Placer County Sheriff's Office

August 24, 2020 – In October 2005, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office investigated the murder of 27-year-old Christie Lynn Wilson. The investigation ultimately resulted in the arrest of Mario Garcia. The Placer County District Attorney’s Office prosecuted Garcia, and after a trial, he was convicted of first-degree murder. Despite extensive searches throughout Placer and Nevada […]

January 24, 2020 – Placer County Sheriff’s deputies received a call of a plane crash after 10 a.m. this morning, in the area of Black Oak Golf Course in Auburn. Deputies arrived minutes after the call, and found a mangled non-commercial plane in the yard of a residence near the 13000-block of Dry Creek Road. […]

March 5, 2018 – Three people who committed a home invasion robbery in Newcastle early Thursday morning were all arrested within 19 hours by Placer County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives. The two victims were unharmed. One suspect was apprehended within an hour of the crime and the two others were arrested in Nevada County Thursday […]

March 2, 2018 – A snowboarder missing since yesterday afternoon was found deceased this morning at Squaw Valley Ski Resort. Wenyu Zhang, 42, of Rocklin was located by Squaw Valley Ski Patrol members after he was reported missing late last night by friends. A search area was narrowed through the use of a tracking program […]

December 27, 2017 – Another clip by Deputy Nevins, aka the “Bear Whisperer,” and the three Tahoe City bears. Mama and the kids were out for a late night stroll. Well, look who’s back! It’s Deputy Nevins, our very own “bear whisperer,” & his three bear friends! Nevins spotted the mom and her two cubs […]

November 6, 2017 – The shooting in Kings Beach on Saturday afternoon has been determined to be a murder-suicide. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the manager of the long-term rental motel, where the shooting occurred, shot and killed a female tenant before turning the gun on himself. The woman has been identified as Isabelle C. […]

July 3, 2017 – While on off-highway patrol in the back country Saturday, two Placer County Sheriff’s deputies coordinated a multi-agency rescue effort to get an ill man to the hospital. Saturday, July 1, the deputies were conducting OHV, or Off-Highway Vehicle enforcement near Foresthill. When they stopped at Duncan Peak fire lookout, they discovered […]

May 13, 2017 – The Placer County Sheriff’s office is seeking information from witnesses to a shooting that occurred early this morning in unincorporated Rocklin. Just after midnight, deputies were called to a party on Tinker Drive, in a commercial business complex, where a young man had been shot. When deputies arrived, the scene was […]

April 26, 2017 – Yesterday, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office conducted a directed enforcement detail at the Bear River Campground. They were assisted by the Placer County Parks and Recreation Land Management Division in a joint effort. Sheriff’s deputies met with several individuals while Parks and Recreation verified fee slips for those camping at the […]

February 3, 2017 – The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred around 3 a.m. today near North Lake Tahoe. At around 1:40 a.m., deputies and CHP officers attempted to pull over a suspected DUI driver, who was driving dangerously and erratically on Highway 28. The pursuit was terminated a few […]