Domestic battery, felony drug possession

Around 3:45 p.m. New Years Eve, deputies were dispatched to Corbett St. in regards to a domestic dispute. Someone indicated Jordan Molina (31) of Carson City was punching walls inside a residence. 

Dispatch advised Molina was on alternative sentencing for a prior case, and one of his conditions was to not possess or consume alcohol and is subject to search and seizure. 

Deputies arrived on scene and learned that Molina was “highly intoxicated” and had been punching walls, but had left the scene. 

Deputies located Molina walking southbound on N. Carson St. Deputies called out to Molina and told him to stop walking, but he refused multiple times, according to the deputy.  The deputy then turned on his emergency lights and drove the car into Molina’s path. Molina then turned around and placed his hands behind his back. 

Molina told deputies he was exercising his Fifth Amendment right and was saying silent. 

He declined a preliminary breath test, and dispatch advised alternative sentencing was placing a hold on him for refusing to test. 

Molina was taken into custody. According to the deputy, Molina’s wallet was searched and inside they located a key sleeve with a white crystalline substance, which returned with a presumptive positive for methamphetamine. 

He was booked on two counts of DAS violation with a bail of $6,000 cash, and a felony count for possession of a controlled substance with a $2,500 bail. 

DUI, felony drug possession

— A 28-year-old Reno man was arrested in the 400 block of E. William Street for possession of fentanyl, meth, driving under the influence of drugs, and possession of drug paraphernalia. 

According to the arrest report, Chance Banta was arrested after deputies were dispatched to E. William St on report of a vehicle being operated by someone under the influence around 8:40 p.m. 

Deputies located the vehicle in a parking lot, and one deputy reported that he had seen Banta park and leave the vehicle from the driver’s side door. 

The report stated Banta was immediately placed in handcuffs “due to his story of fighting with law enforcement.” 

Deputies said they observed Banta fidgeting and having difficulty remaining still. They asked if he consumed any alcohol or narcotics and he said no. While watching Banta, deputies stated he “appeared to be talking to a nonexistent person and mumbling words.” 

They said he had slurred and thick words, and his jaw was flexing, common with stimulant use. 

Banta agreed to participate in field sobriety tests, but deputies stated they kept in handcuffs for most of the test. 

While giving him the test, deputy K9 Proton gave a positive alert on the vehicle, and deputies located multiple pieces of burnt foil, used hypodermic needles, and a spoon with the suspected residue of methamphetamine, according to the report.

Deputies also located a black bag inside of his pants which contained a bag of suspected methamphetamine, a bag of suspected fentanyl, used hypodermic needles, and burnt tin foil. 

Banta was taken into custody and transported to the Carson City Jail  to continue his field sobriety testing, in which he failed the tests, according to the report. 

A warrant was issued to seize his blood for testing, which was conducted at 10:30 p.m. 

Bail: $8,737

Domestic battery, property destruction

— A 31-year-old man was taken into custody for domestic battery and property injury that occurred in the 2300 block of Merrit Dr. just after 6 p.m. 

According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to a residence on Merrit Dr. on report of a domestic battery after the man allegedly headbutted his girlfriend before leaving in his vehicle. 

While en route to the scene, deputies located a white Jetta matching the suspect’s vehicle description parked on the side of Silver Sage Dr., and deputies pulled behind the vehicle and confirmed the license plate was registered to the suspect with dispatch. 

The man attempted to leave from the driver’s side door, but deputies instructed him to stay in his vehicle, and he complied. Deputies noted he had blood knuckles on his right hand, and blood on his pants. Deputies asked where he was coming from, and why he had bloody knuckles, and he said he had “left a house and was just test-driving the vehicle.” 

He said his car has been having mechanical issues, and he had been woking on it throughout the day. 


Deputies asked what house he was coming from, and she said “someone over there,” and pointed southwest, according to the deputy. 

Deputies said in the report that he was “exhibiting suspicious behavior,” and would not tell deputies exactly where he was coming from, but he was shaking and sweating. 

Deputies took him into custody for domestic battery and asked if he would speak with them. At first he said no, but then according to the deputy he said “that bitch is the one who attacked me,” and that she had “chest-bumped” him while he was in the house. 

When speaking with the girlfriend, she told deputies that the man’s daughter and a roommate were in the living room celebrating the new year, and the man was on the phone with someone, yelling and upset that the girlfriend didn’t want to go play pool. 

She said the argument started in the living room of the home, and the man got up off the couch and walked down the hallway before punching a hole in the door. 

The girlfriend said she went down to see what the noise was, and as she did the man started yelling at her and tilted his head back and head butted her. 

She said she told him she was calling the cops, and said the man tried to take his daughter with him but the girlfriend didn’t let him due to the possibility of him drinking alcohol. 

Deputies noted she had redness and bruising forming under both eyes, but she denied medical treatment. 

The man was taken into custody for domestic battery and property injury. 

Bail: $2,274

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