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- Special Court Session in Honor of Richard Jones
  Posted: July 19, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Releases New Surveillance Footage in Cold Case Homicide of Manpreet Singh
  Posted: July 12, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Four First Degree Murder Convictions in Murder of Pete Carl Thomas
  Posted: July 7, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- DA Final Report Officer Involved Shooting Kris Michael Jackson
  Posted: June 22, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces New Website and Partnership to Assist The Cold Case Task Force
  Posted: June 9, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Another Successful Year Of Project Lead
  Posted: June 7, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction for Michael Wilson
  Posted: April 20, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Plans for Observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
  Posted: March 17, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Plans for Observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
  Posted: March 17, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- In Memory of Deputy District Attorney Katie Dobler
  Posted: February 17, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- Vern Pierson Regrettably and Sadly Announces the Passing of El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Katie Dobler
  Posted: February 14, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces The Conviction Of Sex Offender Bradley Scalise
  Posted: February 7, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Felony Conviction of Serial Identity Theft Defendants Aman Izatt and Jarrod Izatt to 24 Years Prison
  Posted: February 2, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces The 3rd District Court of Appeal Ruling that District Attorney’s Offices Are Not Barred from Using the Grand Jury to Investigate Officer Involved Shootings
  Posted: January 11, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces The 3rd District Court of Appeal Ruling that District Attorney’s Offices Are Not Barred from Using the Grand Jury to Investigate Officer Involved Shootings
  Posted: January 11, 2017
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney's Office Vertical Prosecution Unit Fights to Prevent Lethal Drunk Driving in El Dorado County
  Posted: August 19, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Invites you to Learn More About the DA's Office at the El Dorado County Fair
  Posted: June 16, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Arrest and Extradition of Fugitive Dion Vaccaro on Murder and Robbery Charges
  Posted: May 31, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Issues Public Service Announcement “Enjoy Tahoe, But Don’t Be Conned”
  Posted: March 24, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Convictions of Adam James Sanford for Robbery and Assault with a Firearm
  Posted: March 23, 2016
- This Dog has the Power to Save a Veteran's Life
  Posted: February 23, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Release of Cold Case Homicide Video Mother's Day Murder of 16 Year Old Jenny Claire Campbell
  Posted: January 20, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Release of Cold Case Homicide Video Mother's Day Murder of 16 Year Old Jenny Claire Campbell
  Posted: January 15, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- Third District Court of Appeal Rejects Ray Nutting’s Attempt to Retain His Seat on Board of Supervisors
  Posted: July 31, 2014
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Sentencing of Supervisor Raymond J. Nutting and His Removal from Office
  Posted: June 6, 2014
- This Cinco de Mayo, Who’s Your Sober Driver?
  Posted: May 5, 2014
- Designate a Sober Driver This St. Patrick’s Day
  Posted: March 13, 2014
- U.S. Attorney’s Office Distributes $263,500 in Forfeited Proceeds of Interstate Marijuana Trafficking
  Posted: February 6, 2014
- DUI Arrests Down & DUI Fatalities Down
  Posted: January 2, 2014
- El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office Fields Special DUI Prosecution Program
  Posted: November 21, 2013
- El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office & Sheriff’s Office Continues Support For “Texting and Driving It Can Wait” Campaign
  Posted: September 17, 2013
- El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office Announces the Conviction and Sentencing of Mr. Patrick Senatore
  Posted: August 12, 2013
