On Thursday, Ernesto Lorenzo Rocha of Carson City was arrested for gross misdemeanor battery after allegedly headbutting a teenager in the face for driving too fast.
According to the arrest report, Rocha was arrested after deputies were dispatched to a car wash after the reporting party stated one of her employees was attacked by two workers from a neighboring glass-installing business.
When deputies arrived on scene, the reporting party brought them to the office to review camera footage of the incident.
According to the report, the video shows the teenage employee arriving in his vehicle. He exits the vehicle and is standing between his open door and the inside of the car when two workers from the glass-installing business approach, one of whom was later identified as Rocha.
The two confront the teenager and have him “cornered” between his door and the car “with nowhere to go,” according to the report. Rocha is then seen walking closer, then head butts the teen.
“After that, both parties began to punch at each other,” the report stated, and was stopped by other individuals who ran over to break up the fight.
Rocha and the other worker are then seen walking back to the glass business.
Deputies spoke with the teen, who said that he was approached by Rocha, who was upset the teen was “driving fast by his business and was accusing him of being loud and driving fast.” He said that the other worker was just with Rocha and didn’t do “anything other than stand in the way.”
He said that Rocha headbutted him, then started to punch him. He told deputies he was not sure about pressing charges for the battery and advised he was 17.
However, later on while Rocha was being booked for child endangerment, the teen later advised he’d recently turned 18 and had “forgotten his age.”
Deputies located Rocha at the glass business and asked him to explain what had happened. He said that the teen drove by the store quickly, and he wanted to tell him to slow down before he hit one of his customers or employees. He said he then “put his head on” the teen and then punched him. Rocha then returned to work after they were separated and said he did not know that he was a teen.
He was booked for gross misdemeanor battery and transported to the Carson City Jail without incident.
Bail: $1,137
Carson City man arrested for drug possession, said former roommate had broken in through the roof and left the items there for deputies to find
A 28-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 1500 block of Airport Road for felony possession of presumed methamphetamine and paraphernalia after reporting he believed his ex-roommate was on his roof and attempting to break in.
According to the report, deputies were dispatched to the residence after the landlord of the property reported his tenant had called him to report someone was on his roof.
Upon arrival, the reporting deputy stated other deputies on scene had already obtained consent from the 28-year-old tenant to enter his home and stated they’d located a “meth pipe” with presumed methamphetamine inside along with a green “meth bong” with the same white powdery substance inside.
The man denied that the drugs and paraphernalia belonged to him; he said his former roommate had entered the residence through the attic. However, other deputies on scene confirmed all the doors and the attic were locked and secured.
The reporting deputy spoke with the man and asked him about the items found inside his bedroom. He said that they belonged to his former roommate and that he’d called his landlord because the former roommate was attempting to enter his residence through the roof, and that the landlord had called law enforcement for him.
He said he’d gone outside to meet deputies and made sure everything was locked before he went outside; however, he said once outside he “saw his bedroom blind moved” and believed that the former roommate had somehow gotten inside and was in his bedroom. He said the roommate left the meth pipe and the meth on his bed prior to deputies arriving.
Deputies asked if he’d actually seen the former roommate, and he said no, and confirmed that he lives alone. He said the former roommate was “kicked out” the prior Saturday, and deputies reported there were no signs of forced entry and all doors were locked.
Despite this, the man was adamant that the items did not belong to him and that the former roommate had brought them when he entered the house.
Deputies took the man into custody and transported him to the jail for felony drug possession and misdemeanor paraphernalia possession. He was released to the jail without incident.
Bail: $4,137
Carson City man arrested for domestic battery, violating pre-trial conditions; claimed victim’s bruises were from a “falling tree”
A 48-year-old Carson City man was arrested at a residence on Viking Way at around 7 a.m. Thursday morning for misdemeanor domestic battery first and violation of bail/pretrial supervision.
According to the arrest report, deputies responded to the residence on report of a domestic battery. Upon arrival, deputies spoke with the two parties who were waiting outside the residence.
The man said he and the victim had been in an argument and that it was “an ongoing issue,” but denied touching or hitting her. He said she had been “hit by a tree when he cut it down,” and repeatedly denied “doing anything” to the victim. He said he was aware of the bruise on her back, but that it was from the tree falling.
Deputies spoke with the victim who said she had been in a physical altercation in Reno on March 1 which resulted in the bruise on her back, and on Wednesday another incident occurred leaving additional bruising on her arms and legs.
The reporting deputy spoke with the victim who said that the man had grabbed her and hit her, leaving marks on her arms and legs on Wednesday. She said on the first, the man had kicked her in the back, leaving a bruise on her lower left side. Earlier that morning, she said he pulled her hair and was “poking her in the head.”
The reporting deputy noted the victim’s right arm showed two scratches, a bruise near the elbow, a small bruise near the shoulder, as well as a bruise on the lower left side of her back and bruising on her right knee area.
The deputy noted that all bruising was still “black and blue” and had not yet turned yellow or brown indicating the injuries were recent.
Deputies took the man into custody, and learned he was on supervision with DAS, who asked to have him placed on a hold for violating pre-trial conditions.
Bail: $6,137; $3,000 cash only
Carson City man arrested for DUI Thursday morning
A 77-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Airport and Carmine for DUI first and driving with expired registration.
According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the area of 2800 block of Mayflower Way around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning on a “report every drunk driver immediately” (REDDI) alert.
Dispatch advised that the reporting party stated the man “is an alcoholic and was stumbling to his vehicle” and provided a description of the vehicle.
Deputies observed the vehicle parked at a gas station pump on Highway 50 E., then pull out of the parking lot and head westbound on the highway. Deputies observed the vehicle go across both travel lanes and into the right shoulder, then continued traveling on the right shoulder toward the intersection.
Deputies conducted a traffic stop and noted that upon contact, the man was not wearing a seatbelt and had “red, glossed-over eyes,” thick and slurred speech, and the odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his person.
He told deputies that he was going to his house, which was just around the corner from where he was stopped, and that he’d had two shots of Titos at around 4 a.m.
Deputies asked the man to exit the vehicle and noted that when he complied, “the door of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his person got stronger and more apparent.”
The man agreed to field sobriety tests and showed multiple indicators of impairment. He was taken into custody and at the jail provided breath samples with results of 0.201% at 10:44 a.m., and another of 0.198% at 10:47 a.m.
He was released to jail staff without incident.
Bail: $1,347
In other reports:
A 39-year-old Carson City man was arrested after turning himself in on a domestic battery warrant issued out of Carson City Justice Court on January 28, 2026.
A 32-year-old Sparks woman was transported to the Carson City Jail on a $3,000 cash-only bench warrant issued out of Carson City Justice Court in January 2024.
A 33-year-old transient woman originally from Fort Old, Calif. was transported on a bench warrant issued on February 9, 2026, out of Carson City Justice Court with a cash-only bail of $500.
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