A report late Thursday night of shots fired in the area of Cherry Creek Apartments led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Carson City man on unrelated charges.
Ezekial O'Kelley was arrested and faces a felony drug charge and a gross misdemeanor charge of possession of burglary tools. A 20-year-old woman with him also faces a charge of being a minor consuming alcohol. The arrests were unrelated to the shots fired call, authorities said.
According to the arrest report, officers responded to the 3300 block of South Carson Street regarding a report of shots fired in the area. During the investigation, officers detained several subjects. Dispatched advised officers that O'Kelley had a confirmed arrest warrant dated March 11, 2013. He was arrested based on the warrant. While searching O'Kelley, officers found a small black piece of metal with his wallet inside his pocket. The man told officers it was a Honda key, though it resembled a lock pick, the arrest report states.
The man and the 20-year-old woman both smelled strongly of alcohol and both admitted to drinking. They both provided preliminary breath tests with results of .140 for him and .183 for the woman, the arrest report states.
Officers also found a small tin on the ground next to the man containing methamphetamine, the arrest report states. After he was read his Miranda Rights, he agreed to speak with officers. O'Kelley swore to officers he never had or used meth and also denied having ever possessed the tin of methamphetamine, the report states. He also told officers he got the "lock pick" because his "gangster friend named Snoop" from California gave it to him, he was quoted as telling the officers.
O'Kelley told officers that Snoop was his marijuana dealer and that Snoop last stole a Honda about a month prior, but that he wasn't involved. According to the arrest report, he could not explain to officers why he kept a tool used for stealing cars, but did say he knows what it is used for.
He was arrested and faces a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor charge of possession of burglary tools. He also faces misdemeanor charges of being in contempt of court and minor consuming. Bail: $5,484.
In other arrests:
A 28-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Friday morning and faces misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and hit and run with property damage.
Carson City deputies arrested the man at 1:06 a.m. in the area of Saliman Road and Goldfield Street. According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the 1100 block of Janas Way in reference to an accident. A witness reported that a gray truck had driven through a yard and advised the vehicle had front end damage and a broken headlight.
Deputies located the vehicle that matched the description and had a non-functioning driver's head lamp. The driver advised he did have an accident but was not sure what he had hit. He further stated that he did not stop after the accident and offered no further explanation, the report said.
An officer asked the man if he was taking any prescription medications and the man advised he had not. The man did say he had one beer. Officers noticed his pupils were constricted and he had watery eyes and spoke with a low and raspy voice. Officers asked the man to open his mouth. The officer noticed the man had raised blisters on his tongue. The man advised that he had used marijuana a couple of days ago and was also a heroin addict.
The man submitted to four field sobriety tests, showing impairment on two of the four tests and showed an absence of alcohol. He was taken into custody with the presence of a controlled substance as probable cause. Bail: $1,764.
— A 24-year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday, March 29, 1:22 a.m. in the 1600 block of Airport Road. He faces a misdemeanor charge of being in violation of pre-trial conditions.
According to the arrest report, officers were called to the address regarding an intoxicated subject. The man was cooperative with officers, admitting to drinking and telling them that he was on Alternative Sentencing and had previously been arrested for violations of his conditions, the report states.
The man agreed to provide a preliminary breath test, which resulted in a .142. Alternative Sentencing was notified and they requested he be arrested for being in violation of pre-trial conditions. Bail: $3,000.
— Those arrested and facing charges are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.