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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 19 year old female, Alyssa Byrne, who was attending the SnowGlobe music event in South Lake Tahoe on New Years Eve.

The circumstances to her disappearance are unknown at this time. Douglas County Search and Rescue has been activated to assist in an area search.

Alyssa Byrne, from Petaluma, Calif., is 5 foot 3 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has black hair and blue eyes, last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black yoga type pants, black snow boots and her hair was pulled back.

UPDATE: 8:27 PM: The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the 21-year-old Reno woman reported missing since early New Year's day, Chantel Good, has been found unhurt. Still missing is a 19-year-old Petaluma woman, Alyssa Marie Byrne.

UPDATE 7:35PM: Reno Channel 2 KTVN reports that a 21-year-old Reno woman is missing as well as a 19-year-old Petaluma woman.

Chantel Good is described as 5 foot 4 inches and was last seen wearing brown boots, a flower-printed blue dress, a creme/beige pullover sweater, and a pink Aztec-design sweater. She was holding a brown satchel.
If you have any information on Good's whereabouts, call the South Lake Tahoe Police Department at (530) 542-6110.

Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies dealt with a number of misdemeanor-related crimes in the days leading up to the New Year's holiday period, with several arrests made for domestic abuse, fighting and driving under the influence. Here are some of those arrests:

A 22-year-old Carson City man was stabbed and suffered a puncture to the lungs in a fight that happened at a New Year's Eve house party on Rex Circle late Monday night, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong reports.

The man, Adam Gaudette, was flown by Care Flight and was at last report in stable condition, said Furlong. Arrested was Leo Reyes Jacinto, 33, who faces a charge of battery with a deadly weapon. He is being held on $30,000 bail.

About 400 Nevada guardsmen have begun training at various locations on and off the Las Vegas Strip on New Year's Eve this year for the 12th annual Vigilant Sentinel training exercise. The training is also being done in conjunction with the Las Vegas Metro Police. More than half of the guardsmen participating are from Northern Nevada. About 300,000 people are expected to party on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday, according to Las Vegas Metro Police.

Authorities are investigating the death of a Washoe Valley man after being dispatched early Saturday morning to a home where there had been a report of some kind of unknown trouble.

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office Special Operations and Investigations Division reports the deceased man was found inside a home in the 3900 block of Pershing Lane in Washoe Valley, said Deputy Armando Avina in a news release. The death has been called "suspicious" by Washoe County authorities. No other details have been made available.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office will maintain a highly visible presence on the city's roadways during the New Year holiday, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2.

Sheriff's deputies will be out in force during this time period and will conduct saturation patrols to detect, arrest and prosecute impaired drivers to the fullest extent of the law.

A 63-year-old Carson City man was arrested Dec. 22 after allegedly pushing and punching his roommate, a senior citizen, to the ground in an argument over a computer issue.
The victim, said to be at least 65 years of age, went to the Carson City Sheriff's Office at 5:53 p.m. to report the battery. He told authorities that his roommate broke his cell phone in half when he attempted to call police for help.

A Carson City couple face multiple felony burglary charges after authorities found thousands of stolen items valued more than $300,000 inside their home. The discovery, according to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, is likely the largest burglary ring foiled in at least 10 years.

Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes issued a 1 minute 47 second audio statement to parents Tuesday night via email providing an update on school safety measures, including safety drills, being taken within the district.

Working in conjunction with the Carson City Sheriff's Office, there will be added police presence at all the schools leading up to Christmas break, Stokes said. Deputies will be patrolling parking lots and side streets "in show of both strength and support."

A 52-year-old Carson City man faces a gross misdemeanor charge of violating a restraining order after a complaint from a woman concerned about her 14-year-old daughter whom the man had made frequent attempts at contacting, authorities report.

A San Francisco man was arrested and faces felony credit card forgery charges after equipment used to make cards was found inside a Carson City hotel room, authorities said.

Joshua Jeremiah Sims, 41, was arrested in the 900 block of South Carson Street Dec. 15 at 3:45 p.m. According to the Carson City Sheriff's Office arrest report, officers responded to a call about credit card making equipment found inside a room after Sims had failed to check out earlier in the day.

A Carson City man was arrested and faces a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender.
Joshua Sundquist, 28, a resident of the 3400 block of Airport Road, was booked into custody at 9:35 a.m. Dec. 12. Bail was set at $15,000.

According to the arrest report, Sunquist arrived at the Carson City Sheriff's Office after officers were alerted that the home Sunquist had been living was vacant.

A Carson City man faces a felony charge of domestic battery with strangulation after allegedly slamming a woman's head into a hard wood floor and choking her.

Randal Dean Arnold, 43, was arrested Dec. 10 in the 3800 block of Highway 50 at 9:09 p.m. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Bliss Court for a report of a domestic battery in progress.

Dispatch advised that the male suspect, identified as Arnold, had just left the home and was walking toward a casino. Other deputies in the area located him and he was detained, the arrest report states.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in two shots fired that happened early Tuesday morning at the home of a Carson City Justice of the Peace John Tatro. No one was injured. The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. Security measures have been beefed up at the Carson City Municipal Court.

