Carson City SET arrests ex-felon for possession of ghost gun, homemade silencer, body armor and meth
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 11/10/2023 - 1:15pm
On Nov. 9, 2023 at around 3 p.m., the Special Enforcement Team (SET) of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office contacted a suspicious U-Haul parked at the Carson City Nugget at 507 North Carson Street.
The U-Haul had a sunscreen placed over the windshield of the truck, but the detectives were able to see it was occupied by two people, Chad Hooser, 36, and Maile Daugherty, 29, who appeared to be using narcotics. Hooser was later determined to be a convicted felon.
As Daugherty left the vehicle and walked toward the casino, SET contacted Hooser at the U-Haul and eventually conducted an open-air sniff of the vehicle's exterior with a K9.
After the dog detected the presence of narcotics, SET detectives searched the vehicle and discovered an unserialized “ghost gun” firearm, ammunition, body armor, and a suspected homemade silencer.
There was also a still-smoldering glass methamphetamine pipe, small amounts of suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, drug paraphernalia, and a book on how to make homemade silencers discovered.
Hooser was arrested and charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, Possession of Body Armor by a Prohibited Person, Possession/Manufacturing of a Silencer, Possession of an Unserialized Firearm, and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Daugherty was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.
