Carson City woman admits using stolen credit cards; also booked for alleged child neglect, drugs

A 48-year-old Carson City woman was taken into custody Tuesday for suspicion of multiple crimes including burglary, using a stolen credit card, suspected child neglect and drug possession, a Carson City sheriff's report states.

Karen Harral was taken into custody in the 300 block of South Pratt Street after a detective was at the residence investigating a burglary.

A subsequent investigation led to her arrest where she is suspected of the following felony offenses: child abuse and neglect, possession of a controlled substance, burglary, and obtaining use of a credit card without the owner's consent. She also faces charges of obtaining under false pretenses, a gross misdemeanor, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the booking report, a CCSO detective briefed Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team officers that a child lived at a Pratt Street residence in which the mother, who was being investigated in a burglary and credit card theft case, was suspected of using drugs.

During the investigation, the woman gave officers consent to search her purse where they located methamphetamine paraphernalia and meth residue, the report states. The woman then admitted to officers she had used meth earlier that morning inside the residence in a hallway closet.

A SET deputy trained in the field of drug-endangerment involving children met inside the residence with the Department Child and Family Services and the child, who opened the closet door, which led to the discovery of meth and paraphernalia in plain sight, according to the report.

A telephonic search warrant of the residence was granted by a Carson City judge. Deputies located the meth, which was in plain sight, along with a glass plate with a line of meth on it, a dollar bill rolled up and a plastic card.

The plate with a line of meth was located inside a hallway closet, four feet, 8-inches off the ground and within reach of the child, the arrest report states.

The woman was also arrested for suspected crimes associated with burglary and unlawful uses of credit cards. She admitted to using credit cards inside a wallet without permission, including purchases at a smoke shop, where she bought Steel Reserve malt liquor, a bottle of Captain Morgan Rum, a lighter, a Monster Energy drink and a Pepsi. She also used the cards at two other convenience stores and a fast food restaurant, the arrest report states.

According to the report, the woman told CCSO investigators that she found a wallet outside of Walmart. She admitted using the cards in the wallet to make purchases and said that she then put the purse with the credit cards in a post office box. The victim told officers they received word from the post office that they had the purse and credit cards. This was confirmed by CCSO investigators. Bail: $40,000.

— A 27-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman was booked on a felony fugitive from justice warrant issued earlier this year. Meagan Rene Turkington was booked at the Carson City Jail for a misdemeanor violation of probation warrant issued in June 2018. A further check during the booking process and deputies learned she had the felony fugitive warrant issued on May 11 of this year out of South Lake Tahoe Superior Court.

She's being held without bail on the felony warrant; $3,000 cash bail on the Carson City probation violation warrant.

— A 56-year-old Carson City man was booked into jail Tuesday on a misdemeanor probation violation warrant issued in December 2019. Bail: $3,000.

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