Carson City Sheriff's arrest log: Deputies make multiple felony drug busts

A 39 year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday night at 9:34 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Carson Street on multiple felony drug offenses, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Cesar Armando Alvarado was booked into the Carson City Jail for possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to sell.

According to the arrest report, a Sheriff's deputy observed a a white sedan fail to stop at a posted stop sign at the intersection of West Winnie Lane and Russett Way. A records check of the vehicle's registration returned as expired.

A traffic stop was conducted along North Carson Street, and contact was made with the driver and a passenger inside the vehicle. The passenger was recognized as Alvarado from previous drug-related law enforcement contacts, the report said, and a K-9 unit was called to assist on the stop.

Both subjects were instructed to exit the vehicle, the report said, and they both consented to a search of their persons. Two plastic baggies containing a white crystallized substance presumed to be methamphetamine were found on Alvarado, who was placed in custody at that point in handcuffs.

A positive alert was noted during the K9 exterior sniff, and a subsequent interior search search of the vehicle found an additional baggie of presumed meth under the front passenger seat along with an unused glass meth pipe. Three baggies in total for recovered during the search of Alvarado and the vehicle, each containg around one gram apiece. A total of about 3.5 grams of presumed meth were seized from the stop.

The records check through Carson City Dispatch showed Alvarado had no drugs or paraphernalia conditions through the Carson City Department of Alternative Sentencing (DAS). He also had confirmed misdemeanor failure to appear traffic bench warrant issued out of the Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $5,000.

The driver of the suspect vehicle, a 41 year-old Carson City man, was also arrested on multiple misdemeanor offenses, including being ex-felon who had failed to register, as well as the expired vehicle registration and stop sign violation that resulted in the traffic stop.

He reported to deputies that he had been released from prison in California five years ago and had lived in Carson City for about five years. The records check confirmed he had previous convictions for burglary, grand theft, possession and transporting of a controlled substance, forgery, possession of stolen property and check fraud. Bail: $150.

In other arrests:

— Two men were arrested were arrested early Saturday morning at 12:03 a.m. in the 3300 block of U.S. Highway 50 East on felony heroin possession and misdemeanor drug paraphernalia possession, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Kyle Christopher Powell, 25, of Gold Hill, NV, and 27 year-old transient Miles Christopher Beals were taken into custody after a Sheriff's deputy observed them sitting in a store parking lot inside a small pickup for several minutes.

The deputy activated his emergency lights to make a stop, the report said, and then walked up to the side of the pickup to make contact with its occupants. Both men identified themselves and each denied any drug activity.

A records check on Powell confirmed three active bench warrants for misdemeanor failure to appear on traffic citations issued from three separate jurisdictions: Reno Township Justice Court out of Washoe County, East Fork Township Justice Court out of Douglas County, and Carson City Justice Court.

Law enforcement instructed Powell to exit the vehicle, and as he did so, a plastic pen known as a "tooter straw" fell out of his lap, the report said. The straw contained brown residue on it.

In response, Powell said, "I forgot about that. I've been clean for almost a year." He was placed in handcuffs.

A K9 unit assisted in the stop and the exterior sniff resulted in a positive alert. A search of the vehicle recovered 2.9 grams of suspected heroin, including residue where both the driver and passenger were seated.

Beals was also handcuffed, and both men transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $2,500 each.

— Two transient women were arrested Friday afternoon at 5:32 p.m. in the area of Sonoma Park on felony methamphetamine possession and multiple misdemeanor offenses, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy said.

Amberle Jeanne Gaddis, 27, and 20 year-old Mariah Noel Zepeda was taken into custody after a Sheriff's deputy noted Zepeda sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle at the park for several minutes and discarding cigarette butts out of the window, the arrest report said.

Upon making contact with Zepeda, law enforcement questioned her behavior. She said she was waiting for her friend, Gaddis, who was playing with her five year-old child at the park.

Zepeda, identified by ID card, had discarded around 27 cigarette butts onto the pavement of the street beneath her vehicle, which also smelled strongly of burnt marijuana, the report said.

A marijuana bong was observed at Zepeda's feet.

Gaddis made her way over to the vehicle at about this time and was questioned by the deputy. She reported that her husband had a valid driver's license and had driven the two women and child to the park.

The deputy concluded Gaddis was lying, because her spouse was currently incarcerated at the Carson City Jail. Upon being confronted about the information, Gaddis then said a different person by her husband's name had driven them to the park, the report said.

Visible from outside of the vehicle was a large amount of personal property, and Gaddis stated they were between hotels, having previously traveled from Sacramento to Carson City.

Due to the inconsistent information and fabrications, both women were instructed to sit on the curb.

A K9 officer was utilized to perform an exterior sniff of the vehicle and a positive alert was noted on both the driver and passenger sides, the report said.

A subsequent vehicle search located the marijuana bong where Zepeda had been seated along with marijuana, a grinder and three other pipes in her purse. Five plastic baggies containing trace amounts of methamphetamine were also found inside of a backpack in the vehicle's trunk.

Further questioning of Gaddis revealed her child did not have a home and they were living out of the vehicle. The child also had never been to formal school, Gaddis told deputies in the report.

When asked why the child had never been in school, Gaddis replied with the child seated in front of her, "because he is a pain in the ass."

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) was contacted and a social worker responded to the scene, taking custody of the child.

Gaddis had the charge of child neglect and endangerment added to her arrest, while Zepeda was also charged with misdemeanor littering and drug paraphernalia possession. The two women were handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $2,500 each.

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.