared to […]

December 11, 2017 at 3:42 PM From the NCSO Facebook page: December 11, 2017 – On Monday, December 11, 2017 at around 0640 Hours, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office was requested in the 14000 block of Grizzly Trail after a resident reported a home-invasion robbery. Three subjects, later discovered to be from Texas, entered the […]

December 7, 2017 – On December 5th, 2017, deputies were called to the 12000 block of Slate Creek Road for what was believed to be an interrupted residential burglary. A witness had taken photographs of a U-Haul van in the driveway and spoke to two men who were removing property from the residence. The vehicle […]

November 30, 2017 – On November 26th, 2017, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a citizen who had been out running on the South Yuba Trail along the Yuba River, approximately four miles downstream of Washington, where he discovered human remains. Units responded and located the remains of a Caucasian male in an […]

November 16, 2017 – On the evening of November 11, 2017, Nevada County Dispatch received a call reporting a home invasion robbery, which occurred in the 13000 block of Brooks Road in Grass Valley. Deputies arrived and contacted the reporting party, who stated “caretakers” at the residence had been robbed at gunpoint. Deputies contacted several […]

November 6, 2017 – On November 2, 2017 Nevada County Animal Control performed a welfare check on all of the animals that were located at a business in the 10000 block of Harvest Lane in Rough & Ready. The call was initiated after a piglet had been purchased at the business. The piglet required emergency […]

October 4, 2017 – On October 4, 2017 at about 0700 hours, Nevada County Sheriff’s deputies, in cooperation with officers from the Grass Valley Police Department, Nevada City Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol, served a criminal search warrant on three adjacent properties; two in the 16000 block of Jones Ridge Road, and one […]

September 7, 2017 – The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant in the 13000 block of Wolf Road, Grass Valley on September 5, 2017. The warrant was based on several citizen complaints and overhead flights of a large commercial size marijuana cultivation on the property. On the property, Deputies located over 1400 marijuana […]

August 31, 2017 – On July 18th, 2016 Michael Mahoney was discovered deceased just outside his summer cabin located in the Town of Washington. The Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit has determined Mahoney’s Death to be the result of a homicide and have exhausted all leads; the case is now cold. On August 9th, 2016, the […]

August 22, 2017 – On August 20th, 2017 at approximately 11:00 p.m. the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office received a call from CalFire personnel who had responded to the 12000 block of Old Stagecoach Road in the Chicago Park area of Nevada County for a burn victim. When CalFire personnel arrived on scene, they began treating […]