Crime News Archives • This is Reno

May 24, 2019

Out of service parking kiosk in downtown Reno.

City Parking Enforcement Practice Changes After Court Ruling (Subscriber Content)

April 23, 2019 Bob Conrad

The City of Reno is one of the municipalities that chalks tires. But it is changing that practice. [More.]

FALLON: Alleged Church Shooter Still Not Competent to Stand Trial

February 27, 2019 ThisIsReno

John O’Connor returned to the Churchill County District Court in Fallon before District Judge Thomas Stockyard for a 6-month mental health review hearing. [More.]

School District Employee Faces Assault Charge in Douglas County

January 30, 2019 Bob Conrad

Washoe County School District employee William Herrera is facing a charge of assault in Douglas County from an incident that occurred last year. [More.]

WASHOE COUNTY DA: School Police Shooting of Hug High Student Was Justified (Subscriber Content)

January 22, 2019 Bob Conrad

Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks said that the December, 2016, shooting of a student at Hugh High School was justified use of force. [More.]

Police at Hug High School after a school police officer shot a student who was waving knives. Image: Ty O'Neil.

Arbitrator: School District Violated State Law When It Fired Assistant Principal

January 14, 2019 Bob Conrad

An arbitrator said Washoe County School District Superintendent Traci Davis broke the law when she fired an employee before a legally required arbitration hearing. [More.]

School District’s Use of Student Drug Informant Called Risky, Troubling

January 10, 2019 Bob Conrad

The Washoe County School District documented the use of a high-school student serving as an informant in a drug investigation, a practice called secretive, risky, and troubling. [More.]

Police symposium held in 2017. Image: Ty O'Neil.

Northern Nevada HOPES Provides Mental Health Services to Inmates

January 1, 2019 Bob Conrad

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Police: Homeless Woman Arrested for Murder of Another Homeless Woman

December 20, 2018 ThisIsReno

Reno Police today said that an arrest has been made for the murder of a homeless woman found Sunday near train tracks and the 2000 block of East Fourth Street. Police said that Anita Rohr, [More.]

Police Seek Answers in Homeless Woman’s Murder

December 18, 2018 ThisIsReno

The Reno Police Department identified today the woman found dead near train tracks and East Fourth Street on Sunday. Melinda Tucker, 30, was homeless but from the Reno area. She was found Sunday at about [More.]

The James Hoff Peace Officers Memorial at Idlewild Park. Image: Ty O'Neil.

PODCAST: Solutions Season 2, Episode 4: “The Stabbing”

December 4, 2018 Bob Conrad

What unfolds in this podcast is the story of how many lives were irreversibly ruined because of grave errors made by numerous people — from cocky, maladjusted youth to the highest levels of the Reno [More.]