A 27-year-old Carson City man faces felony drug charges after being arrested in the parking lot of Walmart Wednesday.
Richard Reid Adams was arrested at 12:21 p.m. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the parking lot after receiving information that it appeared as if someone was attempting to break into a vehicle and had, earlier, went through a back pack located inside the trunk.
Officers arrived and found Adams inside the vehicle, which it was later learned belonged to him, and was sitting on the driver's side. He was asked to open the door. When he did officers observed a hypodermic needle in his right hand. He then squirted brown liquid out of the needle onto the ground when the officer told him to put the needle down, the arrest report states.
The arrest report states that he then picked up a spoon that was next to him and wiped it off on his clothing. The man refused to exit the vehicle the first three times he was asked and had to be physically restrained in order for cuffs to be placed on him.
Officers located the back pack and inside there were prescription bottles with his name on it, a bottle without his name on it as well a less than an ounce of marijuana, a small scale, and numerous hypodermic needles, the arrest report states.
He faces felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription, and misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of hypodermic devices and resisting a police officer. Bail: $9,022.