On Friday, June 4th, 2021, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received a report that Russell Chris Voges of Lincoln, California, was overdue from a camping trip. According to family, Mr. Voges was due to return home within a few days after leaving for a multi-day camping trip to Sierra County on the previous Sunday. He […]
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Missing mountain biker located safe in Sierra County
October 2, 2020 – On the evening of Tuesday, September 29’th 2020, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an overdue Mountain Biker. The reporting party stated he and a friend were riding their E-Bikes up Lavezzola Road towards Chimney Rock at around 11am. The reporting party’s bike lost its charge, so he […]
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Multi-Agency Response Ends Active Shooter Threat in Sierra County
SIERRA COUNTY, Calif. July 7, 2020 – On July 3, 2020, at about 1600 hours, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received information that two persons sustained gunshot wounds by an assailant in the Poker Flat area of northwestern Sierra County. The assailant was driving a utility terrain vehicle (UTV). Neither victim knew the shooter, and […]
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UPDATED: One dead, two wounded after shooting in Sierra County
July 6, 2020 at 6:06 AM On July 4th, the Sierra County sheriff’s office, with the assistance of multiple law enforcement agencies, located the missing juvenile who fled from the shooting. The juvenile was found in good health and did not need medical treatment. Shortly after locating the juvenile, law enforcement officers encountered the shooting […]
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Sierra County Sheriff’s Office unearths hundreds of pounds of solid waste, waste oil, buried on mining property in Alleghany
October 16, 2019 – On October 8, 2019, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office, along with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife served a search warrant at the Original Sixteen-to-One Mine in Alleghany, California. Law enforcement received information that a large amount of hazardous waste, along with […]
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Recovery efforts continue for a young drowning victim at Stampede Reservoir
July 11, 2017 – Yesterday at approximately 1:00 pm two males, 11 and 14 years old, were on Stampede Reservoir in a canoe when the winds picked up and capsized their canoe. Neither boy was wearing a life vest. The 14-year-old boy was safely retrieved from the water but the 11-year-old was not seen again […]
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Missing plane located in Sierra County
May 19, 2017 – On Tuesday, April 18, 2017 the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office initiated a search effort based on a report of an overdue aircraft reported as traveling from Truckee to Petaluma California the previous day. The overdue aircraft was reported to have been occupied by Brenda Jane Richard, age 53 (Reported Pilot) and […]
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Search suspended for missing plane in Sierra County
April 24, 2017 – As of 9:00pm on Sunday, April 23, 2017, the search for the missing aircraft and its passengers has been suspended pending any additional information as to its whereabouts. If any member of the public has any information that may be beneficial to locating and identifying the aircraft we encourage you to […]
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Suspects in custody after home invasion in Downieville
April 23, 2017 – On Friday, April 21, 2017 at around 10:23pm our dispatch center was notified of an in-progress home invasion at 133 River Street in Downieville. During the call a window could be heard breaking and the reporting party stated the suspect was attempting to gain entry through the broken window. The reporting […]
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Missing Aircraft Search in Sierra County
April 19, 2017 – Shortly after midnight on April 18, 2017 our agency was notified by the State of California Office of Emergency Services of an overdue aircraft. The aircraft, a Socata TB-20 Trinidad, tail #N28070 departed from the Truckee-Tahoe Airport in Truckee, CA with two persons on board at approximately 4:00pm on Monday. Family […]