A 46-year-old Fallon man was booked into jail Saturday for two felony warrant alleging four counts sexual assault of a child under 14, and two counts lewdness with a child under 14.
Brian Dewitt was taken into custody of Carson City Jail after being transferred from Lyon County. The warrants were issued Dec. 3, 2024 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $50,000. No other information was available.
In other arrests:
— A 46-year-old man, Lee Ross, was arrested Friday, Dec. 13 for suspicion of attempted robbery and trespassing.
According to the booking report, deputies were dispatched to a casino in the 1800 block of North Edmonds for an assault with a deadly weapon call. Dispatch was advised that a person pulled a knife out on a victim.
Deputies arrived and met with the victim who said he was sitting at a slot machine in the east side of a casino. He said he was approached by a male with a gray sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and black beanie.
The suspect was later identified as Lee Faron Ross. The victim said the man tried to sell him drugs but he told him no. He said the man then demanded that he buy $20 worth of drugs. The victim refused so he said the suspect pulled up the front of his shirt where he saw a silver knife sticking four inches above his waistline. The victim walked away and spoke with a casino employee and told them to contact law enforcement, the report states.
He said he saw the suspect exit the casino through the north door then re-entered and exited out of the southern door.
Based on a statement that the suspect exited through the northern door, the deputy made contact with security outside the casino who provided a picture of the suspect walking into the casino.
The deputy spoke with a casino employee who said the suspect was aggressive toward them and said they had to threaten the suspect to get him to leave him alone, the report states.
Dispatch sent a booking photo of the man, where the victim later identified him as the man who attempted to rob him, the report states.
Deputies spoke with a witness who wanted to remain anonymous who said the suspect walked up to him while sitting at a slot machine, asking him for $20. The witness described the man. The witness said he told the suspect he had no money and so he walked away. The witness saw the suspect walk up to another person, saw they were startled and walked away, the report states.
A casino employee said the suspect had been officially trespassed and provided two letters that were mailed to Lee Ross and signed by the general manager stating he was trespassed. The employee said he wanted to file charges against the man for trespassing and wrote a statement.
Deputies located Lee Ross and arrested him on Gordon Street. A black buck sheath was located on his person but did not have a knife. The man was taken to jail without incident.
After his arrest deputies canvassed the area to locate the knife. A vehicle approached with a male and female who identified themselves and said they had contact with the suspect.
They told deputies they said they heard someone knocking at their door. When they opened the door Lee Ross was outside and walked inside. They said they didn’t know who Lee Ross was but the man insisted that they had friends in common. They said the man showed them the black knife, describing the knife as silver with a black handle, remembering seeing a silver dagger. He asked if he could use the restroom, which they allowed. They said he began to act weirdly and scared them so they offered to drive him to the store so he could leave the property.
They said Lee Ross agreed but while he was walking out of the house he grabbed a cell phone from the center table. They told him that he grabbed their cell phone by mistake. He returned the phone. However, later as they were walking to the truck, they noticed another cell phone was missing, they called it and it rang in the suspect’s pocket. They told him to leave the property, where he left on foot and was located by deputies a short time later. They did not want to press charges.
They did not know where the suspect put the knife. Deputies checked their residence but did not locate the knife around the home. Officers checked the front driveway and located the silver buck knife with black handle, five feet behind the truck. It was submitted to the crime lab. The casino contacted deputies and advised a video was ready for pick-up. Deputies reviewed camera footage that showed the victim sitting at a slot machine, the suspect approaching standing next to him, then showed the suspect lift his shirt at the waist band.
The victim put their hands up and stood up and walked away with the suspect following. The suspect then walked away and to the northern exit. The video was submitted as evidence. Because the suspect was trying to take money away from the victim at the casino, intimidating him with force or violence by displaying the knife, he was booked for attempted robbery. Bail: $30,000.
— A 21-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Saturday, 2:45 a.m. for suspicion of battery with substantial bodily harm and misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Monica Salas was taken into custody in the area of East Proctor and North Plaza streets following an investigation.
According to the booking report, deputies were dispatched to a bar in the 300 block of North Carson Street for battery that happened in a parking lot.
A deputy arrived and met with a female, later identified as suspect Salas. She was limping and had blood on her hands. She was trying to fix her glasses because both lenses popped out. Her glasses were clear and the right side of the glasses had been broken.
The deputy asked the woman what happened and she said she had been tackled. She said they were in a bar and when she left some guy in a red and black flannel tackled her from behind. The deputy asked what happened next and she said she did not know. She had a hard time staying focused and appeared to be highly intoxicated, the report states.
The deputy asked her for her ID. She then put her hand in her pocket but did not grab her ID. The officer asked for her ID again and she would change the subject. The deputy asked her several more times for her ID, she did not give it to the deputy. Another deputy who was on scene, also asked the woman for her ID several times, but she again did not give it, the report states.
