Carson City deputies arrest man for allegedly attacking deputy with a home-made weapon

A 26-year-old transient man was arrested in the 2200 block of N. Carson Street on three counts of battery with a deadly weapon, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, and one count of indecent conduct after allegedly attacking a sheriff’s deputy.

Andrew Brunson was arrested after deputies received a call about a man urinating in public in an exposed location.

According to the arrest report, when deputies arrived they made contact with Brunson who identified himself as Michael Andrew. Deputies asked if he was peeing in public and he said yes.

Brunson appeared to be transient, said deputies, and when they asked if he was homeless he said he was. He then told deputies the government satellites had been tracking him because he was the commander in chief and he said cops are the n-word.

Brunson had what appeared to be a wooden stick sharpened at one end in his waist band. Deputies asked if he had any weapons on his person and he said he had a box cutter in his sweatshirt pocket.

Deputies removed the stick and a foldable knife and patted him down, during which they did not find any additional weapons.

Deputies asked him to sit on the ground, but he refused, according to the report. They told him to sit down or he would go to jail, at which point he said “for sure n-words,” and sat down.

One deputy contacted dispatch to request a wants and warrants check. As they were speaking with dispatch, the second deputy observed what appeared to be a metal shank or rod tied to the bottom of Brunson’s right wrist.

Deputies asked what was on his wrist and he replied “dude shut the f*** up.”

Deputies asked if the item tied on his wrist was a weapon, and Brunson replied with something vulgar and offensive.

Brunson then jabbed the metal rod at the deputy in a thrusting motion, which made the deputy step back. The deputy grabbed Brunson by his left arm and Brunson stood up. As he stood, he struck a deputy in the head twice with the metal rod which was still tied around his wrist.

The second deputy drew his taser and instructed Brunson to get on the ground three times, the report states. He then struck the first deputy on the head with the metal rod again, and the second deputy deployed his taser into Brunson’s chest.

The deputy was taken to Carson Tahoe Hospital for a concussion, and Brunson was taken into custody.

Bail: $110,622

— A 28-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of S. Pratt for a domestic battery first after an anonymous reporting party called dispatch advising they could hear loud noises, yelling, screaming and crying coming from a residence.

Upon arrival, deputies could hear loud yelling and arguing coming from within the residence between a man and a woman. Deputies could hear the woman say “do not raise your hand at me!” and a man reply “I’m going to hit that bottle out of your hand!”

Deputies could also hear the man and woman arguing about money and a child. They began arguing about taking or leaving the child from the residence, according to the report.

Through the blinds, deputies could see the man quickly pacing around the apartment and the woman seated on the couch. Due to the escalation of the argument and the threat of violence, deputies believed the argument to possibly lead to a physical altercation, and they knocked on the door.

The woman answered the door crying and appearing distraught. She denied consent to enter the residence and speak with her, deputies said, and she closed the door before returning a few moments later.

She told deputies the man was her boyfriend and father of her child, and that they all lived together at the residence.

After speaking with deputies for a while, the woman said she was afraid to talk with them in the house while he was in the residence. She left the residence to speak with deputies.

Outside the residence, she said she was afraid of what he might do. She said he has punched holes in the walls during “violent outbursts,” and that he had almost hit her. Then she began to look at her wrists and then at the deputies.

Deputies asked if she was trying to show them something. She said she was showing them the marks on her wrists where he had grabbed her. Deputies asked when he had grabbed her and she stated “right now.”

Deputies noted red marks on her wrist consistent with being grabbed. She said she was trying to leave when he grabbed her wrists to stop her from leaving before shaking her and throwing her back onto the couch.

Deputies told her they would be arresting the man, and she began to plead them not to arrest him.

Deputies went to speak with the man and he admitted he had physically kept the woman from leaving the residence when she was trying to leave. He said he was concerned for her safety which is why he didn’t let her leave.

While in the residence they also located a small baggie of marijuana which also contained a white powder. The man told deputies it was a crushed up painkiller for which he did not have a prescription. However, testing has not come back yet so further charges may be presented by the DA at a later time.

He was taken into custody without incident.

Bail: $3,137

— A 32-year-old transient woman was arrested at a local department store for a TPO violation after she allegedly went to her ex-boyfriend’s house, who has a protective order out against her, after being released from jail for another TPO violation.

According to the report, deputies responded to a Hot Springs Road residence on a report of a curt order violation in progress. The reporting party told deputies he had an active TPO against his ex-girlfriend, and that the front door was left unlocked and the woman had entered. Dispatch advised she had been released from jail for violation of a TPO only a few days prior.

Deputies arrived on scene and met with the man, who advised the woman had just left on foot and advised she had a couple bags with her. Deputies had seen a woman matching his description on their way to the residence, and quickly located her at a bus stop.

Deputies asked her what was going on and she denied going to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment. She said she had used a friend’s phone to call him and asked if she could pick up some things, and that he had said no. Deputies asked why they saw her coming from the area of his apartment, and she said she had gone close but had stayed 100 feet away.

The man told deputies he had been in his bedroom when he heard his front door open and his dog begin barking. He went into the living room and found the woman, and told her to leave because she was in violation of the TPO. She refused to leave, at which point he called 911. He stated she was not violent.

She was taken into custody on the violation without incident.

Bail: $3,137

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