23-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for suspicion of DUI, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and four other misdemeanor offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff’s Office booking report.
According to the booking report, a sheriff’s deputy was driving northbound on Airport Road and rounded the corner near Desatoya and observed a SUV that was traveling almost completely in the northbound travel lane while going southbound. The majority of the vehicle was in front of the deputy, where he had to pull over to the right to avoid a collision, the report states.
The deputy turned around and observed the vehicle traveling southbound and attempted to catch up with it. The deputy observed the vehicle roll through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop of any kind, the report states.
The vehicle then accelerated, driving in the median as it went westbound on 5th Street. The deputy activated their light and siren, where the vehicle continued to accelerate as it crossed over the 5th Street bridge. After passing over the bridge, the vehicle began to slow down, coming to a stop near 5th Street and Teague Street.
The officer gave the driver verbal commands to place their hands outside the vehicle window. The officer was not getting a response from the driver and so the deputy gave the command “put your hands up” and watched the driver instantly place his hands outside the window. Another deputy arrived and assisted by giving verbal commands. The man was detained.
The officer could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from his person. He also had slurred speech, red watery eyes and a loss of balance, the report states.
Officers observed a bottle of beer in the driver’s door panel of the vehicle as well as an open bottle of tequila resting on the center console. The man told the deputy there was another subject in the vehicle that might have ran away.
After running the man’s information through dispatch the officer learned the man did not have a valid license. Due to his failure to yield, failure to stop at a stop sign and open containers of alcohol in the vehicle, the man was placed under arrest.
He refused to take the standardized field sobriety tests. He submitted to a preliminary breath test with a .28. The arresting deputy explained the request for voluntary evidence. The man stated he understood. He provided evidentiary tests of .247 and .229.
In other arrests:
— A 44-year-old man, Derek Wayne Bay, was booked Monday for an extraditable felony warrant issued out of White County, Indiana and a misdemeanor warrant issued out of Carson City. Bail: $1,500 cash.
— A 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for suspicion of DUI and basic speeding. According to the booking report, a deputy was on patrol on North Carson Street near Bath Street. He observed a black car traveling southbound on North Carson Street. The officer estimated the vehicle speed approximately 45 mph. The officer confirmed the vehicle’s speed at 43 mph via moving radar. The area on North Carson Street is posted at 25 mph.
The deputy activated their emergency lights and caught up to the vehicle, which turned westbound on Adeline Street, failing to yield and continued to North Curry Street, which, at that point the deputy activated their emergency siren. The vehicle turned northbound on North Curry Street approaching Bath Street and abruptly pulled to the right and stopped, the report states.
The officer ordered the driver to roll down their window and show their hands. The deputy had to remind the driver and sole occupant multiple times to keep his hands where the officer could see. The deputy contacted the driver who was identified through his driver’s license. The officer observed his eyes to be bloodshot and watery, his speech was slurred and the officer could smell an odor of an alcoholic beverage, the report states.
The officer asked the man if he had been drinking. The man stated yes. When asked what he had to drink the man responded something to the effect of “the good kind,” the report states. He then stated he had a couple of vodka sodas. He was asked if he would participate in field sobriety tests, which, at first, he agreed.
Before exiting the vehicle he stated he did not wish to participate in field sobriety tests and asked to go straight to the breathalyzer. The officer confirmed with the man that he did not wish to participate in the field tests. The man confirmed and stated he would consent to a PBT. The officer asked the man to exit the vehicle and conducted a consensual search of his person.
The PBT was administered which showed .412 breath alcohol content. The man was placed under arrest. He was read the request for evidence. He stated he would provide an evidentiary breath test. Due to the man’s level of intoxication and after the evidentiary breath test, he was taken to Carson Tahoe for medical evaluation for clearance. Bail: $1,137.
— A 36-year-old Minden man and an inmate at Carson City Jail was booked Sunday for suspicion of damage to jail property, a gross misdemeanor offense. According to the booking report, the man allegedly kicked and struck a glass door, breaking it. Bail: $2,500.
— 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.
