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Carson City deputies make arrests for DUI, obstructing and felony warrants

A 33-year-old man was arrested Sunday in the area of Highway 50 and Fairview on multiple charges including failing to register as a sex offender, a felony and misdemeanor DUI.

Dennis Moore Trapp Jr., hometown not listed, was taken into custody at 3:33 a.m. He was also arrested for driving without a valid license, driving without insurance, and not having the vehicle he was driving registered.

According to the arrest report, a deputy observed a white GMC pickup in front of him traveling from the inside lane to the outside lane in an erratic motion. The vehicle entered the outside left turn lane to go southbound on Fairview and stopped for the red signal.

When the signal turned green, the vehicle remained stationary for an unusually long period of time. When the vehicle did turn, it completed its turn in the inside lane and the changed back to the outside lane, the arrest report states. A deputy conducted a traffic stop and observed signs the man was intoxicated.

The suspect agreed to field sobriety tests and showed impairment. He blew a preliminary breath test of .161, the arrest report states. He was arrested for DUI. He refused to submit for evidentiary testing. A warrant was granted by a judge for a blood draw. A license check found the man had a suspended driver’s license out of California and had an NCIC hit for a sex offender failing to register. Bail: $1,750.

In other arrests:
— A 53-year-old Carson City woman, Antoinette M. Sims, was arrested at around midnight Sunday for a felony fugitive from justice warrant issued out of Fresno, Calif.

According to the arrest report, a deputy responded to the residence in the 300 block of south Carson Meadows.

The felony warrant was issued Oct. 17, 2018 alleging possession of a stolen vehicle. She was arrested without bail and was awaiting extradition to California.

— A 32-year-old transient, Anthony Douglas Gililland, was booked into jail Saturday for a felony warrant alleging burglary that was issued out of Sparks Township Justice Court on Dec. 7, 2018. He also had a misdemeanor court warrant out of Sparks Municipal Court issued Dec. 18, 2018. Bail: $15,000.

— A 48-year-old transient was arrested early Sunday morning for misdemeanor suspicion of obstructing and interfering and resisting a police officer.

According to the arrest report, deputies were called to the area regarding a man who refused to leave a bar at 190 East Winnie Lane. High Sierra Patrol told a Carson City deputy the man was asked to leave the property but would not cooperate with the employees and refused.

Deputies made multiple attempts to have the man get up and leave the property but he refused and refused to give his name.

The man was handcuffed and resisted arrest as the cuffs were placed on him. The Carson City Fire Department was called to the scene due to the man sweating profusely and thrashing around at the time of the arrest.

He was medically cleared by fire department personnel. The man then refused to get into a patrol car. While transporting the man to jail he thrashed his body around in the back seat and attempted to hit his head on the side window bars in the rear seat of the patrol vehicle. Bail: $824.

— A 24-year-old Carson City man was arrested Saturday, 10:26 p.m. in the area of Carson and Adams streets for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI, failure to maintain a lane of traffic and driving without a driver’s license.

According to the arrest report, officers made a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding and failing to maintain a lane of traffic. The man was asked if he had been drinking. The man said he had two shots of alcohol at a bar earlier and said he had smoked a dab of marijuana earlier.

The man agreed to field sobriety tests and showed multiple clues of impairment. He provided a preliminary breath test with a result of .235 and was arrested. Bail: $1,461.

— A 37-year-old transient was arrested Saturday, 11:21 p.m. in the 300 block of South Carson Meadows for violating Department of Alternative Sentencing conditions. Bail: $3,000.

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.

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