- Eric Lee Hatfield Convicted for 23 Counts of Sexual Abuse of a Child Under the Age of 14
  Posted: November 21, 2016
- Puppy Broker Sentenced in Felony Animal Cruelty Case
  Posted: November 21, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Matthew Gray Evans for Assault With A Deadly Weapon
  Posted: October 7, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Robert Anthony Roser for Child Abuse Likely to Produce Great Bodily Harm or Death
  Posted: October 3, 2016
- Beware of Internet Predators - PSA from El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson
  Posted: September 16, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- El Dorado County AVOID The 6 DUI Campaign Weekend – Final Report
  Posted: September 7, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Child Abduction Suspect Arrested In Mexico
  Posted: September 6, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Brett Reid for Assault with a Deadly Weapon
  Posted: August 29, 2016
- Local Law Enforcement Agencies Conduct Successful OTS DUI Warrant Sweep
  Posted: August 29, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Misdemeanor Conviction of Evan Michael Lyons for Resisting An Executive Officer and Battery Upon An Officer
  Posted: August 26, 2016
- Roy Roth Pleads Guilty To The Second Degree Murder Of His Wife, Deborah Roth
  Posted: August 2, 2016
- Remembering A Hero: 9 Years Ago CHP Officer Douglas Scott Russell Murdered
  Posted: August 1, 2016
- Attention Firearm Owners Receive A Reward And Help Solve The 1986 Murder of Halley Wing
  Posted: July 27, 2016
- The Abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard; Part 2 - Phillip Garrido: Sexual Predator
  Posted: July 15, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Release of Video – 1982 Cold Case Homicide Revisited Marilyn Putt and Julie Schossow
  Posted: July 7, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Michael Adam Jordan for Possession of Stolen Vehicle
  Posted: July 1, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction Of Steven Robert Moon For Possessing Methamphetamine For Sale And Felon In Possession Of Firearm
  Posted: June 24, 2016
- Taking Crime Prevention from the Courtroom to the Classroom
  Posted: June 17, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces and Congratulates Investigative Assistant Craig Hellberg on Receiving The El Dorado Hills Rotary Club 2016 Officer of the Year Award
  Posted: June 15, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Martin Richard Urjevich for Possession of Ammunition By A Convicted Felon
  Posted: June 10, 2016
- The Abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard 25 Years Later - Part 1
  Posted: June 10, 2016
- If You See Something, Say Something
  Posted: June 3, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Paul Lee Moreau for Assault with a Deadly Weapon Causing Great Bodily Injury
  Posted: May 20, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces and Congratulates Deputy District Attorney Worth Dikeman on Receiving the Prestigious CDAA Career Achievement
  Posted: May 12, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Conviction of Darryl Owen Freeman for Child Sexual Abuse
  Posted: May 6, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Conviction of Douglas Carter Ernst for Felony Elder Abuse
  Posted: April 29, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Release of Cold Case Homicide Video of 28 Year Old Debney Lynn Lobanoff
  Posted: April 22, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- Beverly Lodge Homicide Suspect Arrested in Texas
  Posted: April 19, 2016
- King Fire Arsonist Pleads Guilty
  Posted: April 8, 2016
  Department: District Attorney
- Possible Change of Plea in Wayne Huntsman King Fire Case
  Posted: April 6, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Issues Public Safety Alert Regarding Laced Norco
  Posted: April 1, 2016
- Attempted Cop Killer Brian Montgomery Denied Parole
  Posted: March 11, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Conviction of Eric Mehlmauer for the Killing of Tobias Kaiser
  Posted: March 8, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Archie Ray Proudfoot for Felony Domestic Violence
  Posted: February 26, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Issues Public Service Announcement on Veterans and the Price They Pay
  Posted: February 23, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Conviction of Matthew Daryl Mcpheeters for Felony Weapon and Drug Charges
  Posted: February 17, 2016
- Game Plan for Super Bowl 50: Are You Drinking or Are You Driving?
