A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of child abuse or neglect, battery with a deadly weapon and domestic battery, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.

Jose Alberto Pacheco Gopar was taken into custody at 12:50 p.m. following an investigation. According to the booking report, a deputy was dispatched at 12:23 p.m. to the 400 block of East Park Street in regards to a battery with a deadly weapon.

The reporting party advised her husband was in a verbal argument and had hit her with a knife but didn’t stab her. She advised the man was currently inside the apartment with her two kids and not letter her in. He had also taken her phone, the report states.

Deputies spoke with the victim, who was visibly upset and crying and said her husband was still inside the apartment. She advised she had gotten into a verbal argument with the man, and that he hit her with a kitchen knife. She stated the two have two kids in common and stated he had not been physical with the kids but was physical with her, the report states.

She stated she was sitting on a couch with her children when her husband came home and yelled at her to get up and make food for the kids. She said she then got up and walked into the kitchen to make food when the man began yelling at her. She advised at one point the man picked up a kitchen knife and when she was walking to the kitchen, he hit her across the back with it. She stated she was not cut as the man hit her with the non-sharp side. She advised she did not remember the knife fully but believed it had a brown handle.

Deputies asked if they could see her back for injuries. The deputy observed an approximately 7 to 8-inch raised bruise on the woman’s left shoulder blade. The bruise was red in color. She was asked if she needed medical attention in which she denied.

Deputies made contact with the man in the apartment. He was detained, read his Miranda warning and asked if he wished to speak. The man said he was upset about the house being dirty and food for the kids and said he and his wife began to argue. He admitted to picking up the kitchen knife during the argument and hitting his wife with it to scare her. He advised his intention was just to scare with the knife but not to hurt her, the report states.

Deputies checked on the safety of the children and observed a 7 to 8-inch knife with a brown handle sitting on the kitchen counter. Deputies observed trash and clothes around the apartment.

After speaking with both parties and the man admitting to battering the woman with the knife, deputies determined the man to be the primary aggressor and he was arrested. The woman was provided with a domestic violence card and the case number.

The case was forwarded to DCFS as the crime occurred in front of the two children and the conditions of the home, the report states. Bail: $40,000.

In other arrests:

— A 45-year-old Carson City man was booked Tuesday for misdemeanor driving on a revoked license for DUI and a Department of Alternative Sentencing violation of bail/pre-trail supervision. Bail: $3,000 cash.

— A 42-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of destruction of evidence and four misdemeanor offenses: violation of alternative sentencing conditions, resisting a public officer and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the booking report, at 8:05 p.m. a deputy observed a man riding a bicycle eastbound on Robinson approaching north Stewart. The rider was traveling on the westbound lane and had no rear lights on his bicycle and did not obey any traffic laws.

The deputy turned on the red and blue lights of the patrol vehicle, attempting to stop the man on East Robinson and North Stewart. The man turned his head and looked back but did not stop, according to the report. He entered a parking lot at the corner of Robinson and Stewart Street and began to travel eastbound. The officer followed the man and used the patrol vehicle’s PA system to tell the man top stop. The man continued traveling northbound on private property toward East Washington Street. He turned east on Washington and stopped in a parking lot at the corner of East Washington and North Stewart Street.

While exiting their patrol vehicle, the deputy observed the man use his right arm to throw an object, determined later to be a glass pipe that broke into pieces with white crystal residue on it. The deputy took the man into custody. Bail: $3,000 cash only.

— A 59-year-old Carson City woman, Cheryl Powers, was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of DUI, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to maintain lane.

According to the booking report, a deputy was dispatched at 12:57 p.m. for a report of a possible intoxicated driver in the area of College Parkway and Emerson. A deputy located the suspect vehicle and initiated a traffic stop after observing the vehicle cross over the center line multiple times while driving west on College Parkway. The deputy also witnessed the driver nearly hitting three vehicles.

A deputy made contact with the driver and asked if she had any medical conditions, in which she stated she has COPD and neuropathy. The deputy asked if she takes any medication for her conditions and she advised she is prescribed Lyrica but doesn’t take them because they make her feel drowsy, the report states. The deputy asked if she had anything to drink recently. She stated she had not. The officer did not notice an odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle but observed the woman having slurred speech.

Due to her driving pattern that was witnessed by a deputy and civilian, she was asked if she would participate in standardized field sobriety tests. She agreed to participate.

A CCSO K9, Braum, performed a free air sniff of the vehicle, in which the dog gave a positive alert. The deputy asked if there was anything illegal in the vehicle. She stated she had meth and weed in her purse, the report states. A deputy searched the purse and located a clear bag with a crystal-like substance inside.

He also located a small, clear jar with the same crystal-like substance inside, consistent with methamphetamine. She was read her Miranda warning and asked if she was willing to speak. She stated she would. The deputy asked when the last time she used and she said she used meth at 8 a.m. on Jan. 21. She was arrested and agreed to consent to providing blood samples. Bail: $2,500.

— A 35-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday for a misdemeanor violation of suspended sentence warrant. The warrant was issued Dec. 23, 2024 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $1,000 cash.

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