Woman jailed for giving officers a fake name to avoid arrest

A 44-year-old Chester, Calif., woman was arrested and faces a felony charge of giving Carson City officers false identification to avoid prosecution after being stopped in a vehicle in which the driver was seen throwing something out the window.

Patricia Michelle Scott, a passenger in the vehicle, was arrested March 6 after the vehicle she was in was stopped near the southbound on ramp of I-580 at 5:11 p.m.

The driver of the vehicle, a 41-year-old Carson City woman, faces misdemeanor charges including driving with a revoked license because of DUI, having a fictitious vehicle registration and littering.

According to the arrest report, Carson City sheriff's patrol officers observed the driver a white 1999 Volkswagen Jetta throw something out the window on the roadway. Officers conducted a registration check and learned the license plates came back to a 1999 Pontiac and not the Volkswagen. Officers stopped the vehicle and spoke with the driver and passenger Scott, who identified herself as "Lisa" Scott. When asked what her birthday was, she told the officer she was born in 1966 but stated she was 44 years old, the report states.

Officers conducted a records check of everyone in the vehicle, including two in the backseat. Officers learned that the driver of the vehicle was driving and shouldn't have been because her license had been revoked for DUI, the arrest report states. Officers identified Scott because of a photograph in a data base in which she had two warrants issued for her arrest.

Both women were removed from the vehicle and taken into custody. Scott faces a felony charge of providing false ID to avoid prosecution, and misdemeanor charges of contempt of court (warrant) and a failure to appear on a traffic warrant. Her bail was set at $18,737. The driver of the vehicle faces misdemeanor charges of driving with a revoked license because of DUI, having a fictitious vehicle registration and littering. Her bail was set at $1,881.

In other non-felony related arrests:

— A 21-year-old Carson City man was arrested near Sunchase Court and Silver Sage Drive Thursday, March 7, at 2:48 a.m. and faces misdemeanor charges including contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of drug paraphernalia and being in possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana.

According to the arrest report, officers saw a vehicle turn onto Silver Sage from Sunchase without using a blinker. Officers followed the vehicle and checked its registration and noticed that it made a complete circle around the block before returning to Sunchase. The officer activated his red and blue overhead lights and the vehicle came to a stop.

Officers made contact with the 16-year-old driver and the 21-year-old passenger. Both told the officer they were going to the gas station but, having seen the officer, they became scared. The arresting officer notes he could smell a slight odor of marijuana but that both initially denied using, the report states.

The 21-year-old told the officer he had been drinking alcohol but that he was 21. The 16-year-old driver's eyes were red, watery and bloodshot, the report states. He told the officer he had not smoked pot for at least two days. The 16-year-old performed a battery of tests satisfactorily for the officer. He informed the officer he could search the car, noting to the officer that he had taken it without permission, the report states.

The officer told the 21-year-old to exit the car and that he was going to pat him down for weapons before he would search the car. The officer notes that before he could pat down the 21-year-old, the man asked the officer if he could smoke a cigarette. The officer told him no. The 21-year-old then became argumentative, saying "What! I thought this was America," the report states.

The 21-year-old then turned and faced the officer, refusing to turn back around and follow instructions. As soon as the officer grabbed the man, he apologized and began to comply, the arrest report states. Officers handcuffed the 21-year-old man.

In the center console area of the car, officers found a marijuana cigarette and rolling papers. On the passenger floorboard, officers found an apple which had been made into a bong to smoke marijuana, the report states. Officers also found an empty pill bottle without a label. Officers showed the 16-year-old driver the marijuana and paraphernalia. The teen told the officer that even though he had smoked the pot, it wasn't his and neither was the apple bong and pill bottle.

The 16-year-old was cited for possession of paraphernalia and released to his mother. The 21-year-old was arrested for possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Officers booked all marijuana and paraphernalia into evidence, with the exception of the apple, which was photographed and thrown away. Bail: $2,511.

— A 21-year-old Carson City man was jailed early Thursday morning, March 7, and faces a misdemeanor charge of alternative sentencing contempt. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to 20 College Parkway in Carson City for a domestic dispute. Carson City dispatch had advised that items were being smashed at the location, the arrest report states.

