Carson City sheriff’s arrest log: Woman jailed on suspicion of felony hit and run

A 26-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony hit and run causing injury after a vehicle crash near the intersection of Saliman and Long streets, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Gissell Resendiz was taken into custody at 3:17 p.m. in the area of Rand and William Street. She also faces misdemeanor charges of failure to maintain a lane of travel and failure to render aid at a vehicle accident.

According to the arrest report, deputies responded at 2:55 p.m. to a hit and run crash at the intersection of North Saliman and East Long Street. A green Jeep Grand Cherokee hit a Toyota mini-van occupied by the driver, a caregiver for adults with special needs, and three client passengers. Two of the passengers were treated for minor injuries.

A deputy who arrived at the scene met with a man who said he stopped to see if the occupants inside the minivan were OK. The female driver of the mini-van told him hat she was hit by a green Jeep Cherokee and that it backed away from her and turned east onto East Long Street, the arrest report states.

After speaking with the woman, the man drove down East Long Street and noticed the Jeep was stopped in front of a Long Street address, the arrest report states. The man explained to deputies that he stopped his truck directly in front of the unoccupied Jeep so it couldn’t leave again and then called the sheriff’s office.

After speaking with the man, an officer went to check on the four occupants of the mini-van. As he was speaking to the driver, the man ran toward the officer and said the driver of the Jeep was in a red sedan that was going south on North Saliman. The deputy stopped the sedan, occupied by a female driver, two children and a female passenger.

The officer asked who had been driving the green Jeep. The woman seated in the passenger seat said she was. The officer asked the woman what happened. The woman replied: “I hit another car,” the arrest report states. The officer asked the driver why she didn’t stop. The woman said she had food in her car that she was taking to her children. Bail: $40,724.

In other arrests:
A 45-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday, 10:29 p.m. in the area of Hospital Way on two counts misdemeanor domestic battery. According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the hospital in reference to a domestic battery.

The man was being treated for a bite wound. He stated he had been drinking at a casino earlier and returned home. He stated that he and his wife began arguing about lights in the living room and kitchen. He stated his wife bit his finger and ripped his shirt. He spoke with slurred speech and had a difficult time explaining his story without stopping and starting over, the arrest report states.

Deputies made contact with the wife at a residence in the 3200 block of North Roop Street. She advised her husband came home intoxicated and they began arguing about the lights, with the man turning off the lights when the woman wanted the light on. She stated he became aggressive and struck her in the head as she was attempting to tend to their crying daughter, the arrest report states.

She told the officer that she removed her slipper and hit him in the face with it and that he then pushed her to the floor. The woman stated that her mother attempted to intervene, to get the man off of her and that she was thrown up against a wall. She stated that while her husband was on the ground on top of her, she bit his finger to get him to stop, the arrest report states.

The mother of the woman told deputies that she intervened when her daughter on the ground and that the man threw her against the wall, the arrest report states. He was taken to jail on two counts suspicion of domestic battery, both misdemeanor offenses. Bail: $6,274.

— A 24-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Monday at 11:19 p.m. in the 2100 block of Highway 50 East on a misdemeanor contempt of court warrant. Bail: $500.

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.