Carson City deputies make three DUI arrests overnight

A 35-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday, August 27, 12:49 a.m. in the 600 block of West Spear Street on a misdemeanor charge of DUI, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, a reporting witness observed a vehicle traveling southbound on Carson Street without headlights and had struck several curbs in a fast food restaurant drive-thru.

Officers stopped the vehicle on West Spear Street and made contact with the driver, who smelled of alcoholic beverage and had red eyes. On the passenger’s seat was a bottle of brandy. The officer asked the man how much alcohol he had consumed and the man replied a lot recently, the arrest report states.

He answered questions and admitted to consuming two drinks of whiskey. He refused to submit to a horizontal vision test but submitted to other tests and failed. He submitted to a partial breath test with results of .149. He was taken into custody. At jail he refused to submit to either a blood or breath test under Nevada Implied Consent and asked for an attorney.

A search warrant was approved to authorize blood samples and a phlebotomist responded to the jail. He was charged with DUI first, alcohol no disposition on a previous DUI arrest in 2008, the arrest report states. Bail: $1,137.

— A 55-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday, 12:22 a.m. in the 2800 block of Airport Road on misdemeanor charges of DUI and Due Care. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the area in reference to a crash where a vehicle hit a mobile home. Upon arrival officers observed a 1990 Ford Thunderbird in the middle of the street with front end damage. The suspect was standing in the door area of the vehicle and unable to stand up on his own, the arrest report states.

A neighbor stated he observed the man driving and hitting multiple objects in the mobile home park including a mobile home, a fence and a parked truck. The neighbor reached in the vehicle and turned it off so the suspect could not drive off, according to the arrest report.

Officers made contact with the man who smelled of alcohol and was visibly having a hard time standing. Officers asked the man if he had been drinking, and the man replied he had with thick, slurred speech, the arrest report states. The man was too intoxicated to perform field sobriety tests and took a preliminary breath test with a partial blow of .247 BAC. Carson City Fire Department was called for a medical clearance and he was then taken to jail where he agreed to an evidentiary blood draw. Bail: $1,439.

— A 46-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday, 9:57 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Robinson Street on a misdemeanor charge of DUI. According to the arrest report, officers were called to the area for a report of a prowler. Officers arrived and found a man sitting on a back porch, grossly intoxicated and unable to stand on his own. A neighbor approached officers and said the man drove up in a driveway and sat in the vehicle while it was running.

The witness said he talked to the man who was sitting in the driver’s seat with the vehicle running. The witness said he believed the man was “drunk” and asked him if he could call someone to come pick him up. The witness said the man then turned off the vehicle, got out and walked into a backyard of a Robinson Street residence, the arrest report states. The witness estimated it was about 15 minutes prior to arrival by deputies that he saw the man driving the vehicle, which was still sitting in a driveway with the suspect’s shoes on the front passenger seat.

The man refused to complete a field sobriety test or a preliminary breath test. He was taken into custody for driving under the influence of alcohol. When he was read the Nevada Implied Consent, the man’s response was “f*** you, you’re not getting anything,” the arrest report states. At 10:49 p.m. a judge approved a warrant for a series of blood draws. Bail: $1,137.

— A 34-year-old Carson City man, Clifford Nathan Glidewell, was booked into jail Tuesday, 1:46 p.m. on a felony fugitive from justice warrant issued out of Los Angeles County, Calif., on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. The warrant was issued July 14, 2014. Glidewell is being held without bail awaiting extradition.

Those arrested and facing criminal charges are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.