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Subject of SWAT call gets a dozen years in prison

Michael Jarrod Jacobsen, 35, admitted to assault with a deadly weapon and felony coercion in connection with his Feb. 1 arrest.

Update: Bail increased to $450,000 for driver in wrong-way fatality

Matthew Joseph Premo was booked into Douglas County Jail on Tuesday after being released from the hospital

Convicted robber back in custody after walking away from camp

A woman who was convicted of robbing a Gardnerville man at gunpoint is back in custody after she walked away from a prison work camp in March.

Six-year sentence for man who busted woman’s eardrum

Robert Francis Carr, 33, received the maximum sentence of 28-72 months in prison for domestic battery causing substantial bodily harm.

Drunken trio sought in March 20 altercations in Stateline

A trio of drunken men are being sought in connection with several batteries that occurred at the Hard Rock Casino in Stateline on March 20.

Anti-DUI booklet author faces theft charges

Authorities are asking anyone who may have invested with George Russell while he was at Lake Tahoe to call the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office at 805-232-3537 or the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at 775-782-5126.

Trafficking conviction results in 2-14-year sentence

Johnson Lane resident Robert Vieth Wilson is expected to appeal his jury conviction on multiple drug felonies