Vehicle burglary suspect faces additional felony charge

A man suspected of several car break-ins earlier this week faces another felony charge after officers recovered a chrome folding knife that was reported stolen from one of the vehicles burglarized, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Donald Ray McNeill, 45, was jailed Wednesday on charges of stolen property, vehicle burglary and parole violation. The additional charge was made Thursday after a burglary victim identified the knife.

An additional felony charge, possession of stolen property, was added as well as $25,000 tacked onto his earlier bail amount of $45,274.
In other arrests:
— A 59-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday, 4:28 a.m. on suspicion of felony DUI, a third if he is convicted. Robert E. Slater, was arrested in the 3700 block of South Carson Street. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the area to locate a possible DUI driver which was being followed by a cab.

Officers located the vehicle in the parking lot of a grocery store. The officer observed two men get out of the car, walk to the grocery store, which was closed, and then return to the vehicle, turning the vehicle ignition on and preparing to leave.

Officers spoke with Slater who was in the driver’s seat and is the registered owner of the vehicle. He smelled of alcohol and an open bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon was on the front passenger floorboard, the arrest report states. The officer asked for the man’s identification and to step out of the vehicle. Dispatch advised the man was an ex-felon and his driver’s license was revoked.

The man refused to take a series of field sobriety tests. He was read the Nevada Implied Consent and was informed that because he has a prior felony DUI conviction there would be a blood draw. He was taken to jail where a phlebotomist drew a blood sample. In June 2010, the man pled guilty to felony DUI with a prior felony DUI. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of open container. Bail: $20,242.

— A 25-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman as arrested Thursday, 5:25 a.m. in the 2000 block of North Carson Street on misdemeanor driving under the influence of drugs. According to the arrest report, the woman was passed out in a running vehicle in front of a fast food restaurant.

Officers arrived and saw that she was seated in the driver’s seat, engine on with her head slumped down. The officer woke her. She was lethargic and spoke incoherently, the arrest report states. She denied any medical problems and said she was taking her regular medication. She identified the drugs as Klonepam and Syboxim. She denied using any other drugs.

She submitted to three field sobriety tests showing impairment on all three and was taken into custody. Bail: $1,137.

— A 28-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday, 2:45 p.m. in the 200 block of Jeanell on misdemeanor charges of domestic battery and violation of a suspended sentence warrant. The man allegedly struck his wife in the face with one of his hands then forced her to the floor of the living room inside the home. The victim had a swollen nose and dried blood on her face, the arrest report states.

Officers spoke with the man who asked what he was being charged with. A deputy told him domestic battery and violation of a suspended sentence. The man, who had been drinking, said, “well let’s go to jail.” He told officers he could have left the scene and deputies wouldn’t have been able to find him. He said he waited for deputies and chose not to fight them saying that if he was treated with respect there would be no reason to fight. Bail: $4,137.

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