On 05/08/15 at 7:18 PM, deputies responded to the Fairplay Road, Mount Aukum area for a reported kidnapping by force. The suspect was allegedly armed with a gun and held a female adult against her will. The female was a passenger in the suspect’s vehicle, a GMC 4X4 Pickup Truck, headed towards Highway 50.

On Highway 50 in the area of Red Hawk Parkway, the suspect vehicle was located and pulled over by Deputy Sean Gillespie. Deputy Bryan Payne and his partner assisted with the traffic stop. Due to the driver possibly being armed, the deputies had the occupants exit the vehicle at gunpoint. The driver was later identified as 34 year-old Sumanpreet Singh of Sacramento.

Singh was not very cooperative with the deputies. He would not follow basic directions and actively pulled away and resisted when handcuffed. He appeared to have been drinking but refused to cooperate with a DUI Investigation. Searching his vehicle, deputies located a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun and a Ruger .22 rifle.

The female that was with Singh said she was scared but had not been kidnapped. Deputies transported her to Folsom where she could catch a ride home. Singh was subsequently arrested for carrying a concealed firearm, under his immediate control in his vehicle, and resisting arrest. He was released on $10,000.00 bond.

Lt. Tom Murdoch

Booking photo of Sumanpreet Singh

Yesterday at approximately 1:00 PM, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a robbery that had just occurred at the El Dorado Savings Bank, located at 4060 Coach Lane, in Cameron Park. The bank robbery suspect has been identified as Mark Spier, a 19 year-old white male that is between 5’07” and 5’10” tall with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was clean-shaven at the time but has facial acne. He was last seen wearing red basketball shorts with a white design near the knee, blue shoes and a white t-shirt. The depicted light grey long sleeve sweatshirt in the below photo has been recovered.

Spier is known to frequent the Cameron Park area. An active arrest warrant has been issued for his arrest. Any information regarding Spier’s whereabouts can be relayed to El Dorado County Central Dispatch at (530) 621-6600.

Lt. Tom Murdoch

Spier walking into the Bank

Spier inside the Bank

Spier’s Booking Photo from 3/2015

Today at about 12:52PM, the Sheriff’s Office received a call from the El Dorado Savings Bank in Cameron Park that they had just been robbed. The suspect was described as a white male adult in his 20’s, about 5’ 8” with a thin build, brown hair in a buzz cut, facial acne, wearing a plain white t-shirt and red basketball type shorts. No weapon was seen. The robber left the Bank with an undisclosed amount of money towards the rear of the building. Sheriff’s Deputies have established a perimeter and are currently checking the area.

Lt. Tom Murdoch