Carson City sheriff's deputies make multiple DUI, battery arrests over weekend
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 01/30/2023 - 11:50am
A 38-year-old man was arrested early Sunday for suspicion of misdemeanor DUI second offense, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.
A deputy made a traffic stop on a vehicle after observing the driver traveling eastbound in the westbound lane. The deputy approached the driver's side and made contact with the driver, observing they had an odor of alcohol coming from his person, red watery eyes and slurred speech.
The driver was asked if he had been drinking. The man replied he had been and consumed two drinks earlier, the report states.
The man submitted to standardized field sobriety tests and showed signs of impairment on the tests. The man could not provide an adequate PBT sample. He was arrested at 12:28 a.m. for suspicion of DUI. He was taken to jail where he was read a request for an evidentiary sample of blood or breath, according to the report.
The driver said he would not submit to the test. A search warrant for a breath sample was requested through the Carson City District Attorney's Office and approved by the on-call judge. Bail: $2,500. The driver was also issued a citation for failing to drive within marked lanes.
In other arrests:
— A 50-year-old Montana man was arrested Friday for suspicion of misdemeanor DUI. A woman with him, Nicole Ann Kirkegaard, 37, of Great Falls, Montana, was arrested for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance.
According to the booking report, deputies responded to a casino parking lot where there were multiple reports of a man driving around the parking lot intoxicated. Deputies made contact with the driver and occupant Kirkegaard. While speaking with the driver, the officer could smell an odor of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle.
The man was asked to exit the vehicle, where he stated no. After a third time of telling the man to exit the vehicle, a deputy opened the door and ordered him out, which he complied. While speaking to the driver, a deputy observed the man to have red watery eyes and an odor of alcohol coming from his breath, the report states. He was also slurring his speech while speaking.
The man was asked if he would submit to a series of field sobriety tests. The man agreed and showed signs of impairment during testing. He provided a breath sample of .144 and was arrested for suspicion of DUI.
A K9 did an open air-sniff of the vehicle, and alerted positive to drugs. A search of the vehicle was done where a bag of suspected methamphetamine was located on the passenger side of the vehicle, within immediate reach of Kirkegaard. She was arrested for suspicion of a controlled substance, a felony offense. At jail the man provided evidentiary breath tests of .104 and .103. Bail for the driver: $1,137. Bail for passenger Kirkegaard, $2,500.
— A 38-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of DUI, hit and run of a sign and a failure to appear warrant.
According to the booking report, a deputy observed a vehicle with a missing headlight traveling west at William and Rand streets. The deputy made a traffic stop and contacted the driver.
The deputy observed heavy front end damage to the woman's vehicle, noting the following: Her driver side headlight was missing, driver side mirror was missing, part of the driver side quarter panel was missing and there was damage to the driver side of the hood and a small break in glass at the lower edge of the driver side window.
The woman told the deputy she had just been in an accident on the northbound on-ramp to I-580. When she was asked if she reported the incident she replied she did not report it. A deputy responded to the area and observed fresh damage to one of the signs present.
A deputy found parts of a car that matched the damage to the woman's vehicle and a sign that was bent and damaged. The woman said she was attempting to get onto I-580 when she slid on the ice and hit a sign, the report states.
While speaking the deputy could smell an odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath. The woman's speech was slurred and her eyes were glassy and red, the report states.
Dispatch advised the woman had an active warrant for her arrest issued in Lyon County for a failure to appear on a traffic citation. She was placed under arrest for the warrant and taken to jail where she was read qualifying questions to the standardized field sobriety tests. The woman stated she had consumed three glasses of wine but had stopped drinking two hours prior. She said she also had taken one THC laced gummy. She submitted to field sobriety tests and showed signs of impairment. She provided two evidentiary blood samples. Bail: $3,009.
— A 67-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of misdemeanor battery. According to the booking report, the woman allegedly got into an altercation with her sister, pulling out a handful of hair and scratching her face. Bail: $1,137.
— A 30-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of battery on a protected person (nurse.) The woman allegedly assaulted a crisis center staff member, causing two small lacerations under her right eye and eye lid, as well as a bloody nose after being struck in the face. Bail: $2,500.
— All information for the crime log (unless otherwise noted) comes from the arrest reports supplied by the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and is considered by law to be public information. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The policy of Carson Now is to name anyone who is arrested for a felony offense.