A Carson City man faces a felony domestic violence charge after he admitted to beating his wife and putting her into a choke hold until she passed out.
Jerry Alexander Cisneros, 26, was arrested Sunday night in the 200 block of Adams Street.

According to the arrest report, the victim's wife stated that Cisneros punched her in the face and mouth and then choked her until she passed out for about 10 minutes inside their home.

Partnership Carson City gathered coats for the Students in Transition Program operated by the Carson City School District.
The tables in the Carson City Sheriff's Office meeting room were filled with coats of all sizes and colors much to the delight of program coordinator Peggy Sweetland (left). Shown with Sweetland are Mayor Robert Crowell, chairman of Partnership Carson City, and PCC Executive Director Kathy Bartosz.

A Carson City man was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 5, and faces a felony charge of being a fugitive from justice with a warrant for his arrest out of Los Angeles on a drug charge that dates back to March 1993.

Jeffrey Jason Defalco, 40, listed as a postman for his occupation, was arrested shortly after 8 a.m. near Silver Sage and Koontz. Defalco was stopped for speeding when radar clocked him going 37 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to the arrest report.

UPDATE 5PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong reports the investigation continues after this morning's discovery of two women found shot to death in Voltaire Canyon west of Carson City. A handgun was found nearby.
"We are not at this time looking for a third person," he said. The investigation is, so far, not being ruled a homicide or a murder suicide, he said. "We will wait for a ruling as the investigation continues," Furlong said.
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A house in the 300 block of Bath Street in Carson City is being searched by a bomb squad Tuesday night and four homes have been evacuated after an elderly man informed authorities that he remembered having stored up to a case of dynamite in the walls of the home sometime between the 1950s and 1960s.

An initial search of the home at 306 Bath Street, about 300 yards from Fritsch Elementary school and at the intersection of Division, has indeed led to the discovery of four sticks of dynamite that were found in the garage of the home buried inside walls, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said.

A search for more dynamite will continue through the night with a bomb squad on the scene from Tahoe Douglas Explosive Ordnance Disposal and a support bomb squad to arrive from Reno.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office is pleased to announced that on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. the Sheriff's Motor Unit will donate $500 to the Carson City Chapter of the FACA (Fighters Against Child Abuse) at the gym located at 3179 Highway 50 East in Carson City.
FACA is a nationwide nonprofit 5010(c)(3) organization that aids children in the recovery of child abuse. Please check the FACA website at www.kochildabuse.com for more information on their services and specific information on what they do for children everywhere.

The Douglas County Emergency Management has implemented a precautionary action plan for this weekend’s weather event. The plan has identified two potential weather events for this evening, Saturday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, De. 2. The first is going to be extreme winds, followed by potential heavy rains.

UPDATE 6:17PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong reports tonight that two suffered minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle. They were taken to Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in Carson City. CareFlight had been called but canceled after it was determined the injuries were not life-threatening and were considered minor.

Friends and family of a missing Carson City man are concerned about his whereabouts and have asked the public for help finding him. The man's name is Jerry Santos, 68. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 175 pounds, gray hair, with hazel or green brown eyes. He is a resident of West Long Street, where he was last seen. Santos went missing, his friends report, at around 3 p.m.
"We're concerned about his well being," said friend Truckee Paxton.

UPDATE 7:17PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said the two suspects captured after this morning's Wells Fargo bank robbery may be tied to a Nevada State Bank robbery in Reno. The two men, Kenneth Wayne Young, 44, and Michael Lee Smith, 36, are leaving Carson City Jail and will be booked and arraigned in federal court.
The following is a statement from the Carson City Sheriff's Office regarding the robberies:

At approximately 9:08 a.m. this date, the Carson City Sheriff's Office was informed of a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank located at the corner of Stewart and Musser Streets in downtown Cars...

UPDATE 1:59PM: A small brush fire, thought to be touched off by target shooters, was declared under control by Carson City firefighters at 1:57 p.m. The fire, which burned about an acre, is near the top of Goni Pit. The target shooters reportedly admitted the fire started during target shooting and were speaking with Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies.

A 19-year-old Minden man died Thursday after the ATV vehicle he was driving was struck head-on by a Ford F-150 truck. The accident happened just before 9:30 a.m. on Sunrise Pass Road near Juniper Valley behind the Johnson Lane subdivision in the Pinenut Mountains.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies say the dune buggy, driven by Daniel Palmer, was speeding west on a dirt road when it slid and drifted head on into the path of an oncoming older Ford F-150.

For the next two weeks, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, with the Carson City and Lyon County offices, will increase patrolling for unsafe and distracted drivers.
The sheriff's offices in the three jurisdictions received federal grant funds, said Sgt. Pat Brooks.

Carson City Sheriff's Office personnel and Public Works Street Operations have been busy this Tuesday morning cleaning up after taggers hit streets signs and walls with gang-related graffiti.
Street Operations for Carson City reports cleaning up at least eight spots on College Parkway along the sound wall between Sherman and Nye. The tagging was documented and stripped with sandblasters, said Justin Tiearney, street supervisor.