Carson City man arrested for meth possession on his way to courthouse

A 48-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Walker and Fairview drives Thursday afternoon on the charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without working break lights, violation of pre-trial conditions, and violation of a suspended sentence.

Robert Edwin Deuel was arrested after a Special Enforcement Team deputy was driving an unmarked patrol vehicle in the area of Fairview Drive and U.S. Highway 50 East when a vehicle was observed turning south onto Fairview Drive, and the vehicle’s left brake light was not functioning.

The deputy stopped the vehicle and spoke with the driver, Deuel, and a woman in the passenger seat. She said Deuel was driving her for her color-code testing at the court house. Dispatch advised they were both on supervision with the Carson City Department of Alternative Sentencing (DAS) for controlled substance-related cases.

Another deputy arrived to write a citation for the broken tail light, and the SET deputy called in K-9 deputy Ivo to conduct an exterior free-air sniff around the vehicle. Ivo gave a positive alert of drug odor at the driver and passenger sides of the vehicle.

The deputy located one gram of methamphetamine on the floorboard behind the driver’s seat.

Both Deuel and the woman denied ownership of the drugs, but since it was directly behind Deuel, possession was attributed to him over the woman, according to he report.

Deuel was arrested, and the woman was released.

Bail: $7,704; $4,000 cash only

— A 30-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Seely Loop Thursday night on the charges of child endangerment, a gross misdemeanor, first-offense driving under the influence (DUI), driving without a valid driver’s license, driving with expired registration, tail lamp violation, and a warrant for violating conditions of a suspended sentence.

The man admitted to deputies that he had “had a few beers,” and deputies noted a child in the left rear passenger seat. He also told deputies he had smoked two “hits” of marijuana approximately one hour before, and that he hadn’t smoked marijuana in a long time. He said he had consumed two beers about an hour before as well.

The man was stopped after his vehicle registration came back as being expired, and the housing of the right rear tail light was broken.

During the field sobriety test, the man gave several clues of impairment. However, he blew a .000 percent on his preliminary breath test (PBT), and deputies noted that he did not smell like alcohol, but that his eyes were watery.

Deputies also were advised he had a warrant for his arrest.

Due to the signs of impairment, the man was charged with DUI first. Because a small child was in the vehicle at the time, he was also charged with child endangerment and taken into custody without issue.

Bail: $4,973; $1,000 cash only

— A 39-year-old Dayton man was arrested in the area of S. Carson Street and W. Overland Street for DUI first, a misdemeanor.

Early Friday morning at 3:20 a.m., deputies were patrolling when they spotted a vehicle pulling out of a casino parking lot and turn right onto S. Carson Street without turning on its headlights.

Deputies followed the vehicle south, and it still did not turn on its lights.

Deputies stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver, who appeared to have red watery eyes and smelled like alcohol. Deputies asked the man how much he had to drink and where he was going, which he responded he was driving home to Dayton after drinking two beers at a casino.

Deputies asked the man to exit the vehicle to perform a field sobriety test. When the man stepped out of the vehicle, it began to roll away, as it had been left in neutral without the brake on. Deputies put the vehicle in gear and secured it.

During the field sobriety test deputies observed six out of six clues of impairment during the horizontal gaze test. He did not appear to give any clues of impairment during the walk and turn or one leg stand.

He blew a preliminary breath test, which came back with a .082 percent breath-alcohol content (BAC) and was taken into custody.

Bail: $1,137

— A 38-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the 1500 block of Long Street early Friday morning for DUI first and Due Care.

Deputies responded to the area for an unknown injury crash. Dispatch advised a single vehicle and crashed into a parked car on Long Street. When deputies arrived they noted a Subaru Legacy crashed into an SUV, and the SUV had been struck so hard that it was moved forward, up onto the sidewalk, and was pushed into several other vehicles that were parked in front of it.

The woman in the Subaru identified herself to deputies, and deputies noted she had thick, slurred speech, red watery eyes, and a strong odor of alcohol coming from her person.

When deputies asked her what happened, she said, “I’m drunk.”

At first, the woman agreed to perform field sobriety tests, but before beginning she told deputies she changed her mind. When deputies asked why, she said, “I know I am drunk.” When deputies asked her if she just wanted to go to jail, she said yes.

She blew a .235 percent BAC on her PBT.

She was taken into custody and released to the jail without incident.

Bail: $1,329

— A 60-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Roop and Telegraph Thursday morning on the charge of an ex-felon failing to register.

Deputies were patrolling when they saw a vehicle stopped in the middle of the roadway on Roop north of Musser Street. The vehicle had its flashers on and there were people getting in and out of the vehicle to deliver phone books. There were several vehicles that were stopped behind the van with the flashers on, according to the report.

The vehicle was driving slowly up the street with the passenger side sliding door open. Deputies stopped the vehicle and met with the driver and two passengers.

The driver was highly uncooperative and received a citation.

One of the passengers was identified as the 60-year-old. He had a driver’s license that showed an address in Carson City, and he said he’d lived there for approximately 12 years. He said he lived at the residence with his cats.

A records check showed the man as an ex-felon registered to a different locations. He was arrested for an ex-felon failing to register, and was transported to the jail without incident.

Bail: $242

Warrants:

— A 20-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the area of College Parkway for failure to appear warrants out of Carson City Justice Court and East Fork Justice Court.

Deputies were originally dispatched in regards to a harassment situation. After a warrants checked returned active for the woman, she was taken into custody without incident.

Bail: $410 cash only

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