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Man Arrested For Igniting Fire In Valley Springs
Valley Springs, CA — A Calaveras County man has been arrested for allegedly starting the fire that ignited on Wednesday afternoon behind the Valley Springs Ace Hardware store on Highway 26. The blaze ignited at around 4:40 pm and burned 16.3 acres. Prior to CAL Fire’s arrival, a witness...
Jamestown Search Results In Three Drug Sale Arrests
Jamestown, CA – A search warrant that netted deadly fentanyl at a home in Jamestown also ended with three arrests for drug sales. Those arrests resulted from last month’s return of the sheriff’s Tuolumne Narcotics Team (TNT). Over the last few weeks, members have been investigating 39-year-old Daniel Stephen Curtis of Jamestown and 43-year-old Gina Maria Chiodo of Sonora for the sale of fentanyl within the county. On Wednesday (8/21) morning, TNT agents served the search warrant at a residence in the 18200 block of Ninth Avenue in Jamestown.
Scammers Using CHP To Trick Public
Sonora, CA — The Sonora unit of the CHP warns of a scam hitting the Mother Lode that impersonates one of its officers to get personal information from victims. The CHP was alerted to the scam after getting several calls from people checking to see if the unit was asking the public for donations. This is not a new scam, but one that is popular with con artists. A scammer using a ‘No caller ID’ number identifies themselves as a CHP officer and asks the person to donate to a cause, like purchasing new equipment, to obtain personal identifying information.
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