Carson City Sheriff's Special Enforcement Team arrest two in Corbett Street drug bust

Two people were jailed Friday on felony drug charges during an investigation that involved the Tri-County Gang Unit and the Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team.

Rebecca Peltier, 31, was arrested at 6:44 p.m. in the 100 block of Corbett Street in Carson City on suspicion of maintaining a drug house, and possession of methamphetamine, both felonies. A 42-year-old Reno man, Jason Leon Baker, was also arrested on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance.

According to the arrest report, the Gang Unit and Special Enforcement Team were assigned to case involving drug dealing from the Corbett Street home. Officers arrived at the residence and saw Peltier's vehicle parked in front. An officer walked up to the apartment and heard the woman yell "who's outside."

Baker pulled open the sheets that were pressed against the window of the home exposing the woman and himself inside the apartment, the arrest report states. The man had a hypodermic needle tucked behind his right ear, the arrest report states.

Baker stepped back from the window, dropping the sheets. An officer picked up the sheets and observe the man drop the needle form his head. The officer ordered the man to come back to the window for which he complied. He was detained as was Peltier.

Officers located a needle with approximately 17ccs of suspected liquid methamphetamine, a clear plastic baggie in a hat with 2 grams of methaamphetamine, another needle that contained 17 ccs of suspected methamphetamine, baggies, spoons, a pouch containing meth inside a lipstick tube, and another 1.5 grams of meth in a bag.

The woman admitted to methamphetamine use and had been injecting the drug but stated the syringes were not hers. She stated she did not live at the apartment, even though the lease was in her and her grandfather's name, the arrest report states.

Peltier was booked on charges of possession of a controlled substance, maintaining a drug house, both felonies, possession of drug paraphernalia and being an ex-felon failing to register. Bail: $23,879.

Baker was arrested on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail: $3,632.

In other arrests:
A 29-year-old Carson City man, Paul John Bekakis, was arrested May 3, 5:36 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Roop Street on a felony domestic battery with strangulation charge.

According to the arrest report, Carson City Sheriff's Officce deputies were dispatched in reference to a domestic battery. Officers met with the victim who stated she lives with her boyfriend and suspect Bekakis. She said she attempted to end their relationship and that she was getting her things to leave the residence when she was attacked and strangled.

The woman told officers Bekakis grabbed everything in her hands, threw them on the floor, grabbed her and threw her down on the floor and held her down, putting his hands around her neck and choking her. The woman said she passed out 2-3 times and attempted to push and scratch his chest to get him off of her but was unsuccessful. Officers observed scratch marks on the front of her throat and red marks and abrasions, the arrest report states.

The woman said she regained consciousness, ran out of the apartment and left in her vehicle. She called for emergency services shortly after the incident. Officers spoke with the man who said he was involved in the physical altercation with the woman. He said she went crazy when she tried to get some of her possessions and he attempted to stop her.

He said at one time they were "scrapping" on the floor when she scratched him on his chest. Officers determined Bekakis to be the primary aggressor. He is also on Alternative Sentencing. The agency asked asked for an additional hold on him because he was in violation of conditions of his probation. Bail: $13,000.

— A 57-year-old transient, Richard Brumette, was arrested Sunday, 6:02 p.m. in the 200 block of Jeanell Drive on a felony charge of indecent exposure and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

According to the arrest report, officers responded to the area for a subject yelling profanities at passing cars and pedestrians. Upon arrival officers made contact with Brumette who was grossly intoxicated and had soiled himself.

Officers spoke with two witnesses who said the man had entered the parking lot area, began yelling obscenities at people on the balconies, pulled down his pants and underwear and began mooning them. When officers arrived he was shouting obscenities and flipping people off. Bail: $5,192.

— A 41-year-old woman, Stephanie Collins, was arrested May 2, 10:27 p.m. in the 1900 block of North Carson Street on a suspicion of being in possession of a credit card without permission from the owners, and three misdemeanor charges including possession of stolen property, less than an ounce of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Officers made the arrest after a report of a drill being stolen from a business. During the investigation, in which a red drill box was recovered, Collins consented to search her purse. Inside the wallet contained a driver's license and two credit cards for a person living on Fall Street. The woman stated she found the cards the night before and that her friend knew who the credit cards belong to, the arrest report states.

Officers spoke with the victim who said her day planner had been taken the day before Easter and that she was missing a driver's license, credit cards, Social Security card and other items. Bail $5,511.

—A 52-year-old Gardnerville woman was booked into Carson City Jail on a felony warrant charge of suspicion of uttering a forged instrument. Susan Clements was booked at 7:05 p.m. on the warrant issued March 7, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $7,500.

— A 25-year-old Carson City man, Raymond Cody Ward, as arrested May 1, 7:07 p.m. on a felony drug charge and misdemeanor warrant charge. Officers with the Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team conducted a consensual stop in the 1900 block of East William Street and learned that he had a warrant for his arrest.

After placing him in custody, officers searched him and found six Hydrocone 500 mg pills and one Hydromorphone 4 mg pill in his right front pants pocket. He was arrested for being in possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and a misdemeanor warrant, issued Jan. 10, 2013 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $3,500.

— A 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested May 4, 12:22 a.m. on a felony charge of being in violation of conditions of probation after he had been drinking. Gilbert Ortiz was taken into custody after officers stopped a vehicle on a traffic violation.

Ortiz was the driver of the vehicle and denied he had anything to drink. Because there was alcohol on his breath he was asked to submit to a PBT test. The breath test came back positive and he was arrested. Parole and probation requested a hold be placed on him. An inventory of the car was done and there was an open container, a red Solo cup, and a can of "Four Loko" with some alcohol in it.

— A 22-year-old Carson City man, Geoffrey Paul Larson, was arrested May 2, 9:45 a.m. at Carmine Street and Sneddon Way. He faces a felony charge of suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance, a gross misdemeanor charge of possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of a suspended sentence.

The man admitted officers that he had drugs on him when he was asked. In a search officers found a small clear plastic baggie containing a white pill, Alprazolam, a glass meth pipe with residue, and tin foil with heroin on it. Bail: $9,137. Another man with him was also arrested for on a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Those arrested and facing charges are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.