Carson City arrests: Man 'banging' on Capitol Building doors booked for intimidating officers, smoking marijuana in public
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 10:28am
A 60-year-old man was arrested Monday for suspicion of gross misdemeanor intimidating a peace officer and misdemeanor smoking marijuana in public during a confrontation at the Capitol Building, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.
At 6:38 p.m. a CCSO deputy was dispatched to the Capitol Building in reference to a male subject "banging" on the front doors. It was requested by Capitol Police for the Carson City Sheriff's Office to assist with contact due to the aggressive behavior from the man. It was also stated the man was smoking marijuana.
Deputies arrived where the man aggressively approaching a deputy, yelling profanities and getting within 1.5 feet of officers. Capitol Police then took control of the male, who continued to be verbally aggressive and tried to approach a CCSO and Capital Police deputy. He was placed into handcuffs.
CCSO deputies learned from Capitol Police who said they witnessed the man smoking a wood pipe and recognized the odor of marijuana. The substance in the wood pipe was later confirmed to be marijuana. The man was placed under arrest for smoking marijuana in public and intimidating a police officer.l. Bail: $3,137.
In other arrests:
— A 49-year-old man was arrested Monday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, gross misdemeanor concealing evidence and a lesser offense.
Jonathan Conrad Turek was taken into custody at 5:01 p.m. He was also booked for misdemeanor suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the booking report a deputy was on patrol in the North Carson Street area and observed a vehicle in a casino parking lot. The officer observed a female in the front passenger seat and a male in the rear passenger's seat.
The male, Turek, was observed with a scale and a moderate amount of black tar substance on top of a small yellow tool box. The man was in the process of weighing the tar like substance when the deputy observed him, the report states.
The officer announced himself where then the suspect grabbed the tar like substance, scale and attempted to conceal it by hiding the substance behind the tool box, the report states.
The deputy ordered all subjects out of the vehicle. Turek was detained. Deputies removed the scale and substance from the vehicle. Turek was read his Miranda rights, which he stated he understood.
Even though the deputy observed Turek physically in possession of the substance, scale and watched him try to conceal it from the officer, he denied knowing about the substance, what the substance was and being in possession of the substance, the report states. The substance turned out to be suspected black tar heroin. Bail: $6,137.
— A 25-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for suspicion of felony battery with a deadly weapon. Jeff Allen Vanpelt Jr., was taken into custody at 8:54 p.m. following an investigation.
According to the booking report, a deputy was dispatched to a battery with a deadly weapon call on Mayflower Way in Carson City. Dispatch advised the reporting party wanted to meet at the front of the sheriff's office.
A deputy had been at the residence earlier for a civil standby. The reporting party advised that after the deputy left the civil standby they were battered by Vanpelt. During the incident, the reporting party said the suspect raised up a plastic snow shovel and swung it at him. The victim stated he put his arms up to protect himself and was struck in the arm. The victim did not have any major injuries, the report states.
Deputies arrived at the residence and met with the suspect who explained that the reporting party become verbally abusive to him and his mother. The suspect stated he took a swing at the reporting party but missed. He then said he picked up a nearby object and took a fake swing at him, connected but didn't mean to hit him. Bail: $30,000.
— 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.
