A 56-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Henderson by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team for multiple charges related to alleged sex assault crimes involving a child, including kidnapping and child abuse.
Francisco Javier Canelas-Ruiz, 56, of Las Vegas, was taken into custody at 1 p.m. by Carson City SET in Henderson, according to a CCSO booking report. He was arrested on four counts of sexual assault on a minor under 14 years of age, six counts lewdness with a child under 14 years of age, two counts first degree kidnapping and one count child abuse. All charges were brought in Carson City.
He was located in the Las Vegas area, arrested and taken to the Clark County Detention Center, where he was then transported to Carson City Jail. Bail: $500,000.
In other arrests:
— A 68-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of elder abuse, a gross misdemeanor offense and misdemeanor domestic battery.
According to the booking report, officers were called at 8:58 p.m. to a Camille Drive address for a domestic dispute. An anonymous reporting party advised there was a physical altercation between a male and female on scene.
Deputies arrived and noticed a vehicle with its lights and engine running outside the residence. A deputy contacted the passenger of the vehicle who identified himself, and who was later determined to be the suspect.
The officer asked where he lived and the man stated at the Camille address. The deputy asked him why law enforcement was called to his residence. The suspect stated he didn’t know, the arrest report states. The deputy ran through man’s name through Carson City Dispatch, which advised he had priors for elder abuse and battery.
The deputy went to the door of the Camille address and knocked. A female, age 90, answered the door and was in a wheel chair. The deputy noticed the woman had bruising around her left eye and the top of her left wrist. She appeared disheveled. The officer asked what happened.
The woman told the deputy her son drank whiskey and beer, the report states. The woman stated her son was cleaning the garage and asked her a question about an item he previously broke. The mother told her son he broke it. When she told him she said he became upset.
She told the deputy he grabbed her by the hair, pulled her head up and slapped her face and then grabbed her left arm. The deputy’s report stated the woman lifted up her left pant leg and showed the deputy another bruise where she said the man kicked her.
The deputy exited the residence to speak with the man. He told the deputy he got into an argument with his mother and it was a common occurrence because they often disagree with one another. The deputy could smell an odor of alcohol coming from his person. The deputy noted the man was not clear with his account of the incident.
The man was placed into custody and taken to jail for suspicion of domestic battery and elder abuse. Total bail amount listed: $5,637.
— A 69-year-old Carson City man, Charles Bernard Berton, was arrested Tuesday for a felony fugitive from justice warrant issued out of Los Angeles Superior Court and a local charge of being a sex offender failing to register. He’s being held without bail on the extraditable California warrant.
— A 25-year-old Silver Springs woman turned herself into Carson City Jail for a misdemeanor warrant issued out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $3,000.
— A 41-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Wednesday for suspicion of domestic battery.
According to the booking report, officers responded to a Lahontan Drive residence for a report of a dispute. Deputies met with the suspect who advised earlier in the evening that he and his wife had been arguing, and that he had pushed her to get her away from him because she was shaking her finger in his face.
The officer spoke with the victim who stated the man pushed her with both hands in the upper body and that she had fallen down injuring her elbow. The deputy saw that the elbow was swollen and purple. He was arrested for suspicion of domestic battery. Bail: $3,137.
— 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.
