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Alleged leader of local 'outlaw motorcycle club' arrested on plethora of charges by SET, Tri-County Gang Unit

A 49-year-old Carson City man was arrested by the Tri-County Gang Unit withe the assistance of the Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team, on five felony charges, one gross misdemeanor charge, and three misdemeanor charges after he allegedly committed felony domestic battery.

According to the report, David Sanchez is the president of the Deadly Sins Motorcycle Club Carson City Nevada chapter and he is associated with the Vagos Motorcycle Club and was arrested in the 900 block of Woodside Drive early Friday morning.

The Deadly Sins MC is a support motorcycle club for the Vagos MC, which is an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang that commonly engages in felonious activities, the report states.

Vagos MC support clubs “commonly engage in buying and selling drugs and firearms and they provide a portion of the revenue from these sales to the Vagos MC.”

Late Thursday evening, upon arrival, deputies made contact with Sanchez and his child. Deputies took Sanchez into custody for felony domestic battery.

Just before 2 a.m. on Friday, deputies were granted a search warrant of the property and found the following evidence, which was confiscated and booked:

— A Glock 17 9mm pistol was located in a clothing hamper of the master bedroom that Sanchez resides in along with magazines.

The gun was verified through dispatch as stolen out of Carson City. Sanchez is a registered ex-felon and he has prior history of domestic batteries.

— 14.56 grams of Cocaine in a small plastic bag was located in the master bedroom in a desk drawer on the west wall. The Cocaine was Nartec tested and yielded positive results.

— Additionally $521 U.S. currency was located next to the Cocaine in the drawer, and $251 U.S. currency was located in a pair of jean pants approximately three feet from the desk drawer containing the Cocaine.

— A digital scale and numerous small plastic bags were located next to the Cocaine as well

— A vile of Testosterone without a prescription was located in the same desk as the Cocaine

— A small plastic bottle with no prescription was located on the east night stand. The contents of the bottle were 17.5 counts of Cyclobenzaprine 10mg and one count Cyclobenzaprine 10mg with a separate imprint

— Three separate plastic bags of marijuana weighing approximately 10.2 ounces were located in the master bedroom. Each package had a hand written name on it, indicating it did not come from a legal dispensary.

— Samples of blood located in the residence along with clothing containing blood drops were collected in respect to the domestic battery that occurred

The door to Sanchez’s room is approximately ten feet from his child’s bedroom, which was unlocked. He was additionally charged with child endangerment.

Full list of charges:

  • Trafficking controlled substance (Cocaine)
  • Possession with intent to sell
  • Possession of a stolen firearm
  • Ex-felon possessing a firearm
  • Possession of a controlled substance (Testosterone)
  • Possession of dangerous drug without a prescription
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia
  • Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana
  • Child Endangerment

Bail: $93,011

— A 30-year-old Carson City woman was arrested on Wild Sage Circle Friday evening for filing a false police report after calling 911 on her boyfriend during an argument.

According to the report, the woman called 911 stating she was pregnant and her boyfriend of 5 years kicked her in the stomach before hanging up.

However, when deputies arrived, the woman was waiting outside and said she was not actually kicked and that nothing was going on. She admitted she lied to dispatch about the domestic battery.

Deputies placed the woman in handcuffs and asked her why she lied to dispatch. She said she had gotten into an argument with the boyfriend over something “simple and stupid” and decided to call the cops on him.

When asked what she thought was going to happen when she called 911, she stated “pretty much this with the cops showing up.”

She was taken into custody without incident.

Bail: $637

— A 37-year-old transient man was arrested in the 3800 block of S. Carson Street on a violation of suspended sentence warrant issued out of Carson City Justice Court on July 15.

Bail: $3,000 cash only

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.

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