Carson City arrests: Woman allegedly hits disabled man, breaks phone and steals quarters

A 48-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Monday on felony suspicion of preventing a victim from calling 911 among other charges, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Arrested was Robin Elizabeth Vasquez-Smith. She also faces misdemeanor charges of battery, petit larceny, violation of a suspended sentence and destruction of property.

According to the arrest report, the suspect went to the victim’s residence in the 1600 block of North Stewart Street, walked inside and began to hit him with her fists. She then allegedly rummaged through coin jars belonging to the victim, and then went to the kitchen and found a roll of quarters and put it in her pocket.

The 68-year-old disabled victim said he tried to push the woman out of the residence and took out his cell phone to call 911. The woman took the phone from the man and threw it to the floor, breaking it. She left and was located by deputies a few blocks away and was arrested at 5:04 p.m. Bail: $8,263.

In other arrests:
A 28-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday, 2:43 a.m. in the 2000 block of West College Parkway on suspicion of misdemeanor petit larceny and a warrant, violation of a suspended sentence.

According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the 1100 block of East Long Street for a stolen bicycle. Dispatch advised the victim had video surveillance of the suspect who walked into the reporting party’s yard and took his bicycle. After reviewing the video, the man identified the suspect as his ex-girlfriend’s son.

The officer conducted a warrant check on the suspect through Carson City dispatch and was advised the 28-year-old had an active warrant with a last known address on West College Parkway. A deputy responded to the location and knocked without getting an answer.

A deputy located a white Toyota that was also associated with the theft, and traced it to an apartment on Jeanell Drive. The officer knocked and asked if the suspect was there. The woman asked what the suspect did and asked if she could help. The officer explained the man was a suspect in a bicycle theft. The woman “immediately put her hands over her mouth, looked at me and stated: ‘the bike is in my house,’” according to the arrest report.

The woman said the suspect asked if he could leave the bicycle at her house because he did not having any lights for it. She then called the man on the phone, told him that an officer was there about a stolen bike and then handed the deputy the phone where the man stated he was the one who stole the bike and did not want the woman to get into any trouble. Officers went back to the West College Parkway address and arrested him. Bail: $3,387.

— A 27-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday, 2:10 p.m. in the 3300 block of Market Street on a misdemeanor warrant, failure to appear, issued May 11, 2016 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $815.

— A 31-year-old Carson City man was booked into jail Monday, 8:40 a.m. on a misdemeanor contempt of court warrant issued out of Carson City Justice Court on June 28, 2016. Bail; $500.

— A Carson City man was booked into jail Monday, 8:40 a.m. on a misdemeanor warrant, violation of a suspended sentence, issued January 14, 2011. Bail: $1,000.

Go here for Monday’s arrest report. 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.