A husband and wife were arrested Tuesday and face charges of gross misdemeanor child endangerment and misdemeanor domestic violence charges after an incident inside a Agate Drive home.
Arrested were a 43-year-old woman and 45-year-old man. According to the arrest report, officers were called at 8:05 p.m. to a residence on Agate Drive for a report of a domestic battery in progress. Dispatch advised that a father had battered his son and wife. Dispatch also relayed that Carson City fire and ambulance were responding due the subject bleeding and another being hit in the head.
Once on scene officers made contact with the 16-year-old male victim who said his mother and father had entered the residence and were both intoxicated. He said his mother had spent 90 days recently in rehab and just got out, according to the arrest report. The victim told officers he began yelling at his father, telling him it was wrong to take his mother to a bar and get her drunk after having spent time in rehab for alcohol issues, the arrest report states.
The victim said he began to get into a verbal argument with his father. He said his mother slapped the father, which then turned into a physical fight. The son said his father then came at him and punched him in the face multiple times with a closed fist.
The victim said his father then struck the woman in the face causing her to fall and strike her head against a kitchen cabinet. The victim said he fought back against his father. The victim said his sister, 15, called 911 for help. The victim said his mother was knocked out after striking her head. The victim said he was tired of both his parents getting drunk.
Officers spoke with the woman who said she was hit by the man. She displayed difficulty standing, smelled strongly of alcohol and was given a preliminary breath test with a .28, the arrest report states.
The man told officers that he had never been arrested before and was very sorry for wasting their time. He related that there was a dispute and fight that had taken place but would not give any details. He also smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech. He blew a .24 on a preliminary breath test, according to the arrest report.
Both husband and wife were taken into custody. The man was charged with two counts of domestic battery and one count child neglect and endangerment. The woman was charged with one count of domestic battery and one count of child endangerment.
During a wants and warrant check on the woman, dispatch confirmed she had a confirmed warrant out of Carson City Justice Court for child neglect and endangerment. She was taken to the hospital before jail because she had struck the back of her head on the floor.
Child Protective Services were called to the scene. Bail for the 45-year-old man: $8,774. Bail for the 43-year-old woman: $8,137.
In other arrests:
— A 49-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday, 10:57 a.m. in the 3200 block of Market Street on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery and violation of an extended protection order.
According to the arrest report, officers made contact on Monday, 11:04 p.m. with the victim who advised her husband came into the home in violation of an extended protection order, and then hit, punched and choked her. The woman advised that she explained to her husband that he ought to turn himself back into the Carson City Jail because he was on a furlough from jail to attend a family funeral.
Officers observed minor swelling to the woman’s right jaw area in addition to a small abrasion above her right ear but no swelling in the neck area. The woman went to the emergency room. Officers met with her there and noticed her injuries had significantly changed with a moderate bruise on the bottom portion of her chin and swelling that became worse. Her injuries were photographed.
Officers learned the suspect was at Walmart. The man was taken into custody. He told officers he was at the woman’s home, and that a judge lifted the protection order due to a death in the family but denied physically harming the woman. Bail: $4,264.
— A Carson City man was booked into jail Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. on a misdemeanor domestic battery warrant. Bail: $3,000.
— A 50-year-old Carson City man was booked Tuesday, 11:50 a.m. into Carson City jail on a contempt of court warrant issued Oct. 2, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $3,000.
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you know someone or you are a victim of domestic violence, contact Advocates to end Domestic Violence in Carson City at (775) 883-7654 or contact them through their website at www.aedv.org.
Those arrested and facing criminal charges are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.