A Carson City man was arrested for a felony eluding charge following a high-speed pursuit that ended in a collision after detectives were surveilling the vehicle following a suspected drug sale.

Leocadio Mariscal, 46, was booked into the Carson City Jail facing a felony charge of eluding law enforcement after a chase earlier in the month. The incident stems from a March 14 pursuit where he allegedly struck another vehicle while fleeing from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team (SET).

According to the arrest report, SET detectives were conducting surveillance at an E. Winnie Lane casino late on March 14 due to recent repeated narcotics deals when they observed a sedan pull up and park. A man identified as a known narcotics dealer entered the vehicle, the report states, and detectives suspected the encounter to be a drug transaction.

When the sedan later left the area and parked behind an apartment complex on Beverly Drive, a detective began trailing the vehicle.

After the driver failed to stop at multiple stop signs in the neighborhood, the detective activated their emergency lights and sirens.

The suspect immediately accelerated, leading deputies on a high-speed chase through residential streets.

During the pursuit, the suspect’s vehicle struck another car while making a northbound turn onto Roop Street. The detective terminated the pursuit for safety reasons, but observed the driver continue to flee, running a red light at the intersection of Roop Street and Hot Springs Road before deputies lost sight of the vehicle.

Detectives subsequently reviewed video surveillance and identified Mariscal as the driver. Authorities contacted a family member of Mariscal, who arranged for Mariscal to turn himself in; however, he failed to appear.

Mariscal was later apprehended by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on an active warrant on March 15 and was transferred to the Carson City Jail on March 18 to face the felony eluding charge.

Bail: $50,000

Possession of burglary tools

In a separate incident, Jonathan Casey Jones, 41, of South Lake Tahoe, California, was arrested Wednesday evening on a felony charge of possession of burglary tools.

The arrest occurred following a traffic stop near North Carson Street and West Nye Lane. After the driver consented to a vehicle search, deputies asked the occupants to step out.

According to the arrest report, Jones repeatedly lowered his hands despite verbal commands to keep them on the vehicle’s dashboard, prompting a deputy to conduct a consensual pat-down for weapons.

During the pat-down, the deputyo felt a hard object and retrieved a magnetic device from Jones’s front pocket. The deputy recognized the tool as one commonly used in retail thefts to remove security tags from merchandise.

After a K9 unit alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle, Jones admitted the device was used for retail theft according to the report.

Additionally, he admitted to recent methamphetamine use, and deputies noted he exhibited physical signs consistent with stimulant use, including sweating, clammy skin, and facial sores.

Bail: $5,000

DUI

A 43-year-old Zephyr Cove woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a misdemeanor charge for a DUI.

According to the report, a patrol deputy initiated a traffic stop near U.S. 50 West and South Carson Street after a records check revealed the registration on her vehicle was suspended. When the deputy made contact, they said they smelled a strong odor of alcohol emitting from the vehicle and observed that the driver had red, watery eyes.

According to the report, the woman had to be asked multiple times for her driver’s license and braced herself against the car door as she exited the vehicle. She admitted to drinking champagne that morning and stated she was hungover from the night before.

She agreed to a field sobriety test and exhibited multiple signs of impairment. After she refused to submit to a preliminary breath test, a judge granted a seizure order, and two vials of blood were drawn for evidentiary testing before she was booked into the Carson City Detention Center.

In other arrests:

  • Michael Alvarez, 62, was transported from the Storey County Jail to the Carson City Jail to face a felony warrant for first-degree residential burglary and a misdemeanor warrant for battery. Bail: $50,000
  • A 44-year-old Lake Havasu, Arizona man was arrested on a misdemeanor bench warrant for contempt of court. Deputies located him at Mills Park after dispatch received reports of a man yelling in the area. $1,277 bail
  • A 39-year-old woman was transported from the Douglas County Jail and booked on two Carson City misdemeanor bench warrants. Bail: $6,000 cash only.

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