Man arrested after car chase, attempting to run over Carson City Sheriff's deputy

A 25-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Sherman and Highway 50 on multiple felonies, including eluding with endangerment and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Misdemeanor charges included resisting a public officer, reckless driving, and failure to use due care.

Francisco Javier Campos was arrested early Friday morning after deputies were patrolling the area of N. Carson Street and Hot Springs Road when they observed a silver Honda Civic with California plates driving south on Carson Street.

Deputies observed the car driving in an odd pattern, taking turns onto residential neighborhood roads in quick sequence. According to the police report, deputies “found this driving pattern to be very odd as the vehicle was from California and was driving through a dimply lit residential neighborhood at 1:10 a.m.”

While the deputy was observing the vehicle, it turned onto Sunrise and accelerated at a high rate of speed, creating a dust from the road.

The deputy activated the overhead lights, but the vehicle did not slow. The speed was 70 mph, according to the report, but there were no other cars on the road.

Other units responded when the vehicle was on Goni Road. A second deputy advised the car had turned around, and the reporting deputy noted the vehicle was driving in the center of the road, straight at the reporting deputy.

The deputy had to swerve right to avoid crashing into the vehicle.

On College Parkway, the vehicle maintained speeds between 70-80 mph, and entered the west bound lanes while driving east multiple times.

When the vehicle attempted to turn from Sherman Lane onto Highway 50, it failed, and crashed into a wood cable pole, causing the vehicle to spin into the center lane of Highway 50 and Sherman Lane.

Deputies approached the vehicle and observed a subject in black clothing, later identified as Campos, running east from the vehicle. The reporting deputy drove up onto the sidewalk to cut him off from continuing to run east.

Campos then attempted to run west, and a second deputy gave him commands to stop running. He then began to run south, at which point the reporting deputy tackled him before he could run back into the road way.

On the ground, Campos immediately reached both of his hands into his waist band. He was actively fighting by thrashing his body from side to side, and reaching into his waist band, according to the report.

At one point, Campos reached back for the deputy’s duty belt in the area of the deputy’s taser. The deputy punched him in his upper shoulder and neck area twice and ordered him to let go of the deputy. The deputy attempted to sit up and pull Campos arm out again when the deputy realized Campos had grabbed the cord of the deputy’s radio and had pulled the radio under his body.

Deputies were finally able to handcuff Campos and transport him to the Carson City Jail.

Inside the vehicle, there were tin snips and a pry bar on the floor of the vehicle. There were also no keys for the vehicle, and the vehicle remained running until the Carson City Fire Department arrived and shut the vehicle off.

The registered owner of the vehicle could not be located or contacted in Reno. It is unknown at this point if the car is stolen.

Campos has a history of vehicle theft and burglary, according to the report.

Bail: $21,521

— A 24-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the area of Fifth Street and Harbin on a failure to appear warrant out of Carson City, and a Douglas County warrant for failure to appear out of East Fork Justice Court, along with a speeding ticket.

The Carson City warrant was issued after the woman failed to appear in court on a traffic hearing in Oct. of 2018. The second warrant out of Douglas County was issued for another failure to appear on a traffic hearing after going 81 mph in a 45 mph zone.

According to the report, the woman was stopped after driving 40 mph in a 30 mph on Fifth street. When the woman saw the deputy’s car, she slammed on her brakes. The deputy ran the vehicle’s registration and was advised there was a warrant out for its owner.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop, and reported that the woman was “extremely argumentative” and refused to roll down her window because “there are too many fake cops and people stealing cop cars.”

She also told the deputy she was going 36 in a 30 mph zone and she thought it was okay because her mom told her going 5 mph over the limit is okay. The deputy informed her any mph over the speed limit is against the law.

She was taken into custody on the warrants without issue.

Bail: $545 cash only

Warrants:

— A 29-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of College and Lompa Lane on a contempt of court warrant. He was arrested after a traffic stop was conducted for a non-functioning right rear tail light. The warrant was issued on Feb. 28, 2011 for failure to complete community service.

Bail: $500 cash only

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