Carson City man faces domestic battery, DUI charges after argument over phone
Submitted by editor on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 9:17am
A 29-year-old man was booked Tuesday into Carson City Jail on a felony contempt of court warrant after he failed to appear in court for sentencing on a felony charge of attempting to escape from prison, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.
Montana Joe Munday of Reno is being held without bail in lieu of a hearing after being transferred from Washoe County Jail to Carson City on the confirmed warrant, which was issued June 29 out of Carson City District Court.
In other arrests:
— A 48-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday, 10:10 p.m. in the area of Airport Road and Fifth Street for misdemeanor suspicion of domestic battery and DUI.
According to the arrest report, deputies responded to an Oreana Drive residence regarding a domestic dispute and learned the suspect left the location. A deputy located the suspect's vehicle and stopped the driver.
The man said he had gotten into an argument with his ex wife over the phone. He said he picked up his daughter from the residence. The man told deputies his daughter forgot her phone and they returned to the residence to get it.
He said he observed from the front door that was opened his daughter and her mother struggling over a purse. He told the deputy that he went to intervene and that his ex-wife hit him in the mouth with a closed fist and elbowed him in the chest, the arrest report states.
He said he left the residence for fear of being arrested. He had a small laceration to his lower lip, according to the arrest report.
The deputy smelled a moderate odor of alcohol on his breath. The man said he had three beers prior to driving and submitted to a preliminary breath test of .091, the arrest report states.
Deputies interviewed the victim who said she got into an argument over a phone with the suspect. She said there was a struggle, that he grabbed her purse and that he pushed her into a kitchen window, breaking the glass, the arrest report states.
The left side of the victim’s face hit the window and she had two small lacerations to the right side of her face and redness to the left side of her face, the report states. It was determined the male suspect was the primary aggressor and he was arrested. At jail he submitted to evidentiary breath tests of .084 and .082. Bail: $4,274.
— A 24-year-old Mound House man, Marcus Christian Swanson, was arrested Wednesday, 5:18 a.m. in the 1800 block of Fairview Drive for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, a felony and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and a misdemeanor contempt of court warrant.
According to the arrest report, a deputy was dispatched to the area for a report of a suspicious vehicle. The officer located the vehicle blocking access to a business parking lot from the driveway. While on scene, the officer was approached by the suspect who said the vehicle belonged to him and he had run out of gas. He said he left the vehicle in the driveway because he was unable to push it into the parking lot by itself.
The officer ran his name through dispatch and learned there was an active warrant for his arrest out of Carson City Justice Court for contempt of court.
The warrant was issued July 12, 2018 with a $500 cash only bail. He was arrested. The officer informed the man his vehicle was to be towed. The suspect said there were drugs in the rear passenger side of the vehicle. Deputies located a storage pouch on the back of the front passenger seat that contained a methamphetamine pipe and a clear plastic baggie with suspect meth. Bail: $4,137.
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