She was told if she did not identify herself, she was going to be placed under arrest. She still did not identify herself and was placed under arrest. While conducing a search incident to arrest a deputy found the woman’s Nevada driver’s license. A deputy also found a pair of bloody glasses in the woman’s pocket. The glasses were not the same glasses she was trying to fix prior, the report states. The deputy collected the glasses as evidence.
Another deputy who was on scene spoke with the victim who said two girls from the bar followed her outside and attacked her multiple times. The victim was bleeding from her nose and had multiple scratches and marks on her legs, arms and face. Paramedics arrived and transported the victim to Carson Tahoe Hospital for further evaluation.
A deputy was able to interview multiple witnesses who observed the incident. One witness said two females, the suspect and another person (name redacted in report because they were not arrested) attacked the victim on her way to her car. Statements were taken.
Two other witnesses said both subjects, Salas and the other woman, attacked the victim and that they had to pull them off. While on scene a bystander gave a deputy two cell phones he had found. The deputy was able to determined the cell phones belonged to Salas and the other person.
A deputy met with the victim at the hospital and asked her again what happened. She stated she was having trouble inside the bar with two other females. She said they had gotten into an argument and she decided to leave. When she was walking to her car, she said Salas attacked her from behind, grabbing her hair. She stated Salas started punch her, causing her to fall to the ground. She said someone pulled Salas off her. The victim said she ran to her car. She said she got into he passenger side of her vehicle when Salas came over again, opened the door, pulled her out of the car and started attacking her again. The victim said Salas told the other woman to attack her. The victim also stated she lost her glasses during the altercation, the report states.
The deputy asked the victim how she knew Salas and the other woman. She said she did not know them. She described the woman who attacked her multiple times as being heavy set and the other woman, was skinny and wearing a white shirt. The deputy asked the woman if she would complete the release of medical records for her hospital visit and she agreed. She received a CAT scan and told the ER doctor he could give the deputy the results. The doctor said the victim had suffered a broken nose.
Due to the facts and circumstances at the time, the deputy determined Salas and the other woman used willful and unlawful physical force against the victim by punching her and causing substantial bodily harm, the report states. The victim had multiple cuts and scrapes and was diagnosed with a broken nose. Multiple witnesses to the incident corroborated the victim’s statement.
At this time, the other woman reportedly involved in the fight has not been arrested. Bail for Salas: $10,000.
— A 41-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday for suspicion of misdemeanor DUI drugs and two counts violation of a suspended sentence.
According to the booking report, a deputy observed that a vehicle was not parked correctly in a parking stall. The vehicle was running and its lights were on behind a North Carson Street convenience store.
The deputy observed the driver slumped over with his seatbelt on in the driver’s seat in the upright position. The deputy knocked and pounded on the driver-side windows multiple times before he woke up frantic and startled, the report states.
The deputy asked what he was doing. He said he was unloading concrete with three other men. The deputy didn’t observe other men in the area. The deputy asked the man if he knew where he was. He stated Cincinnati, Ohio. The deputy asked if he knew which street he was on. He stated he was on the main street for the college and stated he was going to take the vehicle back to the college because it was theirs, the report states.
The deputy asked what time he started work. The man stated he started work at 8 o’clock. The officer asked if he knew what time it was. He stated it was around 1. The actual time was approximately 1:40 a.m. He stated the guys he was working with left him. The deputy did not notice the odor of alcohol coming form the man’s breath or body. While talking with the man, the deputy observed his eyes were not properly responding to light. His eyes were over-constricting when minimal light was present.
Due to his performance on the standardized field sobriety tests, he was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. He was read the request for evidentiary testing. He stated he would voluntarily submit to an evidentiary blood test. He was later booked into jail for suspicion of DUI first offense, drugs. While at jail, the Department of Alternative Sentencing placed two $1,000 cash-only holds for violation of a suspended sentence. Bail for the suspected DUI drugs: $1,137.
— A 27-year-old Georgia man was arrested Dec. 13 for suspicion of misdemeanor defrauding a proprietor.
According to the booking report, a deputy responded to a bar for a report of a cab driver who did not get paid his fare.
The deputy met with the reporting party who said he picked up the man in Dayton and told him it would cost $100 for a ride to Carson City. The man agreed to pay the fee and told the reporting party his friend would pay the fare. He drove the man to the Carson City bar, went into the bar and said he was going to get the money from his friends. He did not return to pay the money and avoided the reporting party when he entered the bar.
The deputy made contact with the suspect and told him the cab driver just wanted the money owed to him for the cab fare. The suspect said he would not pay it. The officer explained that he could either pay the fare or go to jail for defrauding a proprietor. He said he would go to jail. The deputy asked the man multiple times if there was anyone he could borrow the money from or call to pay the fair and he said “no” and that he would go to jail. Bail: $1,137.
— A 39-year-old Silver Springs man was arrested Sunday, 1:39 p.m. for two misdemeanor outside agency warrants issued out of Virginia City Township Justice Court. Bail: $1,305 cash.
— 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.
