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January 2, 2013
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Gold miner arrested for alleged assault of his father

A man mining a gold claim ended up in jail after allegedly assaulting his father and threatening to kill himself and everyone in his family. Erik Elliott Garmisch, 30, was out at the gold-mining camp off You Bet and Red Dog roads with his 50-year-old father Tuesday when he got angry and started destroying equipment, said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal. His father tried to calm him down by offering to take him to town and buy him some beers for his birthday, Royal said. But after they returned to the camp, Garmisch allegedly got angry again, pushed his father …

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The Union Updated Jan 11, 2013 01:07PM Published Jan 14, 2013 02:07PM Copyright 2013 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.