On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, deputies took in three individuals for driving under the influence in Carson City.
A 55-year-old Tahoma, Calif. woman was arrested on S. Carson Street for DUI second, driving on a revoked drivers license, driving with expired registration, and a bench warrant out of Carson City Justice Court.
Just after noon on Christmas Eve, deputies were called to South Carson Street on report of a possibly intoxicated driver stopped by Douglas County deputies.
Deputies made contact with the woman who was being detained by Douglas County deputies. Carson City deputies informed the woman she was being arrested for driving on a revoked license, as well as for her bench warrant.
While securing her in handcuffs, deputies noticed an odor of alcohol coming from her person.
Upon arrival at the Carson City Jail, deputies provided the woman with a field sobriety test, which she did not pass. She provided a preliminary breath test which resulted in a 0.193% BAC.
Bail: $4,346; $1,000 of which cash only.
— Just after 10 p.m. Christmas Eve, a 39-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of S. Saliman and Quail Run Drive for DUI first.
Deputies stopped the vehicle after it failed to maintain its lane, and failed to stop at a stop sign, according to the arrest report.
Deputies spoke with the driver, who had a “strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person” according to the arrest report. Deputies also said that he had red, watery eyes and his speech was slurred.
The man agreed to a field sobriety test. He admitted to drinking one alcoholic beverage, according to the report.
The man then did not want to follow instructions, and instead said “just take me to jail.” He refused to provide a preliminary breath test.
The man was taken to the Carson City Jail and booked on suspicion of DUI first.
Bail: $1,137
— Around 6:30 p.m. Christmas Day, a 36-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of 2700 Highway 50 E. for DUI 2nd (drugs), possessing a dangerous drug without a prescription, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the area in regards to a crash. Deputies observed a man sitting on the curb stating he needed medical attention for his foot and head, and deputies ordered paramedics to the scene.
They asked if the man was driving, and he said no, he was a passenger, and the driver was the 36-year-old suspect. Deputies located the vehicle which was facing south and had struck a cement wall. The driver was standing next to the driver’s side door with it open, and seemed confused and unsteady on his feet.
Deputies asked if he needed medical attention and he said no.
He appeared to struggle to locate his driver’s license in his wallet, deputies said, and deputies asked if they could pat him down, to which he said yes. Deputies located three prescription bottles in his pocket, two of which were prescribed to him but one was not.
Deputies said they found “numerous items in his pocket that [they] were unable to immediately identify during the search,” one of which was a long silicon container containing the residue of a white substance. Deputies identified this as drug paraphernalia.
Deputies noted the man’s eyes were watery and bloodshot and his speech was “very slurred.” When they asked him if he knew where he was, he at first said “Long Beach,” but then corrected himself and said Carson City.
They said he was making “involuntary jerking movements” and would close his eyes while speaking with deputies, as if he were asleep, “commonly known as nodding off.”
Deputies asked what caused the crash, and he said he was reaching down for a water bottle he had dropped, and overcorrected. Deputies asked how he overcorrected and traveled more than three lanes, and he said he did not know, according to the report.
Deputies asked multiple times if he’d submit to a field sobriety test, and he declined each time.
Deputies spoke to the reporting party who said they’d witnessed the vehicle traveling westbound before crossing over three lanes past oncoming traffic, going off the curb, and into the cement wall.
The man was taken to the Carson City Jail on suspicion of DUI second for drugs.
Bail: $6,174
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