by Community Reports/Events | Aug 29, 2020 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement, News Releases, Press Release
UPDATE 8/28/2020: The latest information from authorities is that Matthew David Hays, a 35-year old man who threatened motorists and officers just north of Pearsonville on Monday, August 24, has been arrested today and is no longer “on-the-lam.” How this...
by Community Reports/Events | Aug 24, 2020 | Bishop Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement
(Revised/Update: 8/25/3:30pm) At 10:30 pm Monday night details are still sketchy, but Sierra Wave has heard from numerous sources that a large police response took place on Monday afternoon of an officer involved incident near Pearsonville, in which, purportedly, a...
by News Staff | Aug 11, 2020 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement, News Releases, Obituaries
[Press Release from Inyo County Sheriff: August 11, 2020] WEST OF MANZANAR, INYO COUNTY, CA, August 11, 2020 – On August 8, 2020 Inyo County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a report from a hiker of a potentially deceased female in the foothills west of Manzanar National...
by News Staff | Aug 5, 2020 | Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement, News Releases
BISHOP, Calif. (AP) — A member of a Nevada search and rescue team fell to his death while climbing a mountain in California’s Sierra Nevada, authorities said Tuesday. Paul Sheykhzadeh, 52, of Reno was hiking Mount Humphreys on Sunday, August 2nd, when he fell off of...
by News Staff | Aug 1, 2020 | Fire, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement, News Releases, Press Release
[UPDATE NOTE FROM LADWP ON POWER OUTAGE: (August 1, 2020) Approximately 100 residential and 4 commercial/business customers were without power due to a traffic accident that occurred overnight.It was restored by 6PM this evening.] ORIGINAL REPORT OF INCIDENT FROM INYO...
by News Staff | Jul 24, 2020 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, Law Enforcement, News Releases
The irony of law enforcement is that often it has little to do with cops and robbers, and a lot more to do with just simply helping citizens that need assistance. In rural counties especially, it’s important to have public servants capable of responding to...