A 66-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
Deputies were dispatched late Tuesday evening to a a Brown Street address for domestic battery. The reporting party informed dispatch they were hiding from the suspect in the attic and that the suspect had thrown a box of cat litter at her, according to the booking report.
Deputies learned the man left the residence and was walking with an unknown object in his hands. The victim advised the man owns firearms, the report states.
A deputy then made contact with the reporting party and saw cat litter spilled across the kitchen and bedroom floor of the residence. The victim advised she and the suspect are married and that they had been having problems and that the suspect had been staying in a separate cottage on property they both owned, the report states.
The victim advised the man is often abusive and goes off on her, calling her names. She said this night the man began to argue, and spat 5 to 6 times on her face before leaving through a back door of the woman’s cottage residence and then returned again where he spat on her face again and then grabbed the plastic box containing cat littler and threw it at her head. The cat litter was scattered throughout the kitchen and bedroom floor and there was cat litter throughout her hair. The victim said she had recorded the incident and showed it to the deputy.
The deputy noted the video was dark and hard to see but could hear the confrontation, including a loud noise, believed to be the litter box thrown at the woman with the man saying “how’s that feel” as he was seen walking out the door, the report states.
The deputy attempted to make contact with the man multiple times at his cottage but there was not an answer. With probable cause to arrest the man, the deputy advised dayshift deputies in case they have contact with the man.
On Wednesday at around 12:38 p.m. a deputy was advised the suspect was currently at the residence and using the hot tub. The deputy arrived and read the man his Miranda warning. The man agreed to speak about the incident, confirming there was a dispute the night before. The man said he had been battered multiple times by the woman, and she forced him to live in a cat-urine soaked unit on the property. He told the deputy the woman will instigate an argument, then record him to try and show him to be the aggressor, the report states.
The man confirmed he spit on the woman during the argument and also threw a box of cat litter on her. The officer observed a red abrasion and scratch mark on the man’s left cheek. The man said the woman punched him in the face several times during the argument.
The man was taken into custody based on the initial investigation as well as his admission to spitting on the woman and throwing cat litter at her.
Deputies asked the woman if she punched the man at any time during the argument. She denied ever putting her hands on him and claimed to have more video footage, portraying the man’s violent behavior the night before. Bail: $3,132.
In other arrests:
— A 55-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday for a misdemeanor warrant alleging tampering with a vehicle. The warrant was issued March 16, 2023 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $1,000.
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