Two were arrested early Monday for multiple alleged offenses after a reported fight involving family members, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
Following an investigation, CCSO deputies arrested Brian Sandoval for suspicion of felony battery by a prisoner after allegedly spitting on a deputy, gross misdemeanor battery on a protected person and misdemeanor obstructing and resisting.
Also arrested was German Flores Sandoval, 60, for suspicion of gross misdemeanor battery on a protected person and misdemeanor obstructing an officer.
According to the booking report, deputies were called at 12:43 a.m. to a Conte Drive address for a dispute. Dispatch advised they could hear yelling in the background.
Deputies met with the reporting person, who was standing outside a front door. They said that Brian Sandoval was highly intoxicated and in a fight with his girlfriend. The person also said Sandoval was trying to hit his parents.
Deputies were allowed into the residence and heard Brian Sandoval yell at (name redacted) several times. The deputy observed him in a sun room drinking alcohol and then began aggressively to walk toward both deputies. His mother attempted to close the sliding door to keep him in the other room but he opened the door and entered, continuing to walk toward (redacted name) and slapped both of his hands on his chest. It appeared to deputies the 28-year-old was going to hurt the person, the report states.
A deputy told the suspect to calm down and put his hands behind his back. When the 28-year-old didn’t listen to commands, a deputy attempted to place him in handcuffs. It was at this time that he became combative with deputies. Both deputies escorted him to the ground. While doing so, the 28-year-old began fighting and resisting, the report states.
During the incident, the 28-year-old’s father attempted to step in and grabbed a deputy’s shoulder, trying to pull him off his son. When he was unsuccessful during the attempt to pull one of the deputy’s off his son on his shoulder, the father then grabbed a deputy’s right arm and attempted to stop the deputy from gaining compliance with his son.
Once he was cuffed, the 28-year-old continued to move his lower body and kicked one of the deputy’s on the back of his leg. The deputy attempted to sit him up, but the man kept kicking his legs and kicking the deputy on their lower back a second time with the back of his leg. A deputy then sat the 28-year-old up and he spat on the officer’s vest, the report states.
Deputies had told the father and the rest of the family to leave the area. The father continued to not listen to commands. Once the son was arrested and in then back of the patrol vehicle, the father was detained and then arrested for suspected obstructing and gross misdemeanor battery on a peace officer. Bail: $2,500.
The 28-year-old son was then taken to a patrol vehicle and transported to the hospital for medical clearance and then taken to jail and booked for felony battery by a prisoner for spitting on the officer, gross misdemeanor battery on a protected person (deputy) and misdemeanor obstructing and resisting arrest. Bail: $40,000.
In other arrests:
— A 38-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of DUI and failure to yield at a controlled intersection, both misdemeanor offenses. According to the booking report, at 4:46 a.m. Sunday a deputy observed a sedan with its trunk open while driving westbound on West Robinson Street. The deputy observed the vehicle come to a complete stop at the posted stop sign at the intersection of West Robinson and North Division streets. The front two tires of the vehicle went across the white limit line at the stop sign, the report states.
The deputy continued following the vehicle westbound on West Robinson. The vehicle then turned south on North Phillips Street. The deputy continued to follow the vehicle and observed the driver failing to complete a stop at the intersection of North Phillips and West Telegraph.
The deputy then saw the vehicle keep its momentum through the intersection and not come to a complete stop before turning on West Telegraph Street. The deputy notes in the report that the whole time they were following the vehicle, the trunk door was bouncing up and down unsecured. The deputy could observed there were items in the trunk but could not determine if they were tied down or secured.
The deputy turned on their emergency red and blue lights to initiate a traffic stop. The vehicle came to a complete stop near the intersection of West Telegraph and Elizabeth Street. The deputy approached the vehicle and contacted the driver, who was the sole occupant.
When the deputy approached the vehicle, he was able to pull down the truck to see the license plate. The deputy spoke with the driver from the front passenger side window of the vehicle. The deputy saw the driver had red, bloodshot eyes. The deputy also noticed she would slur some of her words when she spoke. The deputy informed the driver of the reason for the stop and asked for her driver’s license, proof of insurance and vehicle registration.
The driver provided their driver’s license and the deputy checked it for wants and warrant, which came back clear. After speaking with the woman, the deputy asked if she would perform standardized field sobriety tests. She complied and showed some signs of impairment on the tests. She agreed to a preliminary breath test which registered above the legal limit, the report states. She was arrested for suspicion of DUI. She was read the request for voluntary evidence. The woman stated she wished to perform the evidentiary breath test and was taken to jail. She provided results of .170 and .154. Bail: $1,137.
— A 36-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday for suspicion two counts possession of a controlled substance (psilocybin mushrooms and methamphetamine) second offense and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail: $7,500.
— A 35-year-old Carson City man, Sean Duffy Thomas, was arrested Friday for suspicion of felony parole and probation violation, a felony warrant issued out of Lyon County with no bail and a misdemeanor warrant out of Reno Justice Court with a bail amount of $15,000. No bail hold in lieu of hearing for parole and probation violation.
— A 40-year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday for a misdemeanor contempt of court warrant issued Dec. 23, 2025 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $3,000 cash.
— A 28-year-old Carson City man was booked Saturday for 13 counts of alleged misdemeanor criminal contempt after making 13 phone calls while in jail to a person with whom there was a no contact order against him.
According to the booking report, Carson City Jail was notified by the Carson City District Attorney’s Office asking to investigate phone calls made by the inmate to the victim in which he had a no-contact order in place. The no-contact order was ordered by a Carson City judge on March 11, 2026 as part of his conditions of release on his case. The additional followup was from a jail investigation the day prior where the man was charged with three counts contempt of court for calling from the jail April 2.
Deputies located the phone records and searched the period of time starting when the no-contact order had been put into place. The filter generated 13 additional calls to the victim, the report states. The deputy listened to the phone calls that were consistent with the inmate’s voice, which was the same voice heard the day prior when the man admitted talking to the victim, the report states.
Based on the additional phone calls that were made by the man, starting at the date in which the no-contact order was issued, he was booked for 13 additional counts of contempt of court. Bail: $1,137.
— A 25-year-old Carson City man was booked Saturday for suspicion of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail: $1,000.
— A 66-year-old Carson City man and inmate at the jail was booked Saturday for suspicion of gross misdemeanor injury to property belonging to another person ($250 to $5,000.)
According to the booking report, a jail deputy was requested by an inmate who resides in the Special Needs (SN) area advising that his cell mate broke his jail issued tablet. Additional deputies responded to the (SN) to prevent the issue from getting further out of hand. Two deputies moved the suspect to separate the victim from the suspect.
The victim provided the tablet to a deputy, which had a shattered front screen and broken back piece. Photos of the broken tablet were taken and uploaded into evidence. The tablet is valued at between $200 to $350. The victim stated the cell mate broke the tablet and the suspect stated he broke the tablet. Bail: $1,137.
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