On 04/30/15 at about 1:00 PM, deputies responded to Red Hawk Casino for a fraudulent use of a credit card. Red Hawk Casino Security reported two persons inside the Casino attempted to use forged or stolen credit cards in an attempt to obtain cash. One was described as a Hispanic Male Adult and the other an African American Female Adult.

Deputies Jeff Sargent and Jeremy Funk met with Security and learned the Hispanic Male had left. Security however identified him as Edmundo Gomez Ruiz who was last seen accompanied by another unidentified male in a silver BMW. Contacting the female, she identified herself as 24 year-old Jasiah Paulinedeann Girtman of San Rafael. During the course of the investigation, Girtman had multiple credit cards in her and several other people’s names. Deputy Sargent arrested Girtman for possession of forged credit cards and possession of narcotic paraphernalia.

Security notified the deputies that a black Ford Explorer associated with Girtman was still parked in the Casino parking lot. On the 5th floor of the parking garage, Deputy Funk and Sgt. Darin Lewis located the Explorer and found it to be occupied by 43 year-old Aaron Dade of San Francisco. Dade was in possession of more forged credit cards and cash. Deputy Funk took him into custody for using the illegal credit cards. Both Girtman and Dade were transported and booked into the El Dorado County Jail. At booking, Dade’s bail was enhanced due to prior felony convictions.

Information led deputies to believe there were more people involved and they might be staying at the Motel 6 in Cameron Park. Deputy Funk, Deputy Blake Alvarez, Special Enforcement Detail (SED) Deputy Daryl Miller, SED Deputy Ryan Carpenter, Detective Simon Brown, and Sgt. Lewis went to the motel to freeze two rooms in preparation of a search warrant. In the motel, Deputy Funk contacted a female outside one of the rooms who identified herself as 39 year-old Alison Hash of San Francisco. In the parking lot of the same motel Deputy Alvarez noticed a silver BMW occupied by two males. He contacted and detained the occupants identified as 37 year-old Morteza Hossein Ghezavat of Millbrae and 52 year-old Edmundo Gomez Ruiz of Richmond. Gomez Ruiz was the Hispanic Male Adult that left Red Hawk Casino before the first deputies arrived.

More credit cards, debit cards, and gift cards were found in the BMW. There were also up to 200 various four digit number sequences that could be imprinted onto blank cards. A machine that manufactures credit cards was also located. Ghezavat was arrested for possession of the replica credit cards and 7 warrants for his arrest out of the Bay Area. Added at booking was an enhancement for a prior felony conviction and being on probation. Gomez Ruiz was arrested for intent to defraud. Both were booked into the El Dorado County Jail.

In a motel room, evidence of credit card manufacturing was located. Alison Hash, who had been contacted outside the room in the hall, was arrested for using another person’s identity to obtain illegal credit and an outstanding felony arrest warrant out of Sacramento County. She had with her a second credit card manufacturing machine, a reader-writer machine that is used to copy credit card numbers onto a magnetic strip, more blank credit cards and numbers, and other items used to make fake credit cards. Hash was transported to the El Dorado Jail. Her bail was also enhanced due to prior felony convictions. It is estimated the group had hundreds of stolen credit card numbers in their (joint) possession. The case is still under investigation.

Lt. Tom Murdoch

Above is the Booking photo of Jasiah Paulinedeann Girtman

Above is the Booking photo of Aaron Dade

Above is the Booking photo of Morteza Hossein Ghezavat

Above is the Booking photo of Edmundo Gomez Ruiz

Above is the Booking photo of Alison Hash

On 4/28/15 at about 6:00 PM, deputies were dispatched to a battery in progress in the 3400 block of Tah Nee Way in El Dorado Hills. The caller stated two male adults had been in a fight and one was seriously injured.

At the scene, deputies contacted the involved parties. One was inside the house and the other was outside. One person had obvious injuries that required medical attention. Medics who had staged down the street were called-in for medical aid. The adult male who was injured stated he had been punched by 54 year- old Douglas Hus.

The injured male told deputies he was at a home he and his wife just sold with a realtor when his wife drove up. His wife was followed to the home by another motorist, identified as Douglas Hus. Douglas Hus is her previous spouse. In the driveway, the victim stated Hus was confrontational with his wife and he stepped between them. During a heated exchange, Hus unexpectedly hit him.

Deputies interviewed Douglas Hus who was still at the scene. Witnesses were also interviewed and the victim’s injuries were photographed. The victim told the deputies he wanted Hus arrested.

At about 6:50 PM, deputies arrested Douglas Huss for Battery with Serious Bodily Injury, a felony, and transported to the El Dorado County Jail. He is still in custody.

Lt. Tom Murdoch

Booking photo of Douglas Hus

On 04/26/2015, an alert El Dorado County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputy assigned to the K9 Unit spotted Abram Sassenberg, a wanted felon, driving a vehicle in Pollock Pines. Sassenberg was on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) and he had an active felony warrant out for his arrest. Sassenberg also had a suspended driver’s license and was not to be operating a motor vehicle.  Sassenberg refused to yield after Deputies attempted to perform a traffic stop on him so that he could be arrested and taken back into custody.

Sassenberg led Deputies on a vehicle pursuit that traveled through Camino and ended in Placerville. Deputies successfully ended the pursuit by deploying two sets of spike strips to disable the vehicle Sassenberg was fleeing in. After being stopped by the spike strips and a team of Deputies, Sassenberg was found to be in possession of ammunition, methamphetamine and a methamphetamine smoking pipe.

Sassenberg was booked into the El Dorado County Jail in Placerville on the following felony charges: 2800.2 VC, felony evading of a peace officer with a disregard for safety of persons/property, 30305(A)(1) PC, felon in possession of ammunition and 3455 PC, Post Release Community Supervision revocation. Sassenberg was also booked on the following misdemeanor charges: 11377(a) possession of methamphetamine and 11364(a) possession of narcotics paraphernalia.

Sheriff John D’Agostini’s Patrol Deputies continue to practice “total enforcement on crime and criminals” as they proactively look for wanted criminals and those violating the terms of Post Release Community Supervision in El Dorado County.

Abram Sassenberg