For Immediate Release

Sergeant Anthony Prencipe

Monday night, August 6, 2018, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a report of a home invasion in the area of Indian Rock Road in Cool, Ca. The original caller said an unknown man had entered their residence and began damaging the inside. The caller was able to safely escape with his wife and young child to a neighbor’s residence.

Minutes later, there was a second 911 call from a neighboring residence reporting the same intruder had broken into their locked screened porch. The intruder then shattered a glass door to the home and attempted entry as he was being ordered by the homeowner to leave. The homeowner, fearing for the safety of his family, fired multiple rounds at the suspect. The suspect was transported to a local hospital with gunshot wounds and is expected to survive.

For Immediate Release

Sergeant Anthony Prencipe

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office needs assistance in locating a missing person, Michael “Mike” Panell. Mike was last seen on 7/30/18 at an address on Maric Road in El Dorado, CA. He is believed to have left on foot and left all of his belongings, to include his wallet, cell phone and vehicle behind. Mike has made suicidal statements to family members prior to his disappearance and there is concern he may be a danger to himself.

El Dorado County Deputies have searched the area and so far have been unsuccessful in locating him. Mike has a residence on Rockingham Drive in Sacramento, which has been checked and Mike was not located there.

For Immediate Release

Sergeant Anthony Prencipe

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Explorer POST 457 competed in the 8^th annual Central Valley Explorer Competition on July 13-15 in Ripon, CA. Our Explores worked hard throughout the competition and brought back 1^st Place for the Critical Incident scenario.

The team representing El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post 457 consisted of 8 explorers: Captain Sam Jackowitz, Sergeant Joe Herrington, Corporal Robert Wilson, Corporal Devyn Trihn-Nguyen, Deputy Garret Estes, Deputy Derek Estes, Deputy Jaclyn Parisek and Deputy Elyse Johnson.  For four of the Explorers, it was their first competition.

They competed against 36 other teams in the three day competition. Post 457 Explorers took first place in the Critical incident Scenario.  El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Explorers competed in 17 scenarios including active shooter, traffic stop, bus assault, vehicle search, hostage rescue, burglary, obstacle course, DUI investigation, officer down, suspicious person and high risk stop. They worked well as a team and were complemented on their communication skills and training. Although our Explorers didn’t place in these events, the team learned a lot from the various scenarios which will help them train for the next competition.

The Explorer Post is able to compete in and travel to these types of events with the help of donations from the public, and a lot of hard work the post puts into community service and fundraising.

If you are interested in becoming an Explorer or if you would like to support our POST through a donation please contact an Advisor at 530-642-4733 or email explorers@edso.org

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El Dorado County Sheriff Explorer POST #457.