Carson City deputies make DUI arrest, 30 to 40 mini booze bottles found in vehicle

A 25-year-old Carson City woman was arrested early Monday for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI, open container and failure to maintain a lane of traffic, a sheriff's deputy said.

According to the arrest report, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy was dispatched at around 1:30 a.m. to the 1200 block of Sonoma Street for a dispute report.

Dispatch advised two males at the location were involved in a physical fight and one of the involved males left in a black truck. Dispatch advised the vehicle was last seen driving eastbound on Sonoma Street.

Earlier in the evening, deputies had been attempting to locate the same vehicle in which a citizen called in as a possible DUI driver.

A deputy was able to locate the vehicle driving northbound on Saliman Road and witnessed the driver cross the broken white lane marker lines between lanes 1 and 2 twice within a city block, according to the arrest report. The deputy initiated a traffic stop.

The driver of the vehicle came to a stop in the parking lot of a gas station in the 1600 block of East Fifth Street. The officer made contact with the female driver, and spoke with the male passenger in the vehicle, who was later arrested for violation of a suspended sentence, according to the arrest report.

While speaking with the driver, the officer observed she had red watery eyes. The deputy asked if she had been drinking. The woman replied she had but it was hours ago in Tahoe, the arrest report states.

The officer asked the woman if she would perform standardized field sobriety tests. She agreed and performed them in the parking lot with results that showed signs of impairment, the report states. She provided a preliminary breath test of .289 and was arrested.

Inside the vehicle were approximately 30 to 40 empty and partially empty 50ML bottles of UV Blue Vodka and Fireball whiskey. At jail she agreed to take evidentiary breath tests with results of .259 and .257. Bail: $1,416.

Meanwhile, a 29-year-old Carson City man who was a passenger in the vehicle was booked into jail for violation of a suspended sentence. He had been drinking, with a preliminary breath test result of .230. Dispatch advised the man was on Alternative Sentencing with a “no alcohol” clause. Bail: $1,000.

In other arrests:
— A 20-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday for suspicion of misdemeanor hit and run of an occupied vehicle, failure to render aid, minor consuming alcohol and open container, a sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, a deputy was dispatched to the area of Selby and Monte Rosa streets in reference to an intoxicated driver that had hit the side of a vehicle and then left the scene.

A deputy arrived and met with the reporting party who stated he was being tailgated by a green or blue SUV on Woodside and he pulled to the right to let the driver pass.

At that time the vehicle hit the reporting party’s left side bumper and then stopped 50 yards down the street. The reporting party ran over to the vehicle to me sure the driver was OK. He observed the driver seemed intoxicated. The driver then drove away from the area. The reporting party recorded a Nevada license plate number and called dispatch.

Other deputies arrived on scene and located the vehicle in the 1300 block of La Loma and made a traffic stop. The driver at the time of the stop and two passengers were taken out of the vehicle and detained. After further investigation, the driver was released along with one juvenile passenger.

The passenger sitting in the front seat identified himself. On the floorboard of his seat were several open containers of alcohol and empty cans, the report states.

The suspect was unable to maintain balance, had red, watery eyes, slurred speech and a heavy odor of alcohol coming from his person. He submitted to a preliminary breath test with a result of .240. Later it was learned that he was the driver of the reported incident.

There was damage to the right front side of his vehicle that was consistent with the damage to the reporting party’s vehicle. The reporting party visually identified the man as the driver he spoke with before the driver took off. Bail: $1,708.

— An 18-year-old Carson City man faces two counts misdemeanor battery and destruction of property charges after being arrested Sunday, a sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, deputies were called to a home for people with diminished mental capacity regarding a client who caused a disturbance with staff members, punching one, biting another and throwing rocks at a vehicle causing damage.

A staff member was treated on scene from a cut to his left hand after he attempted to block a broom that was swung at him. The client also faces destruction of property charges after holes in the drywall were found inside the home. Bail: $7,274.

— A 33-year-old Dayton man was arrested Sunday, 8:49 p.m. in the 1100 block of East William Street for a misdemeanor failure to appear warrant issued June 20, 2018 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $3,000.

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