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On Sept. 5, 2026, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Dayton Patrol deputies assisted the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) with a multi-jurisdictional operation involving the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Street Enforcement Team (SET). The investigation began when Dayton Patrol deputies contacted a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2026 Fernley, NV - On Aug. 29, 2026, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Northern Command Patrol deputies responded to the area of a convenience store in the 800 block of East Main Street in Fernley for a report of an
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Stagecoach, NV – The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Task Force recently received information that a convicted sex offender from California may be residing in the Stagecoach area without being registered in Nevada. Task Force members initiated an investigation and ultimately contacted 81-year-old William Morgan at his
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On Aug. 24, 2026, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Special Investigations Unit assisted the Navoto Police Department with the apprehension of a Fugitive From Justice out of Marin County, California. Detectives identified 19-year-old ANDRES RUIZ LINDO as the primary suspect in a gang-related homicide that occurred
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The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office will be joining forces with participating law enforcement agencies in Nevada for a Joining Forces Distracted Driver Campaign. The campaign will take place from Aug. 7, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2026. This Distracted Driver Campaign aims to increase law enforcement participation by coordinating highly
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2026 Dayton, Nev. – The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has arrested 40-year-old Shaun Sanchez following an extensive investigation into allegations that he sexually abused two former elementary school students while employed as a teacher at Dayton Elementary School. The investigation began in
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2026 Fernley, NV – The Lyon County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force recently arrested two registered sex offenders for violating Nevada's sex offender registration requirements during separate investigations in Fernley. On July 28, 2026, members of the Sex Offender Task Force
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2026 FERNLEY, Nev. — The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has positively identified human remains recovered in the Fernley area in January 2025 as Ronald John Littley, a Fernley resident who had been reported missing since September 2022. On January 7, 2025, skeletonized human remains
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2026 Fernley, NV – The Lyon County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force recently arrested two registered sex offenders for violating Nevada's sex offender registration requirements during separate investigations in Fernley. On July 17, 2026, deputies conducted a traffic stop in the
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The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has been made aware of a change to an old scam. Community members are receiving phone calls stating they have warrants for their arrest and receiving follow-up messages with the attached documents (See pictures). Please remember no law enforcement agency is going
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2026 Silver Springs, Nev. — On July 13, 2026, at approximately 6:40 p.m., deputies assigned to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office Central Command conducted a traffic stop on an unregistered vehicle in the Silver Springs area. During the traffic stop, deputies identified
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On June 28, 2026, at approximately 0721 hours, Deputies from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Highway 50 and Traditions Parkway in Dayton, along with personnel from the Nevada Highway Patrol, Central Lyon County Fire Department, and Nevada Department of Transportation, for a report of