Carson City arrests: Man booked for failing to register, urinating on patrol vehicle

An ex convicted felon was arrested late Friday afternoon at 5:15 p.m. in the 1100 block of W. College Pkwy for multiple misdemeanors and a felony indecent conduct offense, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

A 35-year-old Carson City man was taken into custody at his place of work following a law enforcement investigation that had started days earlier when Sheriff's deputies had contact with him at a restaurant.

According to the arrest report, a team of Sheriff's deputies had ended their shifts and met at a restaurant on N. Carson Street to eat. During their meal, the deputies were approached multiple times by an intoxicated adult male who insisted on paying their tab. The officers politely declined each time the suspect offered to pay for their meals.

The suspect also reportedly wanted to buy the deputies "car bombs," the report said. Deputies observed that the suspect smelled strongly of alcohol and exhibited slurred, repetitive speech.

The suspect eventually paid his bill and left the restaurant with a friend, who later was a witness. Deputies watched him walk outside into the parking lot and toward the patrol vehicles parked there. At one point, he disappeared from view for about two minutes behind one of the patrol vehicles, the report said, before re-emgerging and getting picked up by his friend.

One deputy, behind whose patrol vehicle the suspect had disappeared briefly, checked on the rear of his vehicle and noted that the rear tailgate, license plate and bumper were covered in a copious amount of fresh urine smelling of alcohol, the report said.

The deputy returned inside the restaurant and queried the server about the suspect, who had paid by credit card. The server showed the officer the receipt identifying the suspect by name.

A records check subsequently run on the suspect showed he was a four-time convicted ex-felon in California for theft-related crimes. He currently resided in Carson City and worked at a business on W. College Pkwy, the report said.

Records showed that the suspect was not registered as a convicted person in Carson City.

The deputy later made contact with the apartment manager at the complex where the suspect resided. The manager stated the suspect had lived there since July 2018.

Next the deputy arrived at the suspect's work place and spoke with him in the business office, where his Miranda rights were read and waived, the report said.

The suspect acknowledged meeting the deputy and his team at the restaurant a few days earlier, and he remembered trying to cover their bill. But the suspect denied urinating on the patrol vehicle, claiming he did not know what the patrol vehicles looked like.

The suspect was placed in handcuffs for misdemeanor ex-felon failing to register and walked to the patrol vehicles. When the suspect saw the parked patrol vehicles, he appeared to recognize them, commenting, "There you guys are."

He was then transported to the Carson City Jail for booking on the misdemeanor charge.

The arresting deputy made contact with the suspect's friend, who had picked the suspect up at the restaurant and had knowledge of him urinating on a vehicle. But the witness stated he did not know it was a patrol vehicle.

Additional misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and vehicle tampering, as well as felony indecent conduct, were added to the booking charges.

Bail: $5,981.

Update 5/24/19: The felony charges against the suspect were later dropped.

In other arrests:

— A 24 year-old transient woman was arrested Friday night at 9:58 p.m. in the area of Spear and Carson streets downtown for multiple misdemeanor offenses and felony drug possession, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Katie Noelle Sardella placed in custody after the Toyota sedan she was driving had been stopped by a Sheriff's deputy for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.

According to the arrest report, a Sheriff's deputy turned his patrol vehicle onto Spear Street from N. Carson Street and came head-to-head with another vehicle driving the wrong way down the street.

A traffic stopped was conducted and the deputy made contact with the driver, identified as Sardella from previous heroin and methamphetamine investigations.

Sardella exited her vehicle upon being stopped and was observed to move very slowly with uncoordinated movements. She exhibited deliberate speech and pupil sizes not appropriate for the environment, the report said.

Standard Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) were conducted by one deputy while a K-9 unit performed an exterior sniff on Sardella's vehicle.

The K-9 sniff resulted in a positive alert and the SFSTs showed signs of drug impairment, the report said.

A subsequent interior vehicle search recovered a mirror with a substance on the surface resembling methamphetamine. Two spoons and a lip balm lid, each containing heroin, were also recovered.

Field testing of the substances found showed presumptive positive for meth and heroin, the report said.

Sardella was handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking, where she was charged with felony drugs along with misdemeanor first-offense driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs, and drug paraphernalia possession.

Bail: $4,861.

— A 25 year-old Las Vegas man was arrested Friday afternoon at 4:40 p.m. at the Carson City Jail for felony possession of drugs, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Eduardo Rivas-Garcia was already an inmate at the detention facility when a strip search recovered methamphetamine from him, the arrest report said.

A shakedown of the Trustee Pod inside the jail was performed in order to search for contraband that was suspected to have been smuggled into detention from the corporate yard, where Rivas-Garcia had been assigned work detail.

During the search, Rivas-Garcia admitted to having drugs on him. He was given permission to retrieve the drugs hidden inside of his underwear.

Rivas-Garcia stated that the drug was meth found in the Trustee Pod, the report said.

Upon being Mirandized, the inmate agreed to speak with deputies. He said the drugs were found inside the Trustee bathroom and he was planning to use the meth, the report said.

Rivas-Garcia was then arrested and charged with felony meth possession. Bail: $2,500.

— A 49 year-old Carson City Carson City woman was arrested late Friday night at 10:58 a.m. in the area of Winnie Lane and N. Carson Street for misdemeanor first-offense DUI alcohol, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

According to the arrest report, a traffic stop was made on a silver Subaru for crossing over the center line and back into the travel lane. The suspect driver did not have her license with her. She verbally identified herself to law enforcement on scene.

The suspect's breath smelled of alcohol, she displayed red, watery eyes, and exhibited slurred speech, the report said.

She admitted to having consumed several glasses of wine.

The suspect consented to SFSTs, which showed 14 out of 18 clues of alcohol impairment, the report said. A preliminary breath test (PBT), also consented to by the suspect, resulted in breath-alcohol content (BAC) of .192 percent.

She was handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $1,306.

— A 36 year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday night at 9:25 p.m. in the area of Long and Roop streets for misdemeanor first-offense DUI alcohol, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

According to the arrest report, a traffic stop was made on a Toyota pickup that displayed a non-functioning brake light. Upon making contact with the driver, Sheriff's deputies suspected he was under the influence, because he smelled of alcohol.

The driver, in fact, admitted to alcohol consumption prior to driving, the report said. His speech was observed to be thick and slow.

He consented to SFSTs, which exhibited 12 of 18 clues of alcohol impairment. A PBT was also consented to, yielded BAC of .283 percent.

The suspect was subsequently handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $1,249.

— A 27 year-old Dayton woman was arrested late Friday night at 11:15 p.m. in the area of E. Ann and N. Carson streets for misdemeanor driving with a revoked license, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

According to the arrest report, a sedan was pulled over for a non-functioning rear license plate light. The driver supplied all requested documents and a records check through Carson City Dispatch was run for wants and warrants.

Dispatch informed the deputy that the suspect's driver's license had been revoked for DUI. She was then asked to exit the vehicle, at which point she was placed in handcuffs.

The suspect was then transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $1,249.

— A 50 year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday morning at 10:18 a.m. in the 1100 block of E. William Street on an outstanding misdemeanor contempt of court warrant, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

According to the arrest report, a Sheriff's deputy patrolling in Mills Park noted several subjects crowded around a park table. The deputy made contact with them and asked to see their identifications.

A records check on one of the identified subjects confirmed the active bench warrant issued by the Carson City Justice Court for failing to appear in court.

The suspect was placed into handcuffs at that point and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $500.

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