🚨 MOST SERIOUS ARRESTS SPOTLIGHT
The following entries reflect reported arrests and charges, not findings of guilt. Locations are reproduced from the supplied booking records.
THEFT CHARGES, $240,000 BAIL
Brian Patrick Spiess — Grand Theft and Repeat Theft Allegation
Spiess was booked by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office following an arrest recorded in Sacramento County on Oct. 21, facing felony grand theft and felony petty theft with two or more prior convictions; the booking lists $240,000 total bail.
ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT ALLEGED
Johan Felipe Ruizbejarano — Stanislaus County Jail
Ruizbejarano was booked following an arrest recorded at Stanislaus County Jail on an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office warrant or case entry for alleged felony organized retail theft involving intent to sell, exchange or return merchandise; bail was set at $25,000.
AMMUNITION CASE IN PLACERVILLE
Charles Ray Hillis III — Broadway Drive
Placerville police arrested Hillis at 1319 Broadway Drive on Oct. 21, with charges including felony possession of ammunition by a prohibited person and misdemeanor possession of unlawful paraphernalia; the booking lists $20,000 total bail.
FELONY WARRANT AT STATE PRISON
Elijah Ray Lambert Silk — North Kern State Prison
Silk was booked in a record originating at North Kern State Prison with a felony bench warrant for failure to appear, according to the supplied log; bail was listed at zero.
Domestic battery booking: Md Akter Uzzaman was arrested by the South Shore area agency identified as SSMIPD at Red Hawk Casino on Oct. 21 on a misdemeanor charge of battery involving a spouse, former spouse, dating partner or another covered domestic relationship; bail was listed at $7,500.
THE LOCAL AREA WRAP-UP
Shingle Springs
Deputies handled a suspicious vehicle report at Mother Lode Pumps on Mother Lode Drive, a suspicious-circumstances call on Rustling Pines Road that was canceled, and a separate suspicious-circumstances report on Nikki Beau Lane that resulted in a report being taken.
Placerville and Diamond Springs
Placerville logged a suspicious-subject call near Runnymeade Drive and El Dorado Road that ended in an arrest, suspicious activity at Target and Walmart on Missouri Flat Road, a verbal disturbance on Old Toll Road, a suspicious vehicle report on Moonshine Hill Road, and a suspicious-subject report at Westwood Mobile Home Park in Diamond Springs that ended with the subject gone on arrival.
El Dorado Hills
El Dorado Hills deputies took reports involving an alleged court-order violation on Clermont Way, a grand theft report at Stanford Mortgage on Post Street, suspicious activity near the Post Office and Walgreens, battery at the Post Office, and additional calls involving Valley View Parkway, Marina Village School, Royal Troon Drive, and several other streets and businesses.
Cameron Park
Cameron Park saw court-order violation reports at Ponte Palmero, information requests on Granada Court and Palmer Drive, civil incidents at Cactus Court and The Knolls apartments, suspicious activity at the ARCO station on Merrychase Drive, and late-night verbal disturbances at The Knolls, Oakwood Road, and Toronto Road.
Pollock Pines, Rescue, Somerset, El Dorado and Nearby Communities
Deputies handled a civil incident on Topaz Drive in Pollock Pines, a private-property tow on Bass Lake Road in Rescue, a call at Pioneer Community Preschool on Mount Aukum Road in Somerset, a repossession on Sand Ridge Road and an information call on Little Canyon Court in El Dorado, a battery report on Greenwood Road in Garden Valley, a suspicious-circumstances call on Sliger Mine Road in Greenwood referred to another agency, and a private-property tow on Pony Express Trail in Camino.
South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe logged a search-and-rescue response at Grass Lake near Glen Alpine, an ordinance-violation report near Tolteca Way and Chiapa Drive, and a civil incident on Herbert Avenue.
Countywide Calls and Follow-Up
Additional information or exchange-of-information calls were recorded on streets in Placerville, El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park and Diamond Springs, while deputies also handled civil incidents, private-property matters, a verbal disturbance at Stokes Music Studio, and a disturbance report at White Rock Village.
After-Hours Calls
Late-night activity included a suspicious-vehicle stop on Robert J. Mathews Parkway in El Dorado Hills, a suspicious-vehicle report in Placerville, a suspicious-vehicle report on Moonshine Hill Road, and a series of disturbance calls in Cameron Park, with the Oakwood Road disturbance marked quiet on arrival.
ARRESTS DETAILS
Spiess, Brian Patrick
Booking Number: 138592
Booking Date: 10/21/2026 12:00 AM
Status: In Custody
Original Arresting Agency: EDSO
Original Arrest Date: 10/21/2026 10:00 AM
Original Arrest Location: Sac County
Total Bail: $240000.00
Charge(s):
1 487(A) PC Grand theft:money/labor/property – All other larceny (F) Felony EDSO 10/21/2026 10:00 AM Sac County $0.00
1 666.1(A)(1) PC Petty theft w/2 or more priors – From building (F) Felony EDSO 10/21/2026 10:00 AM Sac County $240000.00
Silk, Elijah Ray Lambert
Booking Number: 138594
Booking Date: 10/21/2026 12:00 AM
Status: In Custody
Original Arresting Agency: EDSOW
Original Arrest Date: 10/21/2026 12:00 AM
Original Arrest Location: North Kern State Prison
Total Bail: $0.00
Charge(s):
1 Information Only Incident/Informational Only Felony EDSOW 10/21/2026 12:00 AM North Kern State Prison $0.00
1 978.5 PC Bench warrant/failure to appear on felony charge (F) Felony EDSOW 10/21/2026 12:00 AM North Kern State Prison $0.00
Ruizbejarano, Johan Felipe
Booking Number: 138596
Booking Date: 10/21/2026 12:00 AM
Status: In Custody
Original Arresting Agency: EDSOW
Original Arrest Date: 10/21/2026 4:41 PM
Original Arrest Location: Stanislaus County Jail
Total Bail: $25000.00
Charge(s):
1 490.4(A)(1) PC Organized retail theft with intent to sell/exch/return (F) Felony EDSOW 10/21/2026 4:41 PM Stanislaus County Jail $25000.00
Uzzaman, Md Akter
Booking Number: 138597
Booking Date: 10/21/2026 12:00 AM
Status: In Custody
Original Arresting Agency: SSMIPD
Original Arrest Date: 10/21/2026 5:15 PM
Original Arrest Location: Red Hawk Casino
Total Bail: $7500.00
Charge(s):
1 243(E)(1) PC Battery:spouse/ex spouse/date/etc – Simple (M) Misdemeanor SSMIPD 10/21/2026 5:15 PM Red Hawk Casino $7500.00
Hillis, Charles Ray Iii
Booking Number: 138598
Booking Date: 10/21/2026 12:00 AM
Status: In Custody
Original Arresting Agency: PPD
Original Arrest Date: 10/21/2026 7:59 PM
Original Arrest Location: 1319 Broadway Dr
Total Bail: $20000.00
Charge(s):
1 11364(A) HS Possess unlawful paraphernalia (M) Misdemeanor PPD 10/21/2026 7:59 PM 1319 Broadway Dr $0.00
1 30305(A)(1) PC Prohibited person own/possess/etc ammunition/etc (F) Felony PPD 10/21/2026 7:59 PM 1319 Broadway Dr $20000.00
All individuals accused of a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The information here is classified by law as public information.
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