Reno duo arrested in Truckee on multiple charges

Two Reno residents were arrested Oct. 31 in Truckee on numerous felony charges related breaking into residences.

On Halloween officers were notified of two subjects inside a vacant residence for sale. The real estate agent encountered the two subjects exiting the residence. The agent had noticed the two subjects broke into the residence through a back window, moved furniture around and started a fire in the fireplace.

Within minutes an officer spotted the vehicle and made a traffic stop. The vehicle was driven by Breanna Sherven and Hector Avila was the passenger.

Officers said a search of the vehicle revealed methamphetamine packaged for sales, drug paraphernalia, stolen property linked to a burglary in Oroville, numerous suspected stolen cell phones, a realistic replica of a pistol (later identified as an airsoft pistol), 9mm ammunition, and evidence pointing to two burglaries in the Armstrong tract subdivision in Truckee.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call Truckee police at 530.550.2320.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report