Carson City man receives felony third DUI after driving from South Lake following 'too many drinks to admit to'

— A 34-year-old Carson City man identified as David Michael Wright was arrested Thursday evening on a felony third DUI and failure to maintain a lane after multiple people reported a drunk driver traveling on the freeway.

According to the callers, the vehicle was “all over the road” and had struck construction material while coming down from Spooner Summit.

Deputies located the vehicle in the area of I-580 and College Parkway, and observed it weaving in and out of its lane as it was going down the northbound ramp onto College Parkway.

Deputies activated their emergency lights, but the vehicle continued on. Deputies then activated their siren, and the vehicle continued traveling westbound before finally making a left turn into an apartment complex where it came to a stop.

Deputies made contact with the man, who identified himself as Wright, and deputies immediately noted a strong odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle. He also had very slurred speech and red, watery eyes.

When deputies asked how much he had had to drink, Wright responded “too many to admit.” He said he was coming from South Lake Tahoe and was headed home to the apartments that they were currently located at.

He completed field sobriety tests, in which he showed multiple signs of impairment, and gave a preliminary breath test sample of 0.235 percent BAC.

Due to having two previous DUIs, he was arrested on a felony third DUI and transported to the Carson City Jail.

Bail: $20,040

— A 55-year-old woman was arrested in the 3500 block of N. Carson Street for domestic battery first after allegedly pushing her husband of 40 years onto the ground.

The woman was arrested after deputies responded to the area in reference to a domestic battery. According to dispatch, the reporting party said they witnessed a woman push a man to the ground, the woman was yelling at the man, and the man was calling for help.

Deputies made contact with the couple, and the man told deputies that he and his wife of almost 40 years had gotten into an argument over tools that were in his wife’s BMW. He said that when he attempted to get the tools out of the car, she would not allow him to take them. He said he dropped her suit case out of the vehicle, and she became angry and grabbed him by the hair and threw him into the bushes.

He told deputies he had previously broken his back, and had surgery performed on his heart.

Deputies noted he had a small scratch on his right palm with fresh blood, and he said it was from the bushes but denied medical treatment.

They spoke to the wife, who said she and her husband were having an argument over the tools. He wanted to take them for a side job, and she said he could not take them, at which point he became angry and began throwing her things out of the BMW. She said she was sitting on the back bumper of the BMW with the hatch open, and he attempted to take the tools again, but she wouldn’t allow him to.

At that point, she said, he attempted to move her out of the way, and she pushed him, causing him to fall to the ground. They continued arguing until deputies arrived on scene.

She told deputies they had been married for 35 years. Deputies determined she was the primary aggressor and placed her into custody for domestic battery.

Bail: $3,137

— A 26-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the 1400 block of Rand Court on a warrant out of Carson City for violation of a suspended sentence following a child custody dispute.

According to the police report, deputies were dispatched to the front counter of the Sheriff’s Office on a report of a child custody dispute.

Deputies met with the father who told deputies there had been court paperwork dissolving the legal guardianship of his children from their grandmother, his mother.

He told deputies he did not know where his children were, but he believed they were in the custody of their mother. He told deputies the judge had granted him custody of the children at their court hearing, for which their mother did not attend.

The father said he hadn’t spoken to either his children or their mother in a couple days, and they were supposed to be with him per a verbal agreement between himself and their mother.

He told deputies she was living at a local motel, and wished to have the children returned to him.

At the motel, deputies knocked on the door to the room, where a man answered the door. He told deputies the mother was not at home. Deputies asked if he lived there, and he said he did.

Deputies asked if they could search the room for the mother and the children, and the man consented.

Inside the room, deputies located multiple subjects inside the bathroom, one of whom was the mother. In addition to several other people in the bathroom were two small children.

Deputies asked the mother to come and speak to them in the main room, and told her they were there to discuss custody rights of the children. According to the report, she became agitated and argumentative.

Deputies asked her to discuss custody with them outside the residence, away from the children, but she stated she would not leave. Deputies told her she had a warrant for her arrest and they were going to take her into custody.

At this time, the father and grandmother arrived on scene. Deputies could not determine from the court paperwork alone who was to have custody of the children, only that the legal guardianship held by the grandmother was to be dissolved.

The mother, father, and grandmother all civilly agreed to leave the children in the grandmother’s care for the time being, until a court hearing was set to determine legal custody of the children.

The mother was taken into custody without issue.

Bail: $1,000

— A 29-year-old Minden woman was arrested at the emergency room at 1600 Medical Parkway on reports of an intoxicated subject.

The woman was discharged from the hospital and was sent to Vitality detox center. However, she gave two preliminary breath tests, resulting in .27 percent and .35 percent. Vitality refused to admit the woman, who was then taken to the Carson City Jail. W

When sober, she’ll be released.

Warrants:

— 25-year-old Dayton man was transferred to the Carson City Jail Thursday afternoon on four warrants out of Carson City Justice Court and Dayton Township Justice Court.

The Carson warrants were for violation of a suspended sentence, two counts, and the Dayton warrants were for two counts of failure to appear.

Bail: $6,780 cash only

— A 56-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 3400 block of Highway 50 E. on Thursday night on a failure to appear warrant out of East Fork Justice Court.

The man was arrested after deputies responded to the area on a report of two men yelling at each other.

Bail: $2,500

— A 51-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 1700 block of N. Carson Street on a contempt of court warrant out of Carson City Justice Court.

Bail: $500 cash only

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