Customer Arrested After Licking Items in a Grocery Store in South Lake Tahoe, CA Yesterday afternoon, April 7, South Lake Tahoe Police officers responded to a call of a customer “licking” groceries inside of a Safeway grocery store. The suspect was subsequently arrested for felony vandalism, The City of South Lake Tahoe wrote on their website. RELATED: Steamboat Springs, CO Resident Facing Felony Charge for Encouraging Kids to ‘Lick Things’ to Spread ‘Fake Virus’ […] SnowBrains | April 8, 2020 2 Comments
Criminal Investigation Underway at Austrian Ski Resort Linked to Thousands of Coronavirus Cases A criminal investigation has been opened at Ischgl, a popular Austrian ski town well-known for its party and après scene, into allegations that an initial coronavirus infection was covered up at the local ski resort which we now are considering as the center of the European outbreak. Hundreds of new cases in Germany, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark have been traced […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 27, 2020 0 Comments
California Couple with Lake Tahoe Vacation Rentals Plead Guilty to Defrauding Investors of $1-BILLION The owners of a solar energy company based out of the San Francisco Bay Area just plead guilty to defrauding investors of $1 billion with a massive Ponzi scheme they had been running for years, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reports. Jeff Carpoff, 49, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, and is facing up to 30 […] Martin Kuprianowicz | January 29, 2020 0 Comments
Former Aspen SkiCo Executive’s Wife Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft It’s been a month since the former SkiCo executive Derek Johnson pleaded guilty to felony theft for the illegal sales of thousands of stolen rental skis. Tuesday, his wife, Kerri Johnson, 48, followed suit by pleading guilty in the Pitkin County District Court to class 4 felony theft. Derek Johnson, 52, was a former executive at The Aspen Skiing Company, […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 19, 2019 0 Comments
One of These Lake Tahoe Ticket Thieves is Back in Custody After Violating Probation After his conviction of embezzlement in July of 2016, Mark E. Graham, is back in custody after allegedly violating probation. He lasted about 9 months before finding a reason to update his mug shot. He was originally convicted for selling fraudulent Heavenly lift vouchers in 2016. Back in the 15-16 season, fraudulent passes started showing up at Kirkwood, Heavenly, and Northstar. According […] Industry News Katy Shipley | May 22, 2018 0 Comments
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