A 28-year-old Carson City woman was arrested and faces felony charges of possessing stolen property and methamphetamine after she stopped for driving in a vehicle with plates reported stolen.
Charity Lynn Rasmussen was arrested Friday, April 5, in the 3200 block of Market Street. According to the arrest report, a patrol officer making a routine registration check stopped a vehicle after dispatch advised the license plates on the vehicle were confirmed as stolen.
Rasmussen was asked to provide registration and insurance. She stated she could not find them. She was told the license plates on the vehicle were confirmed stolen. She was arrested. During a search through the vehicle, officers found two baggies with methamphetamine, a glass pipe and a baggie of marijuana.
Rasmussen faces the two felony charges, plus no proof of insurance, fictitious registration, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. Bail: $7,718.
In misdemeanor-related arrests:
A 32-year-old Carson City man was jailed Friday, April 5, and faces a misdemeanor charge of being in violation of bail conditions.
According to the arrest report, officers were called to the 800 block of South Carson Street after a man was reportedly yelling and kicking beverages down a flight of stairs at a motel.
Officers arrived at the motel and met with the girlfriend of the man who advised he was having a hard time about money and paying bills, the arrest report states. The man then met with deputies, who asked if he had been drinking. The man replied he had not, but had an odor of alcohol coming from his breath.
The man submitted to a preliminary breath test, but attempted to blow away from the tester, instead blowing at the officer. The man was advised that pretending to blow into the tester would not help him. The man took the test again and blew a .092. Alternative Sentencing requested he be taken to jail for violations of conditions. Bail: $3,000.
— A 22-year-old Carson City man was arrested April 4, 11:38 p.m. at 20 College Parkway on a misdemeanor warrant. Officers patrolling the area saw a parked vehicle with two people inside. Both were drinking alcohol in the vehicle. A wants and warrants check with dispatch confirmed the man had a warrant for his arrest for failing to appear in court. Bail: $500.
— A 40-year-old Carson City man was arrested March 4, 7:13 p.m. in the 3200 block of Retail Drive and faces misdemeanor charges of DUI and failure to maintain a single lane.
According to the arrest report, officers observed a Ford pickup drift to the right side of the roadway on Emerson between Arrowhead Drive and the I-580 overhead bridge. The vehicle was seen multiple times drifting onto the shoulder. When the vehicle was on Retail Drive the arresting officer made a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, who smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and red, watery eyes, the arrest report states.
The man was asked if he had been drinking or was on drugs. The man replied that he had drank a half pint of vodka during the day. Officer asked for his driver's license, registration and proof of insurance. When the man opened the glove box, the officer observed a half-empty bottle of McCormick vodka inside. The man stated it was his, the report states.
The man was asked if he would submit to field sobriety tests, which he declined, the report states. He was taken to jail and provided breath samples that were over the legal limit of .08, the arrest report states. A background check on the man showed a prior arrest for DUI in June 2012, however the criminal history displayed "no disposition record on file." The man was asked if he had been convicted with a prior DUI and the man replied he had. Bail: $1,224.
— A 48-year-old Carson City man was arrested April 4, 6:45 p.m. in the 4600 block of West Sutro. He faces a failure to appear charge on a traffic warrant.
According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to a home for a report of a domestic dispute. Officers spoke with a woman who confirmed she and the man were having a verbal argument.
The woman told officers the man had run out of the home and was possibly hiding in a crawl space underneath the house. Officers went to the crawl space, and were preparing to kick it in, (with permission from the woman) when the man said he would come out from underneath the home, the arrest report states. The man told officers not to rush him, and that he needed help.
He was arrested and booked on a misdemeanor charge of failure to appear for a traffic hearing on Dec. 27, 2012. Bail: $737.
— A 47-year-old Carson City man was arrested April 4, 11:48 a.m. in the 2400 block of Oak Ridge Drive and faces a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery.
According to the arrest report, officers arrived at the home and spoke with the man, who was a live-in boyfriend of a woman at the home, along with her 17-year-old son.
The man told the arresting officer there was a confrontation because the 17-year-old smokes marijuana. The man said he confiscated the backpack of the teen's girlfriend and wouldn't give it back. During the confrontation, the 17-year-old broke a computer. The teen told deputies that the man then grabbed him by the neck. The officer observed the 17-year-old had nail marks and scratches on the left side of his neck. The man was arrested and faces a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. Bail: $3,000. The 17-year-old was cited for marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.
— A 19-year-old Elko man was booked into Carson City Jail on two misdemeanor warrants of being in violation of a suspended sentence. Bail: $6,000.
— A 33-year-old Reno man, who faces charges of embezzlement of value less than $650, turned himself into the Carson City Sheriff's Office on March 4, 9:24 a.m. A warrant for his arrest had been issued Nov. 17, 2011 in Carson City Justice Court.
— A 68-year-old Carson City man was arrested April 3 at the Carson City Sheriff's Office and faces a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. According to the sheriff's report, the victim told deputies the man was drinking and became abusive at a residence on Airport Road.
The victim said the man became physically abusive when she told the man she would not have sex with him, the arrest report states. The victim told deputies the man pushed her to the floor and then kicked her with his foot on her left thigh. Officers noted bruising in the arrest report. The man had left when officers arrived.
At 4:35 p.m. the 68-year-old man went to the front counter of the sheriff's office. He appeared intoxicated and became upset when officers questioned him. He was placed under arrest for domestic battery. A criminal background check of the man revealed a prior domestic battery conviction in 2006. Bail: $5,132.
— A 41-year-old Carson City woman faces a misdemeanor charge of child neglect and was arrested at 1:50 p.m. April 3, in the 420 block of Park Street.
— A 20-year-old Carson City man was arrested April 3, 8:19 p.m. and faces a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. According to the arrest report the victim went to the Carson City Sheriff's Office to report that her boyfriend had beat her up. The victim was treated for injuries at the sheriff's office by the Carson City Fire Department and medically cleared.
During an interview, she told officers that her boyfriend had grabbed her behind the neck and threw her onto their bed where he got on top of her and hit her in the face. The woman was able to free herself and ran out of the bedroom. The man chased her, grabbed her by the hair and drug her into the living room, the report states.
The woman said she escaped again, ran outside but her boyfriend overtook her, grabbing her from behind and carried her back into the residence where he threw her on the floor, the report states.
The victim told officers that as the man stood over her, a friend entered the residence and helped her get to her feet and then they both escaped the house where they drove to the sheriff's office. The man was found and arrested. Bail: $3,132.
Those facing charges are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.