Attorneys office says it was back in july of 2012 when john abrams brought the two to reno, with the intent to engage the girl in illegal sexual activity. The 50yearold was convicted of two counts of kidnapping and one count of transporting a minor for illegal sexual activity. Abrams faces a minimum of 30 years in prison. Turning now to weather and another warm day in the truckeemeadows. But a change could be headed our way. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson is here with a check of your forecast. Jeff. Temperatures will cool a bit over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late february. A couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowingat times. The next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter half of next week. Jeff saturday partly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 5 mph. Saturday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind around 5
Church plaque. Investigators say they believe this case may be connected to other churches around the northside of lake tahoe. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Placer County Crime Stoppers at 18005816325. Theres a 1thousand dollar reward for an arrest. Authorities in Lander County are investigating a strange incident on a state highway, between monday morning the burned wreck of a small station wagon, was discovered on highway 722 at carroll summit. Inside, were the charred remains of whats believed to be a man. The Sheriffs Office says its waiting for autopsy results, but at the moment the incident is being investigated as a possible crime. The bodyapparently was burned beyond recognition. Its believed the fire must have happened sometime on sunday night along the rarely traveled road in the desahtoyah desatoya mountains. He was on trial for the today a jury found cody wallace not guilty. Wallace was found not guilty of first degree murder and manslaughter. He was found
Tonight we have an update on a story we bright you last fall. The Desert Research institute in reno has been working on its very own weather model for a while now. Since september, its been able to test the model for accuracy to help refine it. Angela schilling joins us live in the newsroom with more. Angela . Kristen, while the folks at dri have a long ways to go, they i last spoke with them in the fall. Both on a Business Front and Research Side of the project. The model indeed looks a little bit different now. If all goes well, they hope to have a Business Partner within the next few months. Brian speicher Everyone Wants to know first and foremost how accurate you are. Especially when your new model forecasts the weather. Brian speicher over about a four month time we looked at the performance of the model over reno and las vegas and compared to really recognizable names. In weather. In december the results came in, showing their in house model could compete with the rest. The test
Positively identify the man. They have been in contact with the family of the missing person. Tonight a deputy is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand after being shot by a suspect at a Silver Springs casino. The deputy returned fire and the suspect was killed. Another was injured and two others are in custody. Sparks police say the suspects first stole a red chevy cruz at gunpoint at the 1000 block of el rancho drive. Near Paradise Park around 8 30 last night. A lyon county deputy found the vehicle parked at the nugget casino and one of the suspects opened fire on the deputy. The deputy returned fire and one of the suspects. Identified as 19yearold Tristan Conti of reno. Was killed. Another. A minor. Was hospitalized. Two other suspects in the car who are also jueveniles were arrested. The deputy involved will be placed on paid administrative lead pending an investigation from the Nevada Division of tonight we have an update on the murder trial of a Silver Springs man. Today a
Second avalanche hit another car, which was pushed on top of the first avalanche site. Firefighters and Alpine Meadows cleared until noon, less than five hours later. Many of the main roads are clear now, but snow is melting in some parts of town. So it could make for slick roads overnight. Amanda ketchledge is live at mt. Rose highway with a look at conditions for drivers. Amanda, how it is out there . Kristen its very windy and cold. So if you plan on traveling through here, youre going want to carry chains or have snow tires. Because this is the only chain controls at this time. But the valley also saw the weather impacting the roads in reno and sparks today. Take a look at this video that we shot earlier. You can see how heavy the snow came down. Some drivers were taking it very slow on the roads, but nevada Highway Patrol says they were handling up to 20 accidents at a time this morning. Trooper Duncan Dauber, nhp people arent giving enough space between each other, theyre still f