Carson City weekend arrests: Man admits to stealing vehicle from convenience store to get home

A 48-year-old man was arrested Friday for suspicion of felony grand larceny of a motor vehicle second offense after allegedly stealing a car from the parking lot of a convenience store while the owner was inside, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Arrested was Jason Daniel Sutttner of Carson City. He was also booked for misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the booking report deputies were dispatched to the 4100 block of South Carson Street for a report of a stolen vehicle.

The reporting party advised someone stole his vehicle while he was inside a convenience store gas station. Deputies began investigating and observed camera surveillance of the suspect at the convenience store.

While officers were investigating, Douglas County dispatch advised sheriff's deputies located the stolen vehicle in the 3100 block of Highway 395 in Minden at an RV resort and had the suspect detained.

The suspect, Jason Suttner, said to officers that he was just trying to "get home" and and didn't mean any harm. "If I didn't make it home I was going to write a note saying please take me back to the AM/PM in Carson City, I'm sorry," the report states.

Also located on the man was a pipe for smoking narcotics. The man stated he smoked about a "gram of fentanyl a day" stating the pipe is "trash" and "it's an old habit that's about to disappear." Bail: $40,000.

In other arrests:
— Two people were booked Saturday for their involvement in the theft of more than $1,800 in merchandise from Kohl's, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Maurice Divan Garcia, 46, was taken into custody for suspicion of felony grand larceny and possession of credit cards belonging to another person. A 43-year-old woman was arrested for suspicion of gross misdemeanor conspiracy to commit grand larceny, misdemeanor failure to yield and DUI drugs.

According to the booking report, dispatch received a call about a man who walked out of the Kohl's store with several suits and got into a white van driven by a female.

A deputy located the van and attempted to pull it over. It would not stop, continuing to travel 28 mph in a 45 mph zone, the report states. The van made a u-turn at Silver Oak Drive and stopped on North Carson Street. The female driver complied with commands and she was detained and read her Miranda warning. She stated she would talk. She confirmed she had come from a parking lot at Kohl's. She admitted to smoking marijuana and had red watery eyes and slurred speech, according to the report.

She showed signs of impairment and admitted to smoking marijuana within the last 2-3 hours. She was placed under arrest for suspicion of DUI drugs based on the failure to yeild to a patrol vehicle, her speech, eye movement and results from standardized field sobriety tests.

She was asked if officers could search the vehicle. She said they would have to ask Maurice Garcia since it was his vehicle.

Officers spoke with the man, who denied consent to search the vehicle. A K-9, Kato, was deployed and alerted to drugs in the vehicle. The vehicle was searched where several suits with Kohl's tag numbers were located. There were not illicit drugs in the van, the report states.

It was determined through the investigation that the suspect in the theft was Maurice Garcia. The total cost of all the suits stolen was $1,839.80. He was arrested and taken to jail.

While searching Garcia's wallet a deputy located two credit cards with names that were not his. He was booked for suspicion of grand larceny and possession of another person's credit cards, both felony offenses. Bail $5,000 for grand larceny and $5,000 for possession of credit cards. Bail for the woman, $2,000 for conspiracy to commit grand larceny, $1,000 for DUI drugs and $250 for failure to yield.

— A 52-year-old Reno man, Stefan Richard Delia, was arrested Saturday for suspicion of felony abuse on a vulnerable person. According to the booking report, deputies arrested the suspect after a report of a man beating another man who was disabled.

Officers located the victim, who stated he and the suspect were sitting on a park bench. The suspect got angry at the victim, who has a physical disability to his hands and could not fight back or protect himself. The deputy observed the victim had deformities on both hands. He stated the suspect hit him approximately 10 to 15 times with a closed fist, the report states.

Officers located the suspect, who was asked to take his hands out of his pockets. He tossed a pocket knife to the ground. The man was uncooperative and was detained. He was read his Miranda warning, multiple times, where he stated he didn't understand. The officer observed red marks on the man's right knuckle and an open cut near his right pinky knuckle.

The man began cussing at the officers. He was arrested and placed into a patrol car. He was booked for suspicion of abuse on a vulnerable person. He provided a breath test of .230. The victim was taken to the hospital with injuries to his head and neck. Bail: $10,000.

— A 42-year-old Sacramento, Calif., man was arrested Monday for suspicion of misdemeanor DUI. According to the booking report, a deputy was patrolling the area of West Winnie Lane and Mountain Street and observed a vehicle going 45 mph in a 25 mph zone. Radar confirmed the speed of 44 mph.

The vehicle passed the deputy and the deputy then activated their emergency lights and made a traffic stop. The officer could smell the odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle and observed the driver to have red, watery eyes and slurred speech. The officer asked the man how much he had to drink.

The man advised he didn't have very much. The officer could smell an odor of alcohol coming from the man's breath and asked him if he would be willing to submit to standardized field sobriety tests. The man agreed and showed signs of impairment on the tests. He refused to provide a preliminary breath test. Based on the observations, the officer placed him under arrest. The man consented to an evidentiary blood test. Bail: $1,137.

— A 34-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for misdemeanor violation of a suspended sentence. Bail: $1,000.

— A 60-year-old Silver Springs man, Rodney Billman, was arrested Monday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and a Department of Alternative Sentencing violation. Bail: $3,000.

— A 26-year-old Carson City man, Victor Manuel Oronia-Lopez was arrested early Tuesday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. Bail: $2,500.

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