Carson City Sheriff's Office SET make arrests after ID forgery lab, meth and heroin found
The Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team arrested two people Friday after a search of a vehicle led to the discovery of 127 grams of methamphetamine, 12 grams of heroin, a Nevada ID forgery lab and several blank identification cards.
On Sept. 29, 2023, at around 10 p.m., detectives with the Special Enforcement Team (SET) of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a Mazda sedan for a cracked windshield and no front license plate as it traveled south on Interstate 580, approaching South Carson Street in Carson City.
During the vehicle search, the detectives found a Nevada ID forgery lab with laptops and a printer in the trunk. Multiple blank identifications were discovered in the center console, ready for printing.
The driver, Monica Main, 43, identified herself using a Nevada identification card. The detectives identified the passenger, Kyle Leake, 56, and discovered he had two felony fugitive from justice warrants out of California for $100,000 and $50,000 bail, respectively. While speaking with the driver, she admitted she had had previous drug use, prompting the detectives to request a CCSO K9 unit respond to the location.
Upon the K9 unit’s response and the dog sampling the air around the vehicle, it alerted to narcotics. Detectives searched the vehicle, finding several blank Nevada identification cards in the center console and a false identification with Main’s photo but a different name.
Detectives noticed Monica had been fumbling her hands in the middle of her torn seat and, upon further investigation, found a shard of methamphetamine weighing about half a gram. In the vehicle's trunk, the detectives found the printer and two laptops, which Main was suspected to be used to print the fake identifications.
As both Main and Leak were placed into custody, the detectives discovered Monica was concealing in a Ziploc bag about 127 grams of methamphetamine, 12 grams of heroin, and a glass methamphetamine pipe.
Kyle Leake was arrested for the two fugitive from justice warrants.
Monica Main was arrested suspicion of forgery, possession of document identifying information to establish false identity, trafficking of a controlled substance, and possession of a schedule I controlled substance.