A 43-year-old man was arrested Friday for suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon after he answered an apartment door while holding a handgun that was observed by an officer following a child custody dispute, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
Following an investigation, deputies arrested Tyrome Davis. He was also booked for misdemeanor violation of a suspended sentence.
According to the booking report, deputies were called to the 3200 block of Imperial Way for a child custody dispute. Dispatch advised the reporting party (RP) stated there was no custody order in place but the mother of his child won’t let him the child, the report states.
Deputies arrived and met with the RP who advised he was worried the mother of his child wasn’t going to let him see his child this weekend. He stated the mother’s fiancee had threatened him in the past.
A deputy followed behind the RP where he rang the doorbell, which had a camera. The deputy advised dispatch of their location and stood at the entrance of the walkway while the RP stood near the door, according to the report.
A few moments later the deputy heard the door unlock and then open. When the door opened, Davis was standing in the doorway and had a black handgun in his right hand pointed at the ground and then racked the handgun using his left hand. Davis then looked at the deputy and began to close the door while the officer drew their firearm. The deputy ordered Davis to drop the gun and observed him reach his right arm out on the other side of the wall with the door closing, the report states.
The door reopened and Davis began to place himself on the ground, showing the deputy his hands. The deputy observed the firearm was no longer in sight. The deputy ordered the RP and the person he was with to get behind him and to go to the end of the walkway, according to the report.
While Davis was on the ground he said he didn’t know the police were there. When another deputy arrived, Davis was told to stand up and walk backward toward the officer. He was arrested for alleged assault with a deadly weapon.
Davis told the deputy that the RP had threatened him a week ago over child custody disputes regarding who was going to have custody and win the custody battle and then, when the doorbell rang, he saw the reporting party on the camera, the report states. The deputy learned the child’s mother took the gun out of the safe and handed it to Davis and then he answered the door, not knowing a deputy was there.
The mother gave deputies consent to search her residence and collect the firearm for evidence. Deputies later collected video footage of the doorbell camera. A deputy entered the residence and observed a black handgun behind the TV on the TV stand, the report states. The deputy collected the firearm and pulled out the magazine and pulled the slide back to ensure there was no ammunition in the firearm. When the officer pulled the slide back, a bullet was extracted from the chamber, according to the report.
Deputies took photos and booked the gun and ammunition into evidence. Dispatch advised Davis had conditions through the Department of Alternative Sentencing to obey all laws and to not possess weapons. DAS advised they wanted him placed on hold. He was taken to jail and booked. Bail: $15,000.
In other arrests:
— A 19-year-old Carson City man, Christian Castaneda-Hansen, was arrested Saturday for suspicion of felony eluding. According to the booking report, a detective assigned to the Special Enforcement Team observed a side-by-side vehicle traveling eastbound on Northridge.
The side-by-side was known to the officer as a Can-Am. The deputy observed the side-by-side to have a flag on the driver side and a light stick on the right side. The flag and light stick were positioned on the rear of the vehicle. The deputy also observed the side-by-side to have blinking red and blue lights in the wheel wells.
The deputy followed the vehicle, which was traveling around 60 mph on College Parkway. The deputy lost visual of it once it rounded the corner on College Parkway. The deputy then observed the side-by-side traveling eastbound on East Nye. The deputy activated their lights for a traffic stop due to speeding.
As the officer moved closer, the side-by-side turned onto Bowers Lane and started to flee. The driver ran the stop sign at Bowers and August Drive and continued northbound toward Arrowhead. He ran the stops at Bowers and Arrowhead and traveled eastbound on Arrowhead. The driver continued to elude, passing through Centennial Park Drive toward Highway 50.
As the officer sped up to cut him off at Centennial Drive, they observed two other occupants in the side-by-side who appeared, from a distance, to be younger. The driver had facial hair and a backwards hat on. The driver then drove from the dirt in the area of Archery Range Road. Due to the potential of juveniles being in the side-by-side, the deputy terminated the pursuit, the report states.
Knowing that there was only two directions out from where the driver entered, SET detectives set up in the area. Later, officers observed a white truck puling a trailer. On the trailer was a side-by-side that was covered by a brown tarp. When the truck passed, the deputy saw that it was the same vehicle from the pursuit, the report states.
The deputy made a traffic stop on the pickup and the driver was told the reason for the stop. The driver advised his daughter had called him and told him the side-by-side was having issues and asked him to come get it. The deputy asked the man if he knew the suspect had fled from officers. The man said no. He was told the side-by-side was having mechanical issues, the report states.
Officers learned two juveniles had been with the driver and made contact with suspect Castaneda-Hansen, reading him his Miranda warning. During the interviewed the suspect confirmed he was the driver of the side-by-side and that he got scared because the vehicle was not registered. He was arrested and booked for suspicion of felony eluding. Bail $20,000.
