Carson City deputies make felony battery, drug arrests during weekend patrol

A Carson City man was arrested Sunday and faces a felony charge of domestic battery with strangulation.
Jermaine Jordan, 28, is being held on $18,137 bail.

According to the arrest report, Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 400 block of East Park Street for a fight in progress. While responding, dispatch advised there was a man outside a unit hitting a woman in the head.

Upon arrival the officer could hear yelling from the apartment and Jordan coming out of the apartment, the arrest report states. The officer put the man at taser point and ordered him to the ground. The man yelled at the officer but complied, the arrest report states.

Deputies then made contact with the victim and the suspect's brother. The victim had redness on her face and redness around her neck. The area to the right of her eye was also swollen and red. The woman told officers that she was outside smoking a cigarette when the two men came outside, with Jordan hitting her right eye with his fist, the arrest report states.

The woman said the men then began pushing each other and yelling, with Jordan then slapping and repeatedly hitting her in the face, and grabbing her neck several times. The victim told officers Jordan then began squeezing the front of her neck hard enough where it obstructed her ability to breath, the arrest report states. Deputies spoke with the Jordan's brother and observed an injury which the man said wasn't from the fight.

Jordan was taken to the hospital and cleared. He was read his Miranda rights and he agreed to speak, admitting to deputies that he hit the victim and fought with his brother, the arrest report states. He was booked on charges of domestic battery with strangulation, a felony, and misdemeanor domestic battery.

— A 20-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday, Jan. 26, 11:37 p.m. in the 1900 block of Newman Place. Brandon Andrew Yonkers is being held without bail after allegedly being in violation of probation conditions, a felony.

Officers made the arrest after a call came into dispatch of two suspicious men walking around the neighborhood. The arresting officer came upon four men walking and made contact with them, asking for identification. Yonkers had a priority 5 DONS through Parole and Probation, according to the arrest report.

— An 18-year-old Carson City man, Francisco Nunez-Garcia, was arrested Jan. 24, 8:24 p.m. in the 700 block of Hot Springs Road on suspicion of felony marijuana possession.

According to the arrest report, officers with the Special Enforcement Team received intelligence of a possible drug deal in a vehicle in the 1200 block of East Fifth Street.

A license plate number was provided and it came back to a Hot Springs Road address. The officer knocked on the door and the man answered. He said he was in the area of East 5th picking up a cousin and that they were leaving for Las Vegas.

He told the officer that he did not have any "dope" however he did have a little "weed," the arrest report states. The officer asked the man to retrieve it. The man said it was in his vehicle. He opened the center console and removed a large baggy of marijuana, telling the officer the weight of the marijuana was about once ounce, the arrest report states. He was arrested for felony possession under the age of 21. Bail: $2,500.

— A 37-year-old Carson City man Joseph Donald Madren, was arrested Jan. 25, 12:37 a.m. in the 3200 block of South Carson Street. He faces a felony charge of being a fugitive from justice.
Officers responded to the area to assist Washoe Tribal Officers regarding Madren, who had a warrant for his arrest.
The man was intoxicated, waving his arms and talking to himself. A warrant for his arrested and extradition was made out of Riverside County, Calif., the arrest report states.

— A Carson City man, Jeremy Hyatt, age not provided, was arrested Jan. 24, 3 p.m. He faces a felony drug possession charge after officers found two bindles of methamphetamine in his clothing during booking. He was read his Miranda rights where he stated it was meth and it belonged to him. Bail: $2,500.

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