A 40-year-old man was arrested Saturday for suspicion of felony domestic battery resulting in substantial bodily harm, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
Ezra Blake Taylor was taken into custody at 8:50 p.m. following an investigation. According to the booking report, deputies responded for a domestic battery call. Officers made contact with the suspect and victim. The victim stated she and the man were watching funny videos on a phone and stated that nothing had happened, the report states.
A deputy observed the woman had black and purple bruising on her right eye, a cut across the bridge of her nose and redness around her face. She stated all the injuries to her face occurred from a seizure she sustained in the shower and stated she didn’t want the man to go to jail.
Deputies spoke with the suspect, who stated the woman’s black eye was from when they were sleeping in a truck, where she rolled over and got a black eye. He stated she rolled into his elbow causing the black eye. He then later stated she was punched in the face by an unknown man the other night and that is how the cut appeared above her eyes, the report states.
The suspect was shaking and visibly nervous the entire time while speaking with the deputy and would not make eye contact during the interview, the report states. Officers continued the investigation and observed multiple towels and pillowcases that contained blood.
Officers were told the blood came from the back of the woman’s head, where the man had pushed her off the bed and she hit her head on the coffee table. She was taken to the hospital due to the injuries, the report states.
Deputies spoke with the hospital nurse to determine if life threatening injuries were sustained. The nurse advised the sewed up a laceration on the back of her head and were waiting on the results from the CT scan.
Taylor was arrested for suspicion of domestic battery resulting in substantial bodily harm. Bail; $30,000.
— A 32-year-old woman was arrested Friday for suspicion of felony domestic battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
Summer Donaldson was taken into custody at 7:12 p.m. following an investigation. Deputies located the victim, who had major bruising and injuries to the face, scratch marks and a bleeding bruise on the back of his head.
The victim advised he and the suspect were in an argument, where she threw a baby bottle, striking him in the back of the head and when he fell to the ground, she kicked him in the face. The man was evaluated by Carson City Fire Department personnel. He denied transportation to the hospital.
The woman told a Carson City deputy that she threw the glass bottle, striking the man in the back of the head. She was booked for suspicion of domestic battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm. Bail; $30,000.
— A 52-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Sunday for suspicion of felony drug trafficking and other offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
Douglas Sardeson was taken into custody at 8:51 a.m. following an investigation. He was also booked for suspicion of gross misdemeanor possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
A woman with the suspect, Leah Norris, was also booked for suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the booking report, CCSO deputies were dispatched at 8:22 a.m. to the 2000 block of North Carson Street for a welfare check. Dispatch advised there was a vehicle running with a driver slumped over.
Deputies arrived and learned there were two occupants in the vehicle, Norris and Sardeson. Deputies knocked on the window and observed the woman, who tried to hide her identity. She had sunken cheeks and open sores on her face and burn marks on her lips, consistent with the stem of a glass meth pipe. A deputy noticed several torch lighters in the truck’s center console. The officer requested a deputy with a K9 partner.
The woman spoke with the deputy and advised the man is her boyfriend and he was driving her down from South Lake Tahoe to the Mallory Behavior Center.
The man was asked to exit the truck and he agreed. During the search a deputy found three small tablets, which he said he had a prescription for that was in the truck. He was asked if there was any drugs inside his truck. The man said there was only marijuana, the report states.
The K9 did a free air sniff of the exterior and alerted positive. Deputies conducted a probable cause search for drugs and located several prescription bottles, some prescribed to Sardeson. Also located was a plastic card holder with 13 packets of Suboxone. Also located in a ziplock sandwich bag was methamphetamine in it and several $100 bills. Due to the findings, Sardeson was placed under arrest.
Deputies inspected the woman’s brown tote bag where there was a smaller square brown makeup zipper bag. In the bag was a methamphetamine pipe with a crystal-like substance with brown burn marks, suspected to be methamphetamine. The woman was arrested.
The search proceeded of the truck where officers located a second meth pipe, a glove with a sandwich bag that contained a white crystal substance, a small baggie that contained a white, crystal substance in a hallowed out object, a smaller meth pipe that had burn marks throughout the bowl and a white smoky stem.
Deputies made contact with the woman, advised her of her Miranda rights and she agreed to talk. The deputy asked if she knew what they had located in her purse. She initially said she was unaware of any contraband in here person, the report states.
Officers showed her the pipe and she advised it was hers and she used it to smoke meth. The deputy asked if the burnt crystal substance was methamphetamine and she confirmed it was. The deputy also informed her of the second pipe and small baggie with presumptive methamphetamine in the glove box where she was sitting. She was asked if it belonged to her and she replied no, the report states.
Deputies contacted the man a second time, read him his Miranda rights and he advised he wished to speak. The deputy informed him what had been located in a bag with suspected meth in the drive-side rear seat. He confirmed the substance in the bag was methamphetamine and it was for his personal use, the report states.
The deputy informed him there was also an unknown amount of cash in the same bag where the meth was located and the deputy suspected it was for drug transactions.
The man advised the money was his and he explained the money was not for drug transactions. Lastly, the deputy asked if the contraband located in the passenger glove box was his. The man said yes.
Deputies counted the cash and confirmed a total of $2,700.28 inside the bag along with the methamphetamine. The deputy seized the cash because they believed the money was used for purchasing or selling narcotics.
The man was escorted to a patrol vehicle, where a search incident was conducted on his person. During the search, the deputy retrieved three tablets from his pant pocket and asked what they were. He said it was Vicodin and he had a prescription for it, the report states.
The man was informed of the Suboxone packets along with the prescription medication and asked him for his prescriptions. The man said he did not know where the Vicodin prescription was and argued the Suboxone belonged to the woman.
The man was booked for suspicion of trafficking a controlled substance of 100 grams but no more than 400 grams, possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies weighed the bags of methamphetamine separately with one bag 116.2 grams, the other 5.8 grams and the other, 1 gram. Bail: $30,000.
— A 31-year-old Gardnerville woman, Leah Norris, was arrested Sunday for suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail: $2,500.
— A 59-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of domestic battery. According to the booking report deputies responded at 6:35 p.m. to a domestic battery between a mother and son.
Deputies met with the reporting party who said their brother and mother had been arguing. When the RP stepped in between them, she was pushed by the mother and fell backwards. She also allegedly slapped the son multiple times in the face with an open hand. Deputies did not observe visible injuries.
Deputies spoke with the suspect and admitted to pushing the reporting party and the son. The woman was placed under arrest for suspicion of domestic battery. Bail: $3,137.
— A 19-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday in the area of Fifth Street and Linda Kay Court for a misdemeanor warrant and driving on a suspended license. Bail: $1,000.
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