Carson City sheriff's arrest log: Man jailed on felony drug charges

An 18-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday on felony drug charges after he was found to be in possession of heroin, a pharmaceutical drug and paraphernalia when officers served him a warrant, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Edward Lee Moser Jr. was taken into custody by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team following a consensual search. He’s been charged with two counts drug possession, two misdemeanor warrants and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the arrest report, SET deputies went to the residence to serve the warrants, which were for failing to report for drug testing as conditions of his probation. When the officer knocked on the door, the person inside who answered said Moser Jr., was inside and that he ran back into the back bedroom when he heard “sheriff’s office.” SET deputies were allowed into the residence.

The suspect was found hiding in a closet and was ordered out in which he complied. As he was being detained deputies found a loaded syringe on the floor that later tested to be heroin. Without any prompting from SET members, the suspect stated it was his syringe and that there was a gun in his bedroom under his bed and more drugs in the closet, according to the arrest report.

Moser Jr., was read his Miranda rights and agreed to speak. Officers asked if they could search his bedroom and were given permission. Deputies found a digital scale with brown residue, a burnt metal spoon with cotton swabs containing a brown substance, and a prescription vial of 400 mg Xylocaine, a medication commonly used for pain and numbness, which is injected at a doctor’s office or hospital and not prescribed to a person, according to the arrest report.

Deputies took custody of the drugs, drug paraphernalia and BB gun, which had a red bandana wrapped around the handgrip. Bail: $12,137.

In other arrests:
— A 53-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday, 8:40 a.m. in the 2000 block of North Carson Street on a misdemeanor charge of being a sex offender failing to register. According to the arrest report, deputies were called to the area for a subject making threats. Carson City dispatch advised a person was being threatened by the man who is a registered sex offender.

Deputies made contact with the man who stated he is currently living at a Granite Way residence and that he was living with the person who called dispatch to report the threats. Dispatch confirmed he had been living there. However the person who reported the man told deputies that he had not lived at the address since Jan. 11. Bail: $242.

— A 25-year-old transient was arrested Wednesday, 3:40 p.m. in the 3200 block of Highway 50 East on charges of misdemeanor petit larceny and violation of bail conditions, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, deputies were called to a grocery store regarding a man who had stolen items and then took off running. Dispatch advised the subject was in a physical altercation with the store’s loss prevention employees.

Deputies learned the man stole approximately $8 in food items and left the store, passing all points of payment. Security stated that when they confronted him he began to leave and they physically restrained him until Carson City deputies arrived. Loss prevention stated they wanted the man charged for petit larceny, the arrest report states. He was also booked on a misdemeanor charge of violating conditions with parole and probation. Bail: $3,352.

— A 44-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday, 8:52 p.m. in the 500 block of North Carson Street on a misdemeanor warrant charge, violation of a suspended sentence, issued July 27, 2015 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $1,000.

All information for the crime log (unless otherwise noted) comes from the arrest reports supplied by the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and is considered by law to be public information. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The policy of Carson Now is to name anyone who is arrested for a felony offense.