Carson City arrests: Man tosses cylinder with meth inside at house after running from deputy
A 31-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday, 8:43 a.m. in the area of Stewart and Lee streets for felony suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and other charges.
Richard Rios Jr., was booked at 8:43 a.m. He also four misdemeanors: possession of drug paraphernalia, attempted destruction of evidence, obstructing a peace officer, crossing diagonally at an intersection and walking the wrong way in traffic.
According to the arrest report, the suspect ran after a deputy asked him and another man to stop when they were were observed walking the wrong way with a bicycle through traffic. The suspect took off running. As he was running he threw a cylinder against a house, the arrest report states. He was stopped and detained. The container was located and had approximately 3.5 grams of methamphetamine inside. The other man who didn’t run was detained and released because he did not have contraband on him. Bail: $5,452.
In other arrests:
— A 64-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday, 9:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Travis Drive for misdemeanor suspicion of domestic battery. According to the arrest report, officers arrived at the residence and learned the man allegedly punched his wife. The woman was bleeding from her nose and had droplets of blood on her shirt. The man said his wife punched him in the face and he slapped her back, the arrest report states. He did not have any visible injuries. Bail: $3,137.
— A 54-year-old transient was arrested Monday, 10:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of South Carson Street for misdemeanor suspicion of breach of peace. According to the arrest report, the man was disruptive to customers at a bank on North Stewart Street. The man also knocked over a kiosk full of paperwork, kicked the bank door and scared a woman and child who were in the bank. The man did not damage anything, however, a bank employee wanted to press charges for disrupting their business and customers. Bail: $607.
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