A Carson City man was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 5, and faces a felony charge of being a fugitive from justice with a warrant for his arrest out of Los Angeles on a drug charge that dates back to March 1993.
Jeffrey Jason Defalco, 40, listed as a postman for his occupation, was arrested shortly after 8 a.m. near Silver Sage and Koontz. Defalco was stopped for speeding when radar clocked him going 37 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to the arrest report.
Dispatch advised Defalco had a confirmed and extraditable warrant out of Los Angeles, Calif., for his arrest dated March 10, 1993. He was given a warning on the traffic violation and arrested for the listed warrant and transported to Carson City Jail.
The warrant listed the felony charges 11350 (a) HS and 1203.2. in the California Penal Code.
In other arrests:
A 58-year-old transient was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 5 by Carson City authorities and faces charges of being an ex-felon failing to register and obstructing a police officer.
According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched at 5:27 a.m. to the 500 block of Carson Street on a report of a possible drug deal. When deputies arrived they saw a man matching a description given by the reporting party. Surveillance shows the man arriving to the location in a white Dodge truck and meeting another male subject where an exchange of a small package was made.
The man was contacted and identified himself and presented a Nevada driver's license. A computer check showed the man to be an ex-felon registered to a Hot Springs Road address. The arresting officer asked where he was living now and the man said he no longer lived at the Hot Springs Road address. The officer asked him how long had he not been living there and the man said three days, according to the arrest report. The officer asked the man where he was now living and the man said "with my girlfriend" located "somewhere on Harbin by the sheriff's office."
A deputy went to the Hot Springs Road address to verify if the man had moved three days prior. The resident told officers that he had no idea who the man was and that he, himself had personally lived at the address since July 2012.
The information from the Hot Springs Road contact confirmed the man had not been recently living at the address. He was arrested and faces the misdemeanor charges of being an ex-felon with a failure to register and obstructing a police officer.