Lyon County Sheriff’s Officers in Fernley Receive Meritorious Service Metals

Yerington NV June 5, 2025 – At today’s Lyon County Board of Commissioners Meeting, Sergeant Gabriel Santos, Deputy Stiles Sousa, and Deputy Joshua Lynch were presented with Meritorious Service Medals for their efforts in the following incident:

Fernley, Nevada – On May 6th, 2025, at approximately 8:15 p.m., Fernley deputies responded to the area of the 200 block of Johnson Lane in Fernley, Nevada, reference a threats call. The reporting party/complainant was reporting that her brother was receiving text threats from someone and that they were in the area trying to locate their brother. Deputies made contact with the reporting party, who was able to track the phone belonging to their juvenile brother. Near this time, Lyon County Dispatch began receiving phone calls from the juvenile’s phone, with the juvenile reporting he was in a basement with two other juveniles, and that the suspect had beaten them.

Upon arriving in the area of the phone’s ping, deputies made contact with the suspect, known to law enforcement as Guillermo Aboytes Saavedra, who was immediately detained. Shortly after that, deputies entered the backyard of the residence where Guillermo was initially contacted and where the juvenile’s phone was pinging, where they discovered three male juveniles held captive in the crawl space of the residence. Two of the juveniles had received substantial injuries from Guillermo striking them repeatedly with a wooden rake handle and scythe. The juveniles reported that Guillermo had taken one of the juvenile’s phones, and threatened to kill him.

The juveniles were provided medical attention and returned to their families.

We are honored to have presented this award and to have such great personnel within the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.

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