Carson City arrests: Woman jailed in merchandise fraud scheme at Walmart
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 3:28pm
A 28-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for felony suspicion of obtaining money under false pretenses after allegedly selecting merchandise from a store and getting money for the items from customer service, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Lindsay Ann Hammers was booked into custody a 2:12 p.m. According to the arrest report deputies were called to the Walmart store in the 3200 block of Market Street regarding a fraud report and met with store loss prevention. The security officer advised he observed the woman select a pair of boots, two pairs of pants and another clothing item from store shelves.
The woman then proceeded past all points of pay and went straight to customer service. While she was at customer service she returned the items she had just selected instead of purchasing them. Customer service gave the woman $112.34 for the fraudulent return, the arrest report states.
The woman went to the west side grocery doors and exited the store. The officer identified himself to the woman as Walmart security and attempted to apprehend her but she took off running westbound through the parking lot, the arrest report states.
A Carson City sheriff's deputy located the woman at the Catalina Apartments and brought her back to the store. Another deputy advised her of her Miranda rights. The woman voluntarily agreed to speak and confessed to the fraudulent return. Bail: $20,000.
In other arrests:
— A 50-year-old Carson City man, Donald Antonio Bustamante, was arrested Monday, 2:13 p.m. in the 3800 block of South Carson Street for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. The man reported to casino security that he had lost some property. Security found the property, a blue much with a gram of methamphetamine, a gram of marijuana, a prison identification card and other documentation with the man’s name on it.
A deputy met with the man, and asked him if had had anything illegal on him. He stated he did and a methamphetamine pipe was recovered. Bail: $3,637.
— A 27-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday, 9:12 a.m. in the area of a north Carson Street parking lot for misdemeanor suspicion of domestic battery.
According to the arrest report, deputies were informed of a domestic battery.
Deputies spoke with the suspect and woman who both denied there was a physical altercation as they were walking.
The suspect told the deputy he had woken up on the wrong side of the bed and they were arguing for no reason. Two witnesses reported seeing the man grab the woman and throw her up against a fence. One witness said he saw the suspect punch the woman twice in the abdomen. Bail: $3,137.
— A 25-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday, 9:56 a.m. at an Ediza Circle residence for four misdemeanor warrants: three for contempt of court and one for failure to appear. Bail: $1,983.
— A 29-year-old Sparks woman was booked into jail April 7 for a misdemeanor warrant, violation of bail conditions, issued March 17 out of Carson City Drug Court. Bail was held in lieu of a hearing.
— A 33-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman, Samantha Fagan, was arrested Monday, 2:58 p.m. in the area of East Spear and North Stewart Street for a felony warrant alleging fraudulent use of a credit card. Bail: $1,000.
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.
- Carson City
- Carson City Sheriff's Office
- $12
- 000
- April
- arrest report
- battery
- carson
- Carson Street
- Casino
- City
- clothing
- credit
- crime
- crime log
- customer service
- deputies
- domestic battery
- drug
- felony
- Fence
- hammers
- Hearing
- information
- Lake
- lindsay ann hammers
- lost
- March
- Market
- money
- News
- policy
- Prevention
- public
- running
- service
- sheriff's office
- south
- South Carson Street
- South Lake Tahoe
- Sparks
- tahoe
- warrant
- Lake Tahoe
- marijuana
- methamphetamine
- Walmart
