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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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July 28, 2026 The Washoe County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) has successfully located and taken 23-year-old Chase Orput back into custody following a coordinated search after he walked away from a Washoe County Sheriff's Office inmate work crew on Monday, July 27, at approximately 1:
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Editor's Note: Reports of scams and fraud attempts continue to affect communities throughout our region. Residents are encouraged to remain vigilant and exercise caution before sending money or sharing personal information with anyone they do not know or cannot independently verify, even if the individual claims to represent
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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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2 News Nevada digital team update to SCSO July 13 Press Release A man who died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Virginia City has been identified. Stephen Klein, a 34-year-old Reno man, died in the crash, according to a release from the Nevada Highway Patrol. Storey County
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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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STOREY COUNTY, NV - In May 2025, elderly residents of the Virginia City Highlands were contacted by fraud suspects pretending to be federal agents and bank fraud investigators. They were able to defraud the victims of a substantially large amount of cash. Suspects came from Broward County, Florida to the victim&
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2026 The Lyon County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force has arrested a Silver Springs sex offender who was out of compliance with Nevada's sex offender registration requirements. Over the past several days, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office received
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2026 FERNLEY, Nev. – On June 20, 2026, at approximately 7:58 a.m., members of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Northern Command Patrol Area were conducting an investigation into an unrelated matter in the Fernley area when they contacted individuals living in a