  Posted: February 5, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Roy Dale Todd for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Under the Age of 14
  Posted: February 4, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Louis Paul MacDonald for Felony Domestic Violence and False Imprisonment
  Posted: January 27, 2016
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Felony Conviction of Trev Peter Holmes for Felony Kidnapping and Domestic Violence
  Posted: January 20, 2016
- Drunk Driving Ruins the Holidays
  Posted: December 22, 2015
- On Halloween, and Every Day, Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving
  Posted: October 30, 2015
- Impaired Motorist Who Killed and Injured Passengers in South Lake Tahoe Collision Pleads No Contest to Gross Vehicular Manslaughter and Driving Under the Influence Causing Gross Bodily Injury
  Posted: September 22, 2015
- El Dorado County AVOID DUI Campaign Labor Day Weekend Report
  Posted: September 10, 2015
- July 4, 2015 DUI Campaign Update
  Posted: July 9, 2015
- This Fourth of July Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
  Posted: July 2, 2015
  Department: District Attorney
- Drunk Driver Who Killed Two People in Highway 50 Collision Sentenced to Maximum 12 Years in State Prison
  Posted: June 16, 2015
- Memorial Day Weekend Holiday DUI Crackdown
  Posted: May 26, 2015
- Cinco de Mayo: Fiesta Time or Jail Time?
  Posted: May 5, 2015
- Out Of County Man Sentenced to Five Years State Prison for Felony Driving Under the Influence
  Posted: April 28, 2015
- District Attorney Vern Pierson Announced Today That Human Remains in a Cold Case Homicide Have Been Identified
  Posted: April 2, 2015
- Be a Saint Drive Sober
  Posted: March 16, 2015
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Felony Dui Conviction of Five Time DUI Offender Michael Ramirez
  Posted: March 2, 2015
- Andrew Sanford Sentenced for First Degree Murder in 1980 Slaying of 16 Year Old South Lake Tahoe Gas Station Attendant Richard Swanson
  Posted: February 24, 2015
- District Attorney’s Office Announced Today the Conviction of a Career Criminal for Residential Burglary ends a County Wide Crime Wave
  Posted: February 20, 2015
- County Wide Crime Spree Has Come to an End, with A 17 Count Felony Conviction
  Posted: February 4, 2015
- Game Plan for Super Bowl Sunday: Are You Drinking or Driving?
  Posted: January 28, 2015
- Charges Have Been Filed In The Cold Case Homicide Of Tobias Kaiser
  Posted: January 20, 2015
- Winter Holiday AVOID DUI Campaign Final Report
  Posted: January 5, 2015
- Winter Holiday AVOID DUI Campaign December 29 Update
  Posted: December 29, 2014
- Winter Holiday AVOID DUI Campaign
  Posted: December 22, 2014
- El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson Announces Grand Jury Indictment Against Wayan Allan Huntsman
  Posted: December 15, 2014
- Todd Alan Winkler Has Been Found Guilty in the First Degree Murder of His Wife, Rachel Marie Winkler
  Posted: October 22, 2014
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Calls on Governor Brown to Immediately Sign SB 930 to Reinstate Penalties for Aggravated Arson
  Posted: September 19, 2014
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces Filing of Criminal Complaint Against Wayne Allen Huntsman
  Posted: September 18, 2014
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Sends Letter to the Editor of the Sacramento Bee Regarding Recent Editorials
  Posted: September 12, 2014
- Independence Day Holiday Weekend AVOID DUI Campaign
  Posted: July 7, 2014
- El Dorado County Avoid the 6 DUI Task Force Independence Day Weekend Schedule of Operations
  Posted: June 30, 2014
- This Fourth of July - Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
  Posted: June 30, 2014
- DUI Task Force Campaign Update
  Posted: May 26, 2014
- Memorial Day Weekend Holiday DUI Crackdown
  Posted: May 20, 2014
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Sentencing of Poor Reds Owners
  Posted: May 12, 2014
- Everett Guilty Of 12 Sex Crimes Against A Child
  Posted: May 9, 2014
