Carson City deputies busy with handful of weekend felony arrests

A Zephyr Cove man was arrested Sunday and faces a felony charge of third offense driving under the influence after being stopped by Carson City sheriff's patrol officers.

Christopher James Thompson, 33, was arrested in the 2500 block of South Carson Street at 2:50 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20. Thompson was stopped for failure to maintain a single lane of traffic, the arrest report states.

The man told officers he had been at a birthday party and had been drinking. He was asked how many drinks he had consumed and he stated he was unsure. He agreed to participate in field sobriety tests, showing impairment in two of the tests, the arrest report states.

He was taken into custody and was read the Nevada Implied Consent. The man chose to take a blood test. Thompson's criminal history showed he had two DUI arrests since Aug. 2007. The criminal history did not show a disposition on the arrests, the report states. However, Thompson informed the arresting officer he had been convicted of both DUIs in the past 7 years. Bail: $20,000.

In other felony-related arrests:
— Two 21-year-old transients were arrested Oct. 18, 7:21 p.m. near Long Street and Russell Way. Shawn Robert Anderson, faces felony charges of probation violation, possession of a controlled substance and a forgery warrant out of Lyon County.
John Treavor Pate faces a felony charge of being in possession of a controlled substance.

According to the arrest report, officers patrolling the area noticed two men walking around a closed hardware store in the dark. Officers pulled up to the men who then began walking quickly toward Long Street. The men crossed the street about a half a block west of the intersection with Russell and both failed to use a nearby crosswalk.

The arresting officer activated his emergency lights and both men attempted to evade the officer. He then activated his air horn and both men stopped, colliding into each other when attempting to figure out which way to turn, the arrest report states.

The men were ordered to sit down on the curb, and both were acting nervous, physically moving their body and being talkative. They were detained and searched for weapons. The men provided their identifies, where it was learned that Anderson had felony warrants.

Later, Anderson said that he had placed a small amount of methamphetamine into the wallet of Pate. Officers recovered the drugs. Anderson was being held without bail for the felony warrants. Pate faces a charge of being in possession of a controlled substance and violation of a suspended sentence. Bail: $3,500.

— A 27-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Oct. 18, 10:29 p.m. in the 1400 block of Como Street. He faces a felony charge of being in possession of a controlled substance and three misdemeanor charges.

According to the arrest report Carson City patrol officers observed a car driving southbound on Saliman Road just south of Como Street. The vehicle made an abrupt U-turn without signaling. The vehicle was stopped after it turned onto Como Street. Officers made contact with the driver who identified himself as Martin Ruiz.

A computer check showed that the vehicle's registration had expired in September and Ruiz had a confirmed warrant issued out of East Fork Township Justice Court. He was arrested based on the warrant. While doing inventory of the vehicle officers located a glass pipe with marijuana residue in it, as well as a small black metal container with methamphetamine. Charges include felony possession of drugs, and misdemeanor charges of possession of paraphernalia, expired registration, improper U-turn, and failure to appear. Bail: $4,206.

— A 49-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Oct. 18, 5:11 p.m. in the 1800 block of North Edmonds. Mary Jean Bohannan faces a felony charge of possessing an controlled substance and misdemeanor contempt of court.

According to the arrest report, a porter gave security at a local casino a brown cloth zip up bag they had found. A female in the casino had been seen with the purse-like bag. Security opened it and found a broken drug pipe and called the sheriff's office.

Security showed officers the bag that contained broken glass and baggies with methamphetamine wrapped in tissue. With officers at the scene, security took the purse to the woman, who said it was hers, grabbed the bag and then walked toward the south exit.

An officer stopped the woman and she was detained. The woman asked why she was being arrested. She was advised it was because of what was found in the bag. She then said that the bag was not hers, that it belong to another woman who was at the casino but had left, and that she took it from security because she thought there was money in it, the arrest report states.

She faces the felony charge of possession of a controlled substance and warrant contempt of court, failure to appear. Bail: $3,500.

— A Mound House man was arrested Oct. 18, 9:37 p.m. He faces a gross misdemeanor charge of assault on a police officer, and misdemeanor charges of assault of a victim, 60 years or older, breach of peace and obstructing a police officer with violence.

Officers were called to a bar in the 100 block of East Long Street. The man was standing at the bar yelling at the bartender who was scared and upset and pleading with the man to leave the bar. Earlier he had picked up a large snow globe and raised it above his chest as if he was going to throw it.

An officer walked up to the man and said that he needed to speak with him. The man ignored the officer and raised his arms toward the 66-year-old bartender. The officer identified himself and told the man to step away from the counter at which the man said to the bartender pointing to the officer: "You better get him to leave. I'm going to kill him," the arrest report states.

The man then took a step toward the officer and attempted to kick him, missing. The officer stepped back and pointed a taser at the man. He was told to turn around and get on his knees. The man replied no. The man was told he would be tased if he did not comply. The man stepped toward the officer in an aggressive manner. He was tased and taken into custody. Bail: $6,544.