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A Carson City man faces a felony domestic violence charge after he admitted to beating his wife and putting her into a choke hold until she passed out.
Jerry Alexander Cisneros, 26, was arrested Sunday night in the 200 block of Adams Street.

According to the arrest report, the victim's wife stated that Cisneros punched her in the face and mouth and then choked her until she passed out for about 10 minutes inside their home.

Locals may not know about the new bar in Carson City, Remedy’s, but they certainly remember the bar’s predecessor. Toad’s had a reputation for extreme late nights, bar fights, assault and other crimes.

However, once Toad’s ceased operations, two local business women, Lisa Tucker of Gardnerville and Megan Torres of Carson City, decided to make some changes for the better, take matters into their own hands, and create the relaxing and fun environment they envision at Remedy’s.

UPDATE 7:17PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said the two suspects captured after this morning's Wells Fargo bank robbery may be tied to a Nevada State Bank robbery in Reno. The two men, Kenneth Wayne Young, 44, and Michael Lee Smith, 36, are leaving Carson City Jail and will be booked and arraigned in federal court.
The following is a statement from the Carson City Sheriff's Office regarding the robberies:

A Plumas County court recently sentenced two people for illegally dumping waste fuel on a northern California highway.
The crimes occurred during production of a television series called “Hell on the Highway: Highway Heroes.”
A co-star of the show, William Earnest Slade III, of Stockton, pleaded guilty to one felony and one misdemeanor pollution charge and was sentenced on Nov. 2 to 45 days in Plumas County jail.
He was also ordered to pay more than $1,700 in fines and $4,600 in restitution.
In addition, he will be on probation for three years.

A citizen tip about deer poaching turned into a multi-agency operation resulting in the seizure of poached wildlife, drugs and stolen guns and cars.
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) operation, which included assistance from U.S. Forest Service officers, California Highway Patrol officers and Lassen County sheriff’s deputies, resulted in four arrests.
The operation began Oct. 21 when DFG wardens received confidential information from a citizen and responded to the home of Charles Roger Godkin, 44, of Chilcoot, to investigate suspected deer poaching.

Eight Las Vegas area men have been arrested and face money laundering and conspiracy charges after agents shut down a major national bookmaking ring. The Nevada State Gaming Control Board Enforcement Division, working with the New York Police Department, the FBI and the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, participated in the service of search warrants and the arrest of eight men from the Henderson and Las Vegas areas.

The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Division of Parole and Probation and Carson City authorities have again launched Operation Scarecrow, a program eight years running that targets sex offenders and predators during Halloween.

Operation Scarecrow's purpose is to ensure there is no contact between division supervised sex offenders and children. Law enforcement will provide enhanced community supervision and give specific direction to high risk and high profile sex offenders, said DPS Spokeswman Gail Powell.

Two Holbrook Junction-area brothers were sentenced this week in District Court in Minden for poaching a pregnant mule deer doe less than a mile East of Holbrook Junction in March.
Gonzalo P. Cossio pled guilty to a Class E Felony and was sentenced to 30 months in jail, suspended, 3 years probation, a $1,000 fine and a $3,000 civil penalty.
As a condition of probation, Cossio will spend 90 days in jail.

Carson City's forensics have come a long away from the Chevy Nova being driven around as the mobile crime lab.
Dean Higman, the Carson City Sheriff's Office senior forensics specialist, shepherded the Nova to greener pastures and has seen the mobile crime lab expand to its current, modern state.

Former Vagos biker club president Patrick William Ouellette, 30, was sentenced Tuesday in Carson City District Court to 16 years in prison for assault and with a deadly weapon stemming from a 2011 beating case against a fellow member, the district attorney's office reported.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following indivdiduals based on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Stephanie Farmer, 23, a Carson City woman, at 6 p.m. Thursday. Farmer was arrested for vehicular burglary as well as a misdemeanor allegation of obstructing. Bail is set at $25,300 plus administrative fees.

Carson City District Attorney Neil Rombardo reports that his Victim-Witness Services Division has seen a 57 percent increase in services provided to victims of crime in the first half of the year. Between January 1 and June 30, 2012, nearly 300 victims were served by the grant-funded Victim-Witness Coordinator. This represents a 57 percent increase over the same reporting period in 2011. Of the numbers 219 were victims of domestic violence, 73 were victims of stalking, and 7 were victims of sexual assault.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested Christopher Michael Schumacher, 30, a man of unknown origin, as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Schumacher was arrested based on felony allegations of third-offense domestic battery and disuading a victim from reporting a crime, gross misdemeanor allegations of child abuse/neglect and false imprisonment, and a misdemeanor allegation of violation of a probation warrant.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals based on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Michael James Bundren, 26, a Carson City resident, at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Bundren was arrested for a fugitive from justice warrant in his name. Bail has been set at $25,000.
• Julian Quincy Lewis, 19, a Carson City resident, at 8:30 p.m. Friday. Lewis was arrested for a fugitive from justice warrant in his name. No bail has been set.

