Carson City arrests: Man held for allegedly pulling knife at laundromat

A 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and violation of probation conditions following an incident involving a knife at a laundromat, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Alvin Eugene Roberson was taken into custody at 6:47 p.m. in the 100 block of West Winnie Lane. According to the arrest report, deputies were called to the laundromat regarding a subject threatening others with a knife.

Deputies arrived and approached the business, and encounter a subject who would later be determined the victim. The deputy asked who had the knife. The victim pointed at a male inside the building. A deputy entered the building and held the suspect at gunpoint and was ordered to the ground. Another deputy arrived on scene and placed the man into handcuffs. The suspect, Roberson, stated that he pulled a knife because the man had pulled a gun, the arrest report states.

Deputies did a pat search for weapons on the victim and asked him if there was a gun involved. Several other witnesses standing near the victim said there wasn't a gun involved. The victim also later said he had not said anything about a gun, the arrest report states.

He said he was confronted by Roberson, asking him if he said something to him. The victim stated when he told Roberson no, Roberson pulled a knife on him from his front pocket. He described the knife as a pocket knife. He stated he told Roberson to put the knife away and to go outside. The victim stated he was about to punch the man but decided against it, the arrest report states.

The victim stated he tried to get Roberson to exit the building to diffuse the situation and to get away from other people. He said Roberson threatened him with the knife and later stated he felt as if he was going to be stabbed. He stated he wished to press charges against the man for assault with a deadly weapon, the arrest report states.

Deputies then spoke with the suspect and read him his Miranda warning, in which Roberson agreed to speak. He said the victim approached him and told him he was not welcome there and that he attempted to start an altercation with him, according to the arrest report.

Roberson told a deputy that he pulled his knife from his pocket to defend himself and that the victim told him he had a gun. The suspect stated the man reached behind his back as if he was pulling something out. He stated he left the building because he was afraid the man was pulling gun but that he then went to his vehicle and locked the knife in his vehicle.

Deputies then spoke with a witness who stated he did not know anyone involved. He stated the suspect approached him first and asked him if he had called him a racial slur. The witness told the man no. He said the suspect then approached the victim. The witness said words were exchanged between them and that the suspect pulled out a knife. The witness said there was no mention of a gun and a gun was not seen.

A deputy asked the suspect where the knife was. He said it was in his vehicle and gave deputies permission to retrieve the knife from the vehicle. The knife was black with a white metal blade. The suspect confirmed it was the knife he had pointed at the victim, the arrest report states.

Dispatch advised Roberson was on parole and probation. Deputies informed him they were going to take him into custody for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The parole and probation department requested the man be placed on a "no bail" hold. He was taken to jail without incident. He's being held without bail for suspicion of parole and probation violation, a felony. Bail for the felony battery charge, $20,000.

In other arrests:
— A 24-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, a gross misdemeanor and other charges. According to the arrest report, deputies were called to a residence on Canvasback Drive for a report of a stolen vehicle.

Deputies met with the victim who reported her car, which was parked in the garage with a spare key in the glove box, had been stolen. She stated her grandson and her were the only ones that lived at the residence.

The victim stated her grandson had been working for a transportation network company and leaves the house around 9 p.m. in his own vehicle. She said that at around 8:30 a.m. she noticed her car was gone and her grandson was gone. The victim believed the grandson took the car and she did not give him permission to use it.

The victim attempted to get ahold of the man via telephone with negative results. She purchased the car last year, a 2018 white Ford Edge. She was able to provide a phone number of the man, and said he carries a gun in his car and is bipolar.

Deputies attempted to locate the man. A deputy made phone contact with him, which he told the deputy that he had left his grandmother's car in the driveway. The deputy asked the man if he would meet him in person. The man stated he had just spoken with an uncle, who he said is a judge in Lyon County, and that he had nothing else to talk to the deputy about and then disconnected the call.

Moments later, dispatch advised the man was back at the Canvasback Drive residence yelling at his grandmother. Deputies arrived at the residence and met with the victim in the street. She advised the man was in the house and was yelling at her prior to the deputy's arrival. As the officer was talking to the victim, the man came out from the front door with his left hand in his sweater pocket. The deputy ordered the man to show his hands. He complied but was agitated, the arrest report states.

The officer asked the man to turn around so he could check him for weapons. The man stated "why" and started backing away toward the front door. He then stated "are you really arresting me?" As a deputy tried to take the man's hand, he pulled away from him and another deputy and attempted to go back in the residence, the arrest report states. The man continued to resist and to get away. Two officers took him to the ground where the man continued to resist arrest. He was told he would be tasered if he didn't comply.

The man complied. He was handcuffed and taken to a patrol vehicle. Moments after he was seated in the back seat of the patrol car, the man began to bang his head against the Plexiglas, the arrest report states.

The officer opened the back door to the patrol car and told the man to relax. The man stopped banging his head and stated "I'm going to f***ing kill her." He made the same statement several times. Deputies spoke with the victim and told her about the statements her grandson made toward her and was advised where to go and how to obtain a restraint order.

The man was taken to jail and booked for taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, resisting a public officer and making threats toward the victim. Bail: $3,544.

— A 19-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Wednesday, 4:58 p.m. in the 900 block of Airport Road for misdemeanor suspicion of domestic battery. According to the arrest report, the woman and a live in companion got into a physical confrontation. Deputies interviewed both parties and the woman was arrested for suspicion of domestic battery. Bail: $3,137.

— 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.