On scene officers made contact with the man and his girlfriend. The man's right hand was bleeding which he claimed he did from smashing up his guitar. The man's girlfriend confirmed what he did and denied any battery occurred between the two. There were no visible injuries on the girlfriend. The man also denied any battery took place between he and his girlfriend, the arrest report states.

Officers did smell a moderate odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the man as he spoke and he displayed droopy eyelids. Dispatch advised the man was on alternative sentencing in Carson City with conditions to have no alcohol and to obey all laws. The man submitted to a preliminary breath test and the results indicated he was at .50 breath alcohol content. The Department of Alternative Sentencing wanted the man arrested for criminal contempt. He was arrested at 12:46 a.m. Bail: $500.

— A Carson City man was arrested in the 200 block of Allouette Way and faces misdemeanor charges of obstructing an officer and domestic battery.
On March 6 at 11:49 p.m. officers responded to the address in reference to a domestic battery. Prior to arrival dispatch advised the reporting party was the 9-year-old son of the father and woman fighting.
On arrival deputies were confronted in the parking lot by the 35-year-old man who was described as being highly intoxicated and uncooperative, according to the arrest report.

The man told officers he hated cops and just wanted his son who was also in the parking lot, the report states. He became upset and took an aggressive stance at deputies. A deputy attempted to detain the man by placing his hands behind his back. The man threw his arms forward and attempted to turn around. Two deputies then forced the man to the ground. The man refused to comply with orders to place his arms behind his back. Officers forced the handcuffs on him, the report states.

Officers made contact with the the woman who confirmed the couple's relationship. The woman had several injuries to her face, including a large golf ball size welt to her forehead. The woman told officers the man punched her several times in her face with a closed fist.

The man was taken to jail where he was charged with domestic battery first offense and obstructing, resisting arrest. Bail: $3,539.

— A 40-year-old Carson City man was arrested March 6, 11:15 p.m., in the 1600 block of East Fifth Street and for DUI.
According to the arrest report, officers assigned on patrol observed a gray Honda driving East of Fifth Street. The vehicle had no license plate on it, only a temporary registration plate. Officers moved closer to the vehicle but was unable to fully make out the expiration date on the plate, the arrest report states.

The arresting officer activated his lights and conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle. The officer was pulled over in the parking lot of a gas station and approached the driver's side of the vehicle and met with the driver. The arresting officer could smell a an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the man, the arrest report states. The officer asked the man how much he had been drinking. The man replied two beers. The man showed impairment on three of four field sobriety tests.

The man was handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail. The man participated in two evidentiary breath tests. Deputies completed two breath samples and the man provided two breath samples under illegal per se, according to the arrest report. Bail: $1,000.

— A 22-year-old Carson City man was arrested March 6, 11:15 p.m. after turning himself into the Carson City Sheriff's Office on a misdemeanor criminal contempt warrant out of justice court. Bail: $500.

— A 43-year-old Carson City man was arrested March 6, 12:21 p.m. near Desatoya Drive and Woodside Drive and faces misdemeanor charges of failure to stop or yield at a sign, driving on a revoked or suspended registration and being in violation of an extended protection order.

According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched a a Woodside Drive address in reference to a person violating a restraining order. While the officer was driving to the location, dispatched advised that a man was attempting to get inside the residence and then later drove off in a white 1991 Ford Explorer. Dispatch sent officers the protection order, which confirmed the man was to stay 100 yards away from 135 Woodside Drive.

The arresting officer was eastbound on Desatoya drive and about to turn onto northbound Woodside Drive when he found the Ford, which ran a stop sign. The ford then stopped in the middle of Desatoya Drive. The officer conducted a traffic stop and met with the driver who identified himself. Dispatch advised the Ford's registration was suspended and the man advised the officer he was at the residence attempting to get things, the arrest report states.

The officer later met with the woman with him had the protection order put on the man. She advised that the man had knocked on the door and she answered and when she realized it was him, she closed the door, the arrest report states. The woman told the officer that the man attempted to get in and that her brother witnessed this, the report states. The man was arrested for the misdemeanor charges listed above. Bail: $1,356.

— Those arrested and facing charges are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.