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Sean Patrick Buchalla
Arrest made in shooting
RENO — Reno police detectives made an arrest Wednesday in the case of a shooting that occurred Monday. Sean Patrick Buchalla, 27, was arrested for shooting another person with a revolver during an argument. The victim was hit in the arm and leg, but the injuries were non-life-threatening. The arrest was made without incident in the area of Whippoorwill and Brant streets in the Cold Springs area.  Additionally, the firearm that is believed to h...
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Arrest made in Monterey Shores shooting
RENO — Police have made an arrest in the shooting that occurred during a party Sunday. On Wednesday, the Regional Gang Unit arrested a 17-year-old juvenile believed to be responsible for the shooting of a 22-year-old Reno resident.  The shooting occurred during a fight that spilled into the street at 7885 Monterey Shores Drive in Stead.  The victim has been treated for a serious but non-life-threatening injury at a local hospital.  The suspect...
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Sentencing of habitual criminal
RENO — On Tuesday, James Laren Brooks was convicted and sentenced to a prison term of five to 15 years by Judge Connie Steinheimer on charges relating to drug possession and drug sales. The conviction and sentence was the result of a several-month investigation by the Sparks Police Department Crime Suppression Unit as well as the Northern Nevada Repeat Offender Program. Brooks, who before the sentencing had five previous felony convictions for...
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Reward offered in attempted burglary case
Secret Witness is offering a $250 reward for information on the suspect in connection with the attempted vehicle burglary in the 6800 block of Sunkist Drive in Sparks.
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Reward offered in shooting case
Secret Witness is offering a $1,000 reward for information on the suspect in a shooting in the area Bell Street and Riverside Drive in Reno.
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A three-car accident Wednesday morning near Wells Avenue backed up traffic on Interstate 80.
3-car accident on I-80 near Wells Avenue
On Wednesday, Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded to a three- vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near the Wells Avenue interchange.
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Sex offender arrested at UNR
Wednesday the USMS arrested Steven M. James, a fugitive wanted in Spokane, Wash. on an outstanding probation warrant issued in 1983.
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Wrong-way driver involved in collision dies
A Reno woman has died from injuries sustained in a head-on crash Tuesday morning.
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Person shot at Bell Street and Riverside Drive
RENO — A man was shot twice in a fight early Tuesday morning. At about 5:15 a.m., Reno police officers were called to an altercation involving two people who were arguing. One of the people shot at the other with a revolver, striking the victim in the right arm and left knee. The suspect fled in a dark-colored, two-door Honda Civic. The victim was transported to Renown Regional Medical with non-life-threatening injuries.  The suspect is descri...
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Help ID suspect in an attempted vehicle burglary
SPARKS — One day after releasing this month’s Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Community Partnership Connection Newsletter, which describes “How You Can Prevent from Being Burglarized,” a local resident with a home video security system caught a potential burglar in the act. On Saturday at about 1:45 a.m. in the 6800 block of Sunkist Drive, a home video security system recorded an adult male with long black hair wearing a long-sleeve denim shirt...
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Reward offered in armed robbery case
RENO — Secret Witness is offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the suspects wanted for the armed robbery of a man in the area of Kuenzli and Kietzke lanes. On Saturday the victim was driving when the suspect vehicle drove in front of him, forcing him to stop. One suspect exited the vehicle, pointed a handgun at the victim and demanded money. The victim surrendered his cash and the suspects fled. The...
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Shooting at party possibly gang related
RENO — A fight led to a shooting early Sunday morning. At 2:44 a.m. Sunday, a Reno police officer was responding to a noise disturbance of a loud party in the residential neighborhood of Monterey Shores and Cypress Shores in Stead. As the officer arrived on scene, he heard several shots fired and located the victim of a single gunshot wound, in addition to multiple subjects milling around and leaving the scene. The investigation revealed that ...
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Drunk man fires shotgun at neighbor’s lawn
RENO — At 10:22 p.m. Saturday, witnesses reported a man walking down the street in the area of Brahma Way and Comanche Moon Court with a shotgun in his hand. At east end of the cul de sac, the suspect, Thomas Lyn McLean, 58, fired one shot into the lawn of a residence. The man returned to his residence on Comanche Moon Street and again walked to the end of the cul de sac. Reno police officers arrived on scene to find McLean standing in the str...
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Driver crashes truck into cars parked at motel
CARSON CITY — An elderly man crashed his truck Saturday morning, possibly because of a medical condition. At about 9:15 a.m., Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to an accident on U.S. Highway 50 east of Airport Road. An investigation shows that a white Chevrolet truck driven by David Lee Easlick, a 72-year-old Carson City resident, was traveling west on U.S. Highway 50 when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle veered to the left cross...
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Man slashed in fight over dog
RENO — A man has been arrested for cutting another man in the face with a pocket knife in a fight over a dog. At 7:03 p.m. Saturday, Reno police officers responded to 650 Record St. on a report of a stabbing.  The investigation revealed that the victim was involved in an altercation over a dog with Thomas Horst Snow, 62. The argument escalated with Snow allegedly cutting the victim in the face with a pocket knife. Horst was located on scene b...
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Repeat offender sentenced
RENO — On March 31, 2010, detectives assigned to the Northern Nevada Repeat Offender Program were notified that R.O.P. target Samuel Moore was being paroled from the Nevada Department of Corrections. Moore served five years for burglary, identity theft and uttering a forged instrument. About one month later he absconded his parole while still owing in excess of $55,000 in restitution.   On Sept. 28, 2010, Reno PD auto theft and burglary detect...
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Bank robbery suspects in custody
RENO — On Friday at about 2 p.m. a lone suspect entered the Wells Fargo Bank located at 8165 S. Virginia St. The suspect approached a bank teller and demanded money. He fled the bank after obtaining an undisclosed amount of money. Reno police detectives along with agents from the FBI were conducting surveillance on several banks within the city limits when the robbery took place. Shortly after the robbery, Reno patrol officers spotted a vehicl...
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Battery with a deadly weapon
RENO — On March 25, at about 8:25 p.m., officers from the Reno Police Department responded to Renown emergency room in regard to a victim of a stabbing that had just occurred in the area of Yori and Grove avenues. A subsequent investigation revealed that the victim was involved in an altercation with a suspect at an apartment located at 2655 Yori Ave. The argument escalated with the suspect stabbing the victim and fleeing the scene. The sus...
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Auto accidents involving NHP and the Carson Sheriff’s Office
CARSON CITY — At 8:09 a.m. on March 24, a Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper stopped at a single vehicle accident on the southbound U.S. 395 off-ramp to Carson Street involving a red Oldsmobile driven by Monica Michelle Spraggins, of Carson City.  While the trooper was investigating the first accident, a white Hyundai lost control, blocking the off-ramp. A white van driving too fast for conditions lost control, struck the Hyundai and the highway p...
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Lesmen Sanchez
Police attempt to locate a suspicious man
Lesmen Sanchez was last seen jumping into the Truckee River by Grand Sierra Resort security officers on Tuesday at about 3:30 p.m. Sanchez was last seen under the Greg Street bridge. At the time Sanchez jumped into the river, Grand Sierra Resort security officers were attempting to speak with him concerning some suspicious activity on the casino’s premises.
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