Sheriff John D’Agostini is pleased to announce the opening of the Sheriff’s Georgetown Substation. The decision to open a Georgetown substation stems from community input desiring an increase in deputy presence and to provide a centralized location for the citizens who live in the surrounding area.

The substation is located at 6101 Front Street, Suite 4 in Georgetown and will open to the public for the first time on June 2, 2014. The substation will be staffed by the Sheriff’s S.T.A.R. (Senior Team of Active Retirees) volunteers from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The S.T.A.R. volunteers will have crime prevention information and will try to answer any question you may have or they will direct you to the proper resource for assistance. Due to staffing availability the substation will be closed on Wednesdays, weekends and major holidays.

Deputies will be stopping by the substation periodically and will be available for contact when they are there. If there is a marked Sheriff’s patrol vehicle present at the substation a deputy will be available. Stop by and say hello.

Remember this is just one more way to contact the Sheriff’s Office. There are many other ways to get assistance you need from the Sheriff’s Office. If you have an emergency, call 911. If you want to file a non-emergency crime report you can request a deputy through the Sheriff’s Central Dispatch non-emergency phone number in Placerville at 530-621-6600 or in South Lake Tahoe at 530-573-3300. If you are reporting a crime and the suspect is NOT named, known, or identified, there are NO investigative leads that can lead to an arrest, and there is NO likelihood that an arrest will be made based on the information provided, you can file a report through the Sheriff’s online reporting system via the Sheriff’s website at https://www.edcgov.us/sheriff/ . Online reports are normally the types of reports used for insurance purposes.

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On Monday 4/14/14 a 15 year old boy reported to the Sheriff’s Office that he had received sexually suggestive and descriptive text messages from an unknown 26 year old male, who identified himself as Glenn Coco. The text messages described the man’s sexual desires for the 15 year old. Additionally the 26 year old sent the boy homemade pornographic videos of himself performing sexual acts and numerous suggestive photographs. The 26 year old initiated conversations with the boy and his desire to meet the boy. “Glenn Coco” began casual conversation several months earlier in an attempt to groom the boy into becoming his partner for sexual pleasure.

El Dorado County Detectives immediately began investigating the case against this sexual predator, who was targeting an unsuspecting youth in our community. The 26 year old was identified several days later as Glenn O’Rourke from Placerville. An arrest warrant was requested for O’Rourke through the District Attorney’s Office. With the assistance of the 15 year old boy, Detectives contacted O’Rourke using the boy’s cellular telephone and impersonated the boy. A meeting date and location was quickly established. O’Rourke never made it to meeting location. Detectives were in place and arrested O’Rourke without incident. He was later booked into the county jail and his bail is $250,000.00.

El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini takes these types of cases extremely seriously. Sexual Predator cases are fully and completely investigated to keep our children and communities safe.

Detectives do not believe the 15 year old in this case is O’Rourke’s only victim. Anyone with information regarding O’Rourke (aka. Coco) is asked to call Detective Rich Horn at 530-642-4715.

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Original release March 07, 2014

At approximately 5:48 this morning a residence on the 1600 Block of Rose Lane, Placerville was reported to be on fire. El Dorado County Fire responded to the location and put out the fire. Two unidentified adult females were found deceased in the residence. The residence was mostly destroyed by the fire.

Arson investigators responded to the scene along with Coroner and Sheriff’s Office investigative personnel. An investigation is currently being conducted to determine the cause of the fire and the cause of the victims deaths.

At this time the victims have not been identified.

UPDATE: 03/08/14 A victim of the fatal fire has been identified as 62 year old Carol Hague, a resident of the house destroyed in the fire. Investigators are still working on positively identifying the other victim that firefighters found in the residence. Investigators are expecting it to be a few days before this can be accomplished.The cause of their deaths and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

UPDATE: 03/10/14 The El Dorado County Coroner’s Office has identified the second victim of the fatal residential fire that occurred on Friday March 7, 2014 as 58 year old Crystal Ann Ward.

The cause of the two victims deaths has been determined as gunshot wounds however the manner in which they received those gunshot wounds is still under investigation.

UPDATE 04/24/14: After a thorough investigation, Sheriff John D’Agostini’s investigations section has determined that the decedents in the Rose Lane fire incident were the result of a murder suicide. It has been determined that homeowner Crystal Ward shot roommate Carolyn Hague and set the house ablaze with the use of flammable liquids, before turning the weapon on herself, committing suicide.