A man was arrested early Wednesday for gross misdemeanor battery on a protected person, DUI and other alleged offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
The man, booked at around 12:28 a.m. was also arrested for resisting a public officer, open container, following too close and failure to maintain a lane.
According to the arrest report, a deputy observed a vehicle driving behind their patrol vehicle close, estimated around six feet. At times, the officer could not see the headlights of the vehicle in their rearview mirror, the report states.
The deputy pulled to the side of the road in a parking spot and let the vehicle pass. The deputy followed the vehicle, pacing it with their patrol vehicle between Musser Street and Stewart Street. The speed limit of this section is 25 mph. The vehicle was driving at around 30 mph.
The deputy followed the vehicle through the roundabout at South Carson and Stewart Street and then continued south on South Carson Street into a 35 mph zone. The vehicle was now driving at around 40 mph on South Carson. The deputy observed the vehicle driving with both the front and rear right side tires driving on and over the solid white line of the bike lane on the right shoulder, for around 100 to 120 yards, according to the report.
At this time, the deputy activated their overhead lights and inited a traffic stop. The vehicle pulled into a parking lot in the 3000 block of South Carson Street and parked in a handicapped parking spot in front of a store.
The deputy asked the driver to roll down the windows. The driver refused multiple times. The driver placed his license and registration out of the driver side window that was rolled down a few inches. When the window rolled down the deputy smelled the odor of marijuana from the vehicle, the report states. The deputy asked the man if he had smoked any marijuana or if there was any marijuana in the vehicle. The man became angry and told the officer “no.” When speaking the deputy observed the man’s eyes were watery, the report states.
The deputy returned to their vehicle and requested a second unit to begin a DUI investigation. A deputy arrived and asked the man to exit the vehicle. The man got upset and began yelling “write the ticket” and let him go, the report states.
The deputy explained to the man they thought he may be too impaired to drive. The man was still angry, yelling at the deputy that he was not going to exit the vehicle and not going to take any tests, the report states.
The deputy asked the man multiple times to exit the vehicle and he refused each time. The deputy informed the man that if he did not exit the vehicle, he would be removed from it.
The man told the officer, no you won’t, and refused to exit. The officer told him again to exit the vehicle. The man refused. Deputies opened the door of the vehicle and grabbed the man and tried to pull him from the vehicle, the report states.
The man pulled himself back into the driver’s seat. After trying for around a minute to pull him out of the driver’s seat, deputies saw that his seatbelt was still on. A deputy reached in the car and tried to remove the seatbelt but it was wrapped around the latch and would not come undone. A deputy grabbed the man’s legs and another deputy grabbed his arms and attempted to pull the man out. He continued to resist and deputies were unable to pull him out of the driver’s seat, the report states.
A deputy told the man they were going to taser him if he did not comply and exit the vehicle. The man refused. Deputies warned him several times they would use the taser if he didn’t exit the vehicle. The man continued to refuse. He was tasered, rolled to the ground, exiting the vehicle, where he was placed into handcuffs, according to the report.
Carson City Fire Department was called to the location to check him out. The man was angry and resisted deputies and became angry with the CCFD medics. Due to the aggressive behavior toward medics, the man was transported to the hospital. As deputies were in the back, they could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from the man.
Officers located an open can of beer behind the driver’s seat that was still cold to the touch and half empty.
A deputy arrived at the hospital and called the on-call district attorney, advising him of the stop and the suspicions the man had been drinking and/or using marijuana. A telephonic search warrant was applied for and approved by a judge. Bail: $2,137.
In other arrests:
— An 18-year-old Carson City man, Issac Viramontes, was booked Tuesday for suspicion of battery by a prisoner.
According to the booking report, the man was observed Monday, Feb. 10, 11:35 a.m. entering a cell assigned to the victim where a physical altercation happened. After reviewing surveillance video, the man was booked for alleged felony battery by a prisoner. Bail: $20,000.
— A 46-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for a misdemeanor contempt of court warrant issued Dec. 3, 2024 out of Carson City Drug Court. Bail: $300 cash.
— A 42-year-old Silver Springs man was arrested Tuesday for a misdemeanor Department of Alternative Sentencing violation. The man was intoxicated, with a preliminary breath test of .192. He was arrested for DAS violation with conditions to not drink alcohol. Bail: $3,000 cash.
— A 19-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for misdemeanor violation of bail, pre-trial supervision. He was driving with a revoked license. 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.
