by Community Reports/Events | Jun 11, 2021 | Crime, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, News Releases
Traffic stop in Bishop becomes a high-speed vehicle pursuit. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office reported that on June 10 at approximately 7:50pm Sheriff’s Deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop in the Bishop area on Steven Ariaz, a 37-year-old Bishop man who...
by Community Reports/Events | Jun 1, 2021 | Crime, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement, National Park Service, United States Forest Service
It should not come as any surprise that just because cannabis has been legalized, the illegal trade in growing and selling it has not. There is simply far too much money involved. Cannabis is estimated to be the largest cash crop in California with a value of more...
by News Staff | Apr 25, 2021 | Crime, Obituaries
[SWM Editor’s Note: The aunt of Elizabeth Peterson, a.k.a. Copeland, murdered in Benton on February 19, 2021, covered by Sierra Wave, asked that we share this remembrance of her niece with our readers. Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Ms....
by Community Reports/Events | Apr 14, 2021 | Crime, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release
Occasionally here at Sierra Wave News, we try to keep you informed on robocalls, fake email messages and other online scams. This one, being ‘Catfished,” is not the same as being “Phished” (pronounced “Fished”), although both target unsuspecting men and women. It may...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 31, 2021 | Crime, Mono County Sheriff's Office
Proving that what happens in Mono County does not stay in Mono County any more than it ever has in Las Vegas, the story of the double-homicide discovered on November 9, 2020 ten miles north of Bridgeport by a snowplow operator, has an international interest. Sierra...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 29, 2021 | Crime, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement, Mono County Sheriff's Office
In an update to Arrests Made in Bridgeport Double Homicide posted on Thursday, March 25, the following day, Friday, March 26 found two of the three suspects, 34-year-old Cory Spurlock and his 32 -year-old wife, Orit Oged, appearing before Missoula Justice Court Judge...
