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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
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Press Release June 17, 2026 Yerington, NV – On June 17, 2026, at approximately 9 a.m., Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a report of a possible child-luring incident in the 200 block of North Hwy 95A in Yerington. According to the reporting party, a Hispanic adult male
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On June 16, 2026, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Special Investigations Unit (SIU) assisted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) with a Criminal Enforcement Operation in the 100 Block of Falcon Way, Yerington, Nevada, 89447. The operation resulted in the arrest of a
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Fernley, NV – On June 7, 2026, at approximately 7:45 a.m., members of the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Sex Offender Task Force conducted a compliance investigation at a residence in the 3400 block of Drayer Lane in Fernley, Nevada. The investigation was initiated after the Lyon County
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STOREY COUNTY, NV - In March of 2026, the Storey County Sheriff's Office received a report from a business in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center for possible embezzlement. Upon investigation over the subsequent weeks, it was determined the suspect, Tracy Hansen (age 37 of Fallon, NV), had embezzled approximately
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2026 Fernley, NV – On June 1, 2026, at approximately 4:30 p.m., deputies with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Northern Command Area responded to the 1600 block of Burger Road in Fernley, Nevada, for a report of a shooting involving one victim. Upon
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Yerington, NV – On May 19, 2026, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the United States Marshals Service located Twyla Defond and Abbygale Smith, who had been reported missing during an ongoing Lyon County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Since receiving the initial report, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division