- Andrew Sanford Found Guilty of First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances
  Posted: April 28, 2014
- Jury Finds Two Time DUI Driver Guilty of Murder in the Death of a Camino Woman
  Posted: February 7, 2014
- Conviction of Former Lions Education Foundation Treasurer Kent Maloney
  Posted: January 31, 2014
- Winter Holiday Avoid DUI Campaign Update
  Posted: December 16, 2013
- Holiday Boozers Beware
  Posted: December 9, 2013
- Deputy District Attorney Joseph Alexandre Receives Prosecutor of the Year Award
  Posted: November 6, 2013
- The Avoid the 6 Your County DUI Task Force is Cracking Down on Drunk Drivers this Halloween
  Posted: October 28, 2013
- Larry Lee Halverson Found Guilty of Gross Negligence Vehicular Manslaughter
  Posted: October 7, 2013
- Avoid the 30 El Dorado County DUI Campaign
  Posted: August 19, 2013
- Man Sentenced to 10 Years 8 Months Custody Time For Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
  Posted: August 14, 2013
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Arrest of El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting
  Posted: May 28, 2013
- El Dorado County District Attorney Apprehends Fugitive Brandi Morgan Thomas
  Posted: May 9, 2013
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Arrest of Poor Reds Owners Michael and Brenda Adams for Tax Evasion
  Posted: April 17, 2013
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson Announces the Arrest of Former Lions Education Foundation Treasurer in Embezzling Scheme
  Posted: March 15, 2013
- Special DUI Prosecution Program
  Posted: February 22, 2013
- Dangers of Texting and Driving
  Posted: February 13, 2013
- Arrest of former South Lake Tahoe marijuana dispensary owner Gennaro (Gino) DiMatteo on federal charges
  Posted: November 2, 2012
- El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson and El Dorado County Child Support Services Director Laura Roth announce the arrest of 58 year old Martin Seebach
  Posted: October 30, 2012
- El Dorado County District Attorney and Sheriff Announce Arrest of South Lake Tahoe Marijuana Dispensary Owner Gennaro Dimatteo
  Posted: August 31, 2012
- EL DORADO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY VERN PIERSON ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF CIVIL CHARGES
  Posted: July 27, 2012
- Findings Re: Jaycee Lee Dugard Case
  Posted: August 2, 2011
- District Attorney Release Regarding Jaycee Dugard Abduction July 12 2011
  Posted: July 12, 2011
  Department: District Attorney
- Senator Gaines El Dorado County DA Launch Joint Effort to Protect Californians Following Jaycee Lee Dugard Case July 11 2011
  Posted: July 11, 2011
- DA Completes Investigation of Fraudulent Degrees July 7 2011
  Posted: July 7, 2011
- Phillip and Nancy Garrido Plead Guilty to Life Sentence April 28 2011
  Posted: April 28, 2011
- District Attorney Response to Comments Made by Nancy Garrido's Attorney Steve Tapson March 17 2011
  Posted: March 17, 2011
- PAROLE DENIED FOR ROBERT PATRICK KASER
  Posted: February 16, 2011
- David Zanon Death Verdict
  Posted: September 15, 2010
- Jury Returns with Guilty Verdict Against Child Molester Howard Harmless
  Posted: August 2, 2010
- El Dorado County DA Responds to Reports of Actions by Kenneth Slayton, Jaycee Dugards Biological Father
  Posted: June 24, 2010
- El Dorado County DA Responds to Garrido Apology Letter
  Posted: November 13, 2009
- El Dorado County DA Responds to Inspector Generals Report
  Posted: November 4, 2009
- Jaycee Dugard Trust Fund
  Posted: September 11, 2009
- Charges Filed in the 1991 South Lake Tahoe Abduction
  Posted: August 28, 2009
- Arrest made in American Red Cross Embezzlement
  Posted: August 6, 2009
- Charges Filed In Witt Murder
  Posted: June 19, 2009
- Betchley Fraud Arrest
  Posted: May 27, 2009
- Purchasing Stereo Equipment Under Suspicious Circumstances
  Posted: April 24, 2009
- Foreclosure Fraud Alert
  Posted: March 6, 2009
- Garden Valley Fire and Grand Jury Report
  Posted: January 30, 2009

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