— A 19-year-old Carson City man was arrested Saturday for suspicion of possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription and possession of a controlled substance. Bail: $3,000.
— A 45-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday for suspicion of misdemeanor DUI, no valid driver’s license and license plate improperly displayed. According to the booking report, at around 3:22 a.m. a deputy saw a pickup traveling north on North Edmonds where the license plate was improperly displayed, as it was slanted sideways and the deputy was unable to read the last few numbers on the plate.
The deputy conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Reeves and Brown streets. As the deputy came to a stop, the pickup’s driver door swung open. The officer got out of the vehicle and told the driver to stay inside his vehicle. The driver got out and the officer gave him commands to get back into his vehicle. The driver closed the door and began to walk away. The deputy ran after the driver, grabbed him by his right arm and told him to place his hands behind his back, according to the report.
A female then got out of a nearby vehicle and began to question why the officer pulled him over. While the officer was holding both of the man’s hands, the driver broadened his shoulders and tensed up in an attempt to pull away. The deputy brought him into a proximity to prevent him from pulling his arms away and was able to place him into cuffs.
The female, who later identified herself, stated the man was her husband and said the vehicle belonged to her. The deputy informed her it was a traffic stop. The deputy told her to stay back by her vehicle. The officer then walked the driver over toward the rear of the vehicle that he had been driving Other deputies arrived on scene to assist. As the deputy walked over to the driver, he could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from his person, the report states. The officer asked if he had been drinking and he stated yes. Due to the odor of alcohol and his verbal admission of drinking, the deputy asked him if he was willing to participate in standardized field sobriety testing. He agreed and advised he had a total of six Coors Light beers at a casino.
The man showed clues of impairment on the tests and was arrested for suspicion of DUI, driving without a valid license and improper display of a license plate. The man said he understood and voluntarily consented to a blood draw. He denied to provide a preliminary breath test for the jail, stating that his alcohol content was not too high. Bail: $1,137.
— A 37-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery. According to the booking report, at approximately 2 a.m. deputies were dispatched to the 700 block of Hot Springs Road. Dispatch advised the reporting party stated her mother had threatened to harm herself and had left the residence on foot. Deputies arrived and observed both the reporting party and the woman standing on the front porch of the residence. The deputy asked the woman to step away and speak with them. She complied.
Through interviews involving the victim and a roommate, it was learned the suspect allegedly pushed her mother to the ground during an altercation. The mother had slight redness to the right back and rib area. The 37-year-old suspect denied the dispute was physical. Through the investigation it was determined she was the primary aggressor. Bail: $3,137.
— A 21-year-old Carson City man, Gabriel West, was arrested Sunday for a felony warrant alleging fraudulent use of a credit/debit card. The warrant was issued March 9, 2026 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $5,000.
— A 43-year-old man, Raheem Haniff, was arrested Sunday for a felony fugitive warrant for probation violation issued out of El Dorado County Superior Court. No bail hold awaiting extradition.
— A 69-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday for suspicion of DUI drug/alchol and destruction of property over $500, both misdemeanor offenses. According to the booking report, deputies were called to the corner of Elm Street and Poplar Street. The reporting party stated that a neighbor appeared disoriented and was having trouble parking his car and had even hit the neighbor’s fence.
Deputies arrived and met with the reporting party who explained they noticed the vehicle pulled forward and hit the fence. The car then backed up and drove west on Elm for a block, turned around and and then parked. They said the vehicle’s windshield wipers were on, which they found it strange and concerning. They stated the male driver stayed in the vehicle until they called for law enforcement assistance.
Deputies interviewed the wife of the suspect, who stated her husband had been driving, was drunk and sitting on the couch in the living room.
Deputies interviewed the driver who was sitting on the couch. He appeared sullen and was nervously playing with his sunglasses. He would not talk to the deputy until his wife left the room. He then stated he had driven back from work in San Franciso and stopped at a restaurant where he had several cocktails. He would not say exactly how much he had but that it was somewhere in Carson City. The deputy noticed the man spoke with slurred speech and thick, heavy tongue and had red watery eyes.
He was asked if he would submit to field sobriety tests. He said he was not willing. He was placed into handcuffs and detained. He agreed to a preliminary breath test, with a result of .171. He was arrested and stated he would not voluntarily submit to evidentiary testing. The deputy applied for a telephonic warrant for a blood draw which was granted by a judge. Bail: $1,137.
— A 35-year-old Sparks woman was arrested early Monday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia and a misdemeanor outside agency warrant. Bail: $3,000.
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