El Dorado County Turns To Power Of Social Media To Catch Criminals
More and more, police agencies are using the power of social media to catch criminals and the District Attorney's Office now has an 80 percent success rate.
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More and more, police agencies are using the power of social media to catch criminals and the District Attorney's Office now has an 80 percent success rate.
Authorities say a San Francisco woman died during a rafting accident on the south fork of the American River over the weekend.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for parts of Placer and El Dorado Counties because of the Trailhead Fire.
Authorities are investigating after a body was found in a field near South Lake Tahoe over the weekend.
Deputies have arrested a man suspected of battering his elderly mother and father.
Colin Bowers is a known con artist with over 64 arrests for fraud, theft, burglary and domestic violence and there are dozens of victims.
Robert Lee Edmonds, 23, is accused of luring victims to public places, such as parking lots and closed businesses in El Dorado County.
The suspect was caught on surveillance throwing boxes of golf balls and then left a trail of destruction,slashing the nets and tires, then ripping the sprinkler system into pieces.
Deputies are looking for the man who robbed a bank in Georgetown on Monday afternoon.
An El Dorado County sheriff's deputy already on administrative leave has been arrested for the third time on suspicion of DUI
A small plane made a crash landing at the Cameron Airpark late Thursday morning.
A Cameron Park man has been arrested after sheriff's investigators say he doused his girlfriend with gasoline and set her on fire.
In an emergency, time is your enemy and every second counts, but calling 911 with your cellphone in El Dorado County may not be your fastest option.
A couple of men who took off running from deputies in the mountains later found themselves calling 911 to be rescued from freezing to death.
A Facebook post about a reported attempted child abduction spread quickly, but it turned out to be just a father trying to pick his daughter up after school in the rain.
Ryan Maurer, 40 is accused of leading a pursuit from Sacramento County to El Dorado County at the Cameron Park Drive onramp on Highway 50.
The kids were in the garage with dad, saw they wind howl and when they heard the tree snap, they yelled, "Stop." The tree hit the back of the car, but missed Michelle Chapman.
Linda Douglas heard a loud boom, then went outside to find a huge tree ripped from its foundation and onto her car.
Authorities say a driver was killed after he lost control of his car and crashed in El Dorado County.
Authorities are asking residents to be vigilant after they received dozens of reports of a particularly menacing scammer.
Jeremy Meyers, the superintendent of El Dorado County schools, announced Monday that will resign.
The shooting happened just after 5 p.m., and deputies say it may have been a dispute over an inheritance.
Deputies responded to a home on Rocky Ridge Road and found a two people shot to death. Deputies say the suspect shot his mother and brother.
Jeremy Meyers wasn't at his desk on Thursday afternoon. Instead deputies say he was drunk behind the wheel when he crashed into what used to be a large utility box.
The El Dorado County superintendent of schools has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
