Carson City Sheriff's arrest log: Man booked for throwing food at woman

A 42 year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday morning at 9:52 a.m. in the 3100 block of U.S. Highway 50 East on misdemeanor first offense domestic battery after throwing a bag of food at a woman, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

A Sheriff's deputy responding to the scene observed the suspect was acting very erratic, the report said, either from a mental issue or from being under the influence of drugs.

According to the arrest report, a female victim reported the suspect had thrown a bag of food in her face and then pushed her to the ground.

The suspect was unable to be interviewed by law enforcement because of his erratic behavior, the report said. He was evaluted by Carson City Firefighter-Paramedics and cleared at the scene.

The suspect was then handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $3,000.

In other arrests:

— A 33 year-old Carson City man was arrested early Friday morning at 4:23 a.m. in the 1500 block of Como Street on felony possession of methamphetamine as well as misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying no vehicle insurance, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Timothy Lee Ray, Jr. was taken into custody following a traffic stop. Ray was recognized by law enforcement for multiple prior contacts and drug history, the arrest report said.

A K-9 Officer as called in to perform an exterior sniff of the vehicle and resulted in a positive alert. The interior of the vehicle was subsequently searched and a tin can containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine was found.

Ray denied the tin can was his, claiming it belonged to a friend. But he did state it "probably" had meth inside of it.

Ray was handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $2,500.

— A 20 year-old Gardnerville man was arrested early Saturday morning at 3:55 a.m. in the area of northbound Interstate 580 and the northbound off-ramp of East College Parkway for misdemeanor first-offense driving under the influence (DUI) alcohol and failing to yield to an approaching emergency vehicle, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

According to the arrest report, multiple law enforcement personnel were on scene of a pedestrian on the freeway when a white sports car sped past emergency vehicles staged on the freeway shoulder at a high rate of speed and passing dangerously close to emergency personnel.

A Sheriff's deputy pursued the vehicle, which had failed to move over into the No. 1 traffic lane while emergency vehicles were on the shoulder and did not slow down at the scene.

A traffic stop was made on the suspect vehicle and contact was made with the driver, who smelled of alcohol, the report said. The suspect denied drinking alcohol and consented to field sobriety testing (FST), which were performed unsatisfactorily.

He also provided a preliminary breath test (PBT), which yielded breath-alcohol content (BAC) of .150 percent.

The suspect was subsequently handcuffed and transported to the Carson City Jail for booking. Bail: $1,000.

— A 43 year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday night at the Carson City Jail for a felony bench warrant issued by the First Judicial District Court in Carson City, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported.

Theodore Lee Sanchez, Jr. was already in custody when jail staff received a fax from the district court confirming the felony warrant, issued for failing to appear at a probation revocation hearing on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Uniform Controlled Substance Act, the arrest report said. No bail hold.

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.