Carson City arrests: Woman jailed for domestic battery, allegedly kicks boyfriend in the head

A 25-year-old woman was arrested Monday for suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery, according to a Carson City sheriff's booking report.

According to the arrest report, deputies were called at 9:20 p.m. to a Pheasant Drive address for a report that a man had been kicked in the face by his girlfriend.

Deputies met with the reporting party who advised he and has girlfriend have been having relationship issues, that she has substance abuse issues and has been absent in the household and has not seen their children.

The male advised he was upset with the woman because she had a careless attitude toward not seeing their kids or being a present mother. He told deputies as he knelt down to pick up clothes off the ground, the woman kicked him in the head.

Deputies made contact with the woman, who said she recently returned home from a friend's house and that she was in a verbal altercation with her boyfriend. She told the officer he bent down to pick up something off the floor and she kicked him, demonstrating to the deputy how she used her right foot and made a kicking motion.

She was arrested for suspicion of domestic battery. Bail: $3,137.

In other arrests:
— A 19-year-old inmate at Northern Nevada Corrections, Chastin McCoy, was booked Monday for a felony warrant alleging battery by a prisoner at the Carson City Jail. The warrant was issued out of Carson City Justice Court on April 6, 2021. McCoy is currently in the custody of Northern Nevada Corrections and is serving a sentence for an unrelated crime. No bail.

— A 37-year-old Carson City woman, Jennifer Hames, was arrested Monday for a felony warrant out of Reno Justice Court, a misdemeanor warrant out of Carson City Justice Court, and for suspicion of misdemeanor driving an unregistered vehicle and driving on a suspended or revoked license. Bail: $8,749.

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.

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