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Man with numerous domestic battery convictions faces up to 15 years in prison

A Gardnerville Ranchos man faces up to 15 years in prison after he admitted Monday to domestic battery with a prior felony.

County won’t call you to renew building permit

Scammers are calling residents for money to renew their building permit

Topaz Ranch Estates man faces felony eluding charge

A Topaz Ranch Estates man acquitted of home invasion in September is in custody on a felony eluding case.

Sparks murder suspect caught in Douglas County

A man sought in connection with the murder of a 60-year-old Sparks resident appeared in East Fork Justice Court on Friday morning.

Woman unlikely to make restitution before probation tolls

Concerns about restitution played into several Douglas County District Court cases

Bill would eliminate per se THC in blood for DUI convictions

The Assembly Judiciary Committee was told Monday that the law saying a driver is guilty of DUI just because they have a measurable level of THC in their blood should be repealed.

Trio arrested in Mono County murders

Three Montana residents were arrested in connection with the Nov. 9 shooting deaths of William and Yesenia Larsen

Murder case back before Supreme Court

Prosecutors are hoping the Nevada Supreme Court rejects a third appeal from a Salvadoran man accused of the January 2019 murders of Gardnerville Ranchos residents Connie Koontz and Sophia Renken.

Stewart walkaway held in Sacramento homicide

A man who walked away from Stewart Conservation Camp was found in a Sacramento apartment.

Authorities seek help in second shoe-lifting case

Douglas County investigators are seeking help in a second shoe-lifting case.

Man faces mandatory prison sentence in domestic battery case

A man faces 2-15 years in prison after he admitted to breaking a woman’s rib and giving her a concussion during an altercation in Gardnerville.

Stewart Camp seeking wandering inmate

An inmate walked away from the Stewart Conservation Camp sometime Saturday night

New probation rules figure in drug sentencing

New probation rules figured prominently in whether a man with a 30-year history of drug offenses in Douglas County went to prison.

Air conditioning units targeted by thieves looking for recyclables

Urban miners are raiding HVAC units for recyclables to sell

Probationer faces felony domestic battery charge

A Gardnerville Ranchos man is facing a probation violation and a felony domestic battery charge stemming from a Sunday evening arrest.