El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office

Crime Mapping Program

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office would like to highlight a very informative and useful feature on our website, our Crime Mapping feature operated thorugh CrimeReports™.  While this feature has been on our website for several years, we feel it is a great resource for our citizens, and we want to remind you about how to utilize it.

The Crime Mapping Program is a link that takes you to the CrimeReports™ website.  This website is a nationwide website that has an established datalink to our Records Management System.  Every 24 hours, CrimeReports™ receives updated information from the Sheriff’s Office and maps out where incidents have occurred.  The program also shows registered sex offender information and has advanced search features that allow searches over timeframes set by the user.

To observe activity in El Dorado County, you simply click on the “Crime Mapping” link on the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office website, which takes you to the CrimeReports™ website.  Once on the website, you may need to enter “El Dorado County” into the search bar and click the search symbol to see activity in our county.  Once you have El Dorado County as your page, you simply click on an icon to see where and what the recent activity was, or click on the “Show Details” box for a summary of all incidents currently posted.

You can complete advanced searches, set up an email alert for activity, see details of incidents, and submit crime tips.

We hope this information will assist in keeping our citizens informed and educated to criminal activity in their neighborhoods and the surrounding neighborhoods.

PRESS RELEASE

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

5400 Block of Shangrala Lane, Camino

On February 10th, at approximately 11:15 pm, Deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a person having been assaulted with a knife in the 5400 block of Shangrala Lane in Camino.  Upon arrival Deputies made contact with a 24 year Camino man who was suffering from stab and laceration wounds.  The victim was immediately transported to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries, and at this time the victim is in stable condition.

According to the victim and witnesses, a vehicle arrived at the residence and two men approached the door of the residence asking for an individual who was not a resident at this home.  When the victim told the suspects that the person they were looking for did not live at this house, a verbal argument ensued.  After the suspects refused to leave the property, the argument turned physical between the two parties.  During the fight one of the suspects pulled out a knife and proceeded to stab and cut the victim.

The victim was able to return to his residence and call 911 for assistance.  The suspects returned to their vehicle (Silver/Gray Ford Taurus, unknown year) and fled prior to the arrival of Deputies.  The suspects are described as white male adults, approximately 30-40 years of age, thin build.

Due to the seriousness of this crime and the active nature of the investigation, the name of the victim is being withheld at this time.

If you have any information on this incident please contact Detective Dan Fulton at (530) 642-4715.

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Late in the evening on February 4th, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a several 911 calls reporting a woman screaming in the 2700 block of La Crescenta Drive in Cameron Park.

Responding Deputies located a woman with serious burns to her lower body.  The woman was transported by paramedics to a local emergency room burn unit for evaluation and treatment.  Deputies determined that the burns were allegedly sustained during a domestic argument.

Detectives responded to assist with investigation of the incident and determined that 28 year old Cameron Park resident Curtis Menezes, the woman’s boyfriend, had allegedly poured gasoline on her and set her on fire during a domestic argument.  Menezes was arrested on charges that included assault with a caustic chemical and he was transported to the Placerville jail where he is being held on $100,000 bail.

Any additional details or information relevant to the case can be forwarded to Detective Payne with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department at (530) 642-4710 or [email protected].

 Curtis Menezes