A 32 year-old South Lake Tahoe, CA, man was arrested early Saturday morning at 12:29 a.m. in the area of Southbound Interstate 580 and U.S. Highway 50 on misdemeanor first offense driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and open container offenses, a Carson City Sheriff’s deputy reported.
According to the arrest report, law enforcement responded to the area on report of a possible drunk driver that was attempting to race the reporting party (RP), brake checking and not maintaining a lane.
A Sheriff’s deputy located the suspect vehicle and observed it making sudden lane changes and abrupt changes in speed. A traffic stop was made and the deputy contacted the suspect driver, who smelled of alcohol.
An open alcohol container was observed in the plain view inside the vehicle, the report said. The driver admitted to drinking and he consented to field sobriety testing (FST), which showed signs of impairment.
The suspect performed a preliminary breath test (PBT), which yielded .165 percent breath-alcohol content. He was handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $1,000.
In other arrests:
— A 30 year-old Carson City woman was arrested Friday night at 7 p.m. in the 1600 block of East Fifth Street on an active misdemeanor contempt of court warrant issued out of Sparks Township Justice Court, a Carson City Sheriff’s deputy reported.
According to the report, law enforcement was dispatched to the area on report domestic battery. A Sheriff’s deputy contacted the parties involved, one of whom was the suspect, who reported that she and her ex-fiance had gotten into an argument about breaking up. She told the deputy that the argument never became physical, and the male subject corroborated the story.
No injuries were observed on either subject and no battery was founded. However, a records check on both subjects revealed the woman did have an outstanding bench warrant for contempt out of Sparks.
She was then handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $500.
— A 28 year-old Gardnerville man was arrested late Friday night at the Carson City Jail on an outstanding felony bench warrant for controlled substance sales issued out of East Fork Township Justice Court, a Carson City Sheriff’s deputy reported.
Logan William Wetzel was already being held at the Carson City Jail on other charges when the active arrest warrant was faxed to the detention center from Douglas County.
The warrant was confirmed and the additional felony charge was added to Wetzel’s arrest record. Bail: $10,000.
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.