Carson City Sheriff's Deputies arrested the following individuals based on felony allegations:

• Bobbi Lynn Mortimer, 28, a Carson City resident, at 7 a.m. Wednesday. Mortimer was arrested for possession of a prescription drug without a prescription, possession of methamphetamines with the intent to sell, possession of a forged instrument (check), possession of a forged instrument (identification), possession of a forged instrument (check), as well as a misdemeanor contempt of court warrant in her name. Bail is set at $32,886.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals based on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Ashley Dawn Pion, 18, a Carson City woman, at 4 a.m. Thursday. Pion was arrested based on a gross misdemeanor warrant out of Douglas County in her name, for violation of a restraining order. Bail is set at $5,000.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals based on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Terris Lee French III, 35, a Carson City man, at 10:30 p.m. Friday. French was arrested for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and violation of Parole and Probation restrictions. No bail has been set.
• Jose Garcia-Gaona, 35, a Carson City man, at 1 p.m. Saturday. Garcia-Gaona was arrested for an unspecified felony warrant as well as trafficking of methamphetamines (588 grams). Bail is set at $252,500.

Carson City sheriff's deputies arrested Donald Tremayne Britton, 38, a Carson City man, at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Britton was arrested on a fugitive from justice (murder) warrant in his name and extradited to Oakland by the Oakland Police Department Thursday. There is no bail.

Officers have also arrested the following individuals based on misdemeanor allegations:

• A 28-year-old Carson City woman for a contempt of court warrant in her name.
• A 51-year-old Carson City woman for a petit larceny warrant in her name.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals for felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Oscar John Stone, 49, a Woodland, Calif. man, at 12:30 a.m. Friday. Stone was arrested for gross lewdness after allegedly touching himself inappropriately while staring at a motel desk clerk. Bail is set at $2,500.
• Solomon Tobias Jacoboni, 43, a Carson City man, at 7 a.m. today. Jacoboni was arrested for third-offense domestic battery. Bail is set at $10,000.

A 29-year-old woman from Salem, Oregon was arrested Wednesday afternoon by a Carson City Sheriff's deputy after finding her inside a casino naked from the waist down.

According to the arrest report, a deputy responded to the 5600 block of South Carson Street on a report of a woman inside the men's restroom not wearing pants. Casino security reported the woman removed her pants near the bar area and then entered the restroom.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals based on gross misdemeanor or felony allegations:

• An unidentified man (John Doe) was arrested at 2 a.m. Saturday morning near the Blue Bull for gross misdemeanor allegations of battery on an officer and misdemeanor allegations of obstruction. Another man was arrested at the same time for obstruction. Bail is set at $3,000 plus administrative fees.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested Joshua Cook, 26, a Carson City resident, at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Cook was arrested for felony allegations of battery with substantial bodily harm after an alleged bar fight Friday night/Saturday morning, as well as misdemeanor allegations of obstructing justice. The victim was taken to Renown medical center in Reno after he was discovered by officers on a rooftop with major swelling on his face and eyes and bleeding from several places. Bail is set at $15,000.

Carson City Sheriff's Deputies have arrested the following individuals for felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Travis Gumataotao, 24, a Carson City man, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday for gross misdemeanor allegations of child endangerment (6-year-old child with no helmet on a motorcycle). Gumataotao was also arrested for misdemeanor allegations of violations of the helmet requirement on a motorcycle, suspended registration, and an unspecified Class M enforcement issue. Bail is set at $2,630 plus administrative fees.

Carson City Sheriff's Deputies have arrested Anthony Paul Luca, 32, for failure to register as an ex-felon and possession of a controlled substance.

Officers also arrested the following individuals for misdemeanor allegations:

• A 19-year-old Carson City man for a trespassing warrant in his name and a contempt of court warrant in his name.
• A 36-year-old transient man for disorderly conduct and probation violation.
• A 27-year-old Dayton man for failure to register as an ex-felon and a failure to appear traffic warrant in his name.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals for felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Stefen Davis, 19, a Carson City man, at 7 a.m. this morning. Davis was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs with substantial bodily harm, as well as misdemeanor allegations of possession of marijuana, minor consumption of alcohol, and due care. He is alleged to have struck a pedestrian, who was taken to the hospital with a severe neck injury. Bail has been set at $25,150 plus administrative fees.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

• Gregory Alan Pugh, 52, a Carson City man, just prior to 3 p.m. Tuesday. Pugh was arrested for three allegations of possession of a forged instrument and possession of a controlled substance (meth), as well as a gross misdemeanor allegation of possession of burglary tools, and the misdemeanor allegations of failure to register as an ex-felon and possession of a hypodermic device. Bail has been set at $51,150 plus administrative fees.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals for felony allegations:

• Heidi Ann Brouhard, 22, a Carson City woman, just prior to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Brouhard was arrested for a felony larceny warrant in her name as well as a misdemeanor larceny warrant in her name. Bail is set at $20,000.
• Devyn Lawrence Smith-Thompson, 18, a Reno man, at about 7 p.m. Wednesday. Smith-Thompson was arrested for grand larceny. Bail is set at $25,000.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies Monday morning arrested Thomas Dean Caudill, 31, of Carson City, for felony kidnapping with a deadly weapon, and felony assault with a deadly weapon.

According to the arrest report, the suspect allegedly threatened two females with a large knife at a party in the 900 block of South Minnesota. His bail was set at $100,000.

A domestic disturbance near Granite Circle and Castle Way early Wednesday morning led to the arrest of a woman for pointing a gun at another person.

Nancy Lopez, 33, of Carson City, was arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic battery. Her bail was set at $23,000 plus court costs.

The person Lopez allegedly pointed the gun at, a 28-year-old Carson City man, was also arrested for gross misdemeanor domestic battery. His bail was set at $5,000.

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