SLT cops recover stolen goods; 1 person in custody
A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly possessing stolen property.
Eric Beaman, 26, was arrested at a residence on Armstrong Avenue on Aug. 13, which is also where officers said they recovered items they suspect were stolen from “several vacation rental burglaries.”
Police have not bothered to say when these burglaries occurred, where they occurred, what types of times were stolen or how suspects gained entry. But they would like anyone who has had something stolen to contact them at (530) 542.6100.
And there is another suspect who got away from officers earlier Tuesday who may have something to do with a motorcycle they recovered that had been stolen in July. An arrest warrant is being sought, but officers won’t give out any information on the suspect. They said in a press release that the person’s identity “may be made public” when the warrant is issued.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
I’m pretty sure that when they “Police have not bothered to say when” that they have been a bit busy and since this arrest was just yesterday, maybe they need a little more time.
I think that when you look at the rash of crime stories that have been published here in the past few months one thing becomes abundantly clear, SLT needs more police officers. We don’t need 100 more or even 10 more, but 2 or 3 would probably make a HUGE difference in this town.
Considering the Number of Transient people you have in the summer the crime does not seem bad at all.
With the online world you are just getting access to a large percentage of the crime that happens.
Its information, and as a hole not allot compared to many locations.
Do not overreact.
And to SLPD Good job on catching up to an opportunistic Bugler. Just one can do allot of damage.
Once again, the SLTPD shines in solving real crimes with real victims.
C’mon Kae, “police have not bothered to say . . .” isn’t journalism, it’s just being a smart a–. The PD has fewer cops, less street coverage and about a third of the investigators it once had. Misdemeanors aren’t even being investigated. So where are they going to find staffing for a Public Information Officer who has time to cater to the whims of every journalist who dials their number?
Copper, I had the same reaction to the snotty tone of the report written by LTN Staff. It sounds as if someone on the “staff” has an axe to grind. The entire article was poorly written. Bush League reportage.
If there is a warrant out for the other perpetrator, SLTPD may be reluctant to reveal too much information. Warrant service can put the officers serving the warrant, and members of the public who are nearby when the arrest is effected, at risk of harm.
The police department did not demonstrate a need for more officers to work on real crimes when they just hired officers to write parking tickets.
I think it was 1 deparment head of parking, 2 full time and 2 part time ticket writers. So much for crime fighters.
The police are short-staffed? I always laugh at that one! Again, this morning saw 3 SLTPD cars from going just from the Y to Tahoe Keys. Not just the 2 they always claim is all they have to cover the whole town at anytime.
But they do have their priorities straight! They are all over enforcing this parking baloney! There is absolutely no shortage of staff to enforce that!! A unpaid car in a designated spot is cited in a hot minute! I’ve seen it multiple times now on Venice!
Okay, so aside from the silliness of trying to ferret out staffing by counting police cars, can anyone tell me what, precisely, the PD involvement is in the current parking ticket kerfuffle?
I’m asking because most agencies, in my experience, are completely separate from the income producing meter maids and the like who, pretty much by definition, write tickets for income rather than any law enforcement need.
I have no idea what the current involvement of the PD is with parking enforcement, but I will very bluntly state that if the PD is involved in enforcement for revenue, they’ve seriously compromised their own ethics.
For as long as I can remember, folks have accused Police Departments of doing traffic enforcement in order to produce revenue. From rather long experience, I’ve never seen any evidence that PDs interested in ethical enforcement (and I definitely include the South Lake Tahoe PD in that group) are basing their traffic enforcement programs on revenue production.
I sincerely hope that SLTPD has not fallen to doing even parking enforcement for the sake of revenue and I have no evidence that it has. Although the thug who was the former City Manager was certainly not above that, and I understand that the current City Manager regards him as her mentor.
But the question remains: to what degree, if any, has SLTPD become involved in doing “law enforcement” for profit? If all else fails, I’m sure that Kae will find an opportunity to ask the Chief.
The silliness is that the SLTPD makes up stories, to the taxpayer who pays their bills, about their staffing!
I didn’t think we had a meter maid since Otto retired.