Carson City Sheriff's arrest log: Woman arrested for battery on deputy

A Carson City Sheriff's deputy was battered Friday night at 10:10 p.m. by a 39 year-old Carson City woman, leading to her arrest for gross misdemeanor battery on a peace officer as well as misdemeanor resisting and obstructing, the arrest report said.

According to the report, deputies arrived at a residences in the 4700 block of Conte Drive around 10 p.m. to serve an active bench warrant out of the Carson City Justice Court on a subject at the residence.

The warrant for two counts of misdemeanor violations of bail conditions was served to a 27 year-old woman living at the residence with her 39 year-old female partner.

The 27 year-old subject was verbally uncooperative with officers, who repeated directions to her multiple times before she complied, the report said.

The woman smelled strongly of alcohol, the reporting deputy said, and she admitted to drinking alcohol throughout the day. She would later show a breath alcohol content of .142 percent upon being booked into the Carson City Jail. Bail: $3,000.

As deputies led the 27 year-old woman out of the house, her 39 year-old female partner was becoming increasingly upset about her going to jail, the report said.

The 39 year-old woman began by shouting at officers, and then became physically aggressive by bumping into deputies, ignoring directions to back away, pushing, shoving and finally striking an officer multiple times with straight-arm blows to the head.

A struggle ensued to subdue the woman, who was described as out of control, violently hitting and lashing out at the arresting deputy. Multiple units were called to assist in the situation, the report said, and she was eventually handcuffed by two officers.

She continued screaming while in the patrol car and ride to the Carson City Jail, where she was escorted inside for booking. Bail: $2,500.

In other arrests:

— A 66 year-old Stagecoach man was arrested early Friday morning at 2:33 a.m. in the 3300 block of U.S. Highway 50 East on multiple felony offenses, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy said.

According to the arrest report, Steven Palmer was taken into custody for trafficking a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person after law enforcement had been dispatched to a casino parking lot to investigate a reported drug transaction.

Deputies approached an RV in the parking lot owned by Palmer, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the cab. When questioned by officers, Palmer admitted to having drugs and drug paraphernalia inside the RV, the report said. From outside the RV, officers could observe a clear glass meth pipe.

Palmer then handed over an empty baggy with white residue on it.

He was subsequently handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail. The RV was impounded and later inventoried. A search of the vehicle showed a baggie containing 29 grams of methamphetamine, as well as several new baggies used to package for individual sales and a kit containing tools for ingesting methamphetamines, the report said.

On his person, Palmer was found to have a scale and $200 in cash, the report said. Bail: $100,000.

— A 22 year-old Dayton woman was arrested Friday night at 6:17 p.m. in the area of East William Street and Gold Dust Way on multiple felony drug offenses, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy said.

Sidni Amato was taken into custody on two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of a prescription drug without a prescription after law enforcement performed a traffic stop on the vehicle she was riding in for no front license plate and blacked out tail lights, the report said.

A K9 unit was used to perform an exterior sniff of the vehicle and returned with a positive alert at the passenger side door, the report said. Amato admitted to possessing a marijuana pipe in her purse, but neither she nor the driver admitted to any drugs inside the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle revealed a black bag under the passenger seat containing a small green pill identified as a controlled prescription drug and two small baggies with a white crystal substance suspected of being methamphetamine, the report said.

A field test of the substance showed presumptive positive for meth, the report said.

Amato was handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $2,500.

The male driver of the vehicle was also arrested on multiple misdemeanor offenses, the report said, including first offense driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs, no valid driver's license, improper license plate display, and non-visible tail lamps.

The 21 year-old Dayton man consented to a field sobriety test, which showed signs of impairment. He admitted to smoking marijuana earlier that day, the report said.

He was then handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail where he was booked. Bail: $1,000.

— A 27 year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday night at 7:12 p.m. in area of Lompa and Sherman lanes on felony possession of a controlled substance as well as misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and two contempt of court warrants issued out of the Carson City Justice Court, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy said.

Luis Fuentes was taken into custody following a traffic stop of a vehicle in which he was a passenger, the report said. Law enforcement had recognized Fuentes from prior contacts and his warrant status was known, the report said. These were confirmed through dispatch.

He was placed in handcuffs and searched. Deputies found evidence of a brown gooey substance in torn plastic inside Fuentes' wallet, the report said. The substance was suspected to be heroin. It was field tested and returned presumptive positive for heroin.

He was then transported to the Carson City Jail and booked. Bail: $3,000.

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.