Carson City man arrested for selling heroin
David Scott Illig, 24, was arrested Saturday night in the 5600 block of South Carson Street after the Carson City Sheriff's Special Enforcement Team allegedly made two controlled purchases of heroin...
View ArticleBear shot, found dumped near Peavine Peak
By the Nevada Department of Wildlife A member of the public discovered a bear shot and dumped on the east side of Peavine Peak near Kiowa Pond and reported it to Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)...
View ArticleCarson City woman jailed after admitting to physical battery on mother
A 37-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Tuesday and faces a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery after allegedly being in a physical altercation with her mother. According to the arrest report,...
View ArticleCrime Log: woman transferred to Carson City from Douglas on auto theft...
by T. Costa Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested Elizabeth Santillanez, 18, a Carson City woman, at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening after she was transferred to the Carson City Detention Facility from the...
View ArticleCrime Log: Carson City Sheriff's Department makes several arrests this weekend
by T. Costa Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested several individuals for serious crimes over President's Day weekend. Among those are:Manuel Ricardo Pinuelas, 39, a self-employed Carson City...
View ArticleServed warrants lead to string of arrests in Carson City for felony-related...
A 20-year-old Carson City man was jailed Tuesday and faces statutory sexual seduction and failure to appear charges. Jose Alberto Garcia-Perez was booked into the Carson City Jail after being...
View ArticleCarson City sheriff describes tense scene with gunman at Olive Garden...
By Sheriff Ken Furlong At 8:53 Sunday evening, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office was notified of a violent threat at the Olive Garden Restaurant on South Carson Street. Initial reports indicated that a...
View ArticleCrime Log: Carson City officer discovers 16 pounds of marijuana during...
by T. Costa Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested William Taylor Payne, 21, a student from Cordova, Tenn., just after midnight this morning near a south Carson Street convenience store. Payne was...
View ArticleCarson City inmate suffers skull fracture after being hit in head with mop...
A Carson City jail inmate faces a felony battery charge after allegedly assaulting a fellow inmate with a mop bucket ringer during a fight causing a skull fracture and a laceration to the eye.Eduardo...
View ArticleHumane Society Says New Laws Mean Nevada Is Now Nicer to Animals
CARSON CITY – The Humane Society of the United States says Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Legislature enacted several important measures to strengthen Nevada’s protections for animals in the just-ended...
View ArticleFelony assault arrests keep Carson City officers busy during Nevada Day weekend
Carson City officers arrested five people on Saturday with two facing felony assault charges after a fight at the former Toads Bar in Carson City.Officers responded to the bar in the 300 block of...
View ArticleCarson City man faces felony failure to appear charge for embezzlement matter
A 32-year-old man in custody at Carson City Jail on other criminal matters had a charge of felony warrant, failure to appear added to charges he faces. Michael Paul LaClaire, was wanted by Sparks...
View ArticleTwo jailed for attempting to cash stolen checks
Two men face felony charges including forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses after being arrested Saturday in Carson City.Stefan Lee Houser, 21, of Dayton and Joel David Germain, 43, of Long...
View ArticleCarson City man faces charges after deputies find heroin during traffic stop
A Carson City man faces felony and misdemeanor drug charges after he was found to be in possession of heroin and syringes. Justin Waylon Scott, 21, is being held on $4,764 bail in the Carson City Jail....
View ArticleWoman jailed for allegedly stealing truck from Smith's parking lot in Carson...
A 31-year-old woman was jailed Wednesday after allegedly stealing a 2005 Dodge truck with the keys left inside from the parking lot at Smith's in Carson City.Kendra Ann Harkey of Reno is being held on...
View ArticleCarson City Deputies arrest California teen for drugs, fake ID
A California teenager learned on Monday that a prescription for medical marijuana in her home state isn't legal in Nevada, and neither is possession of Oxycondone without a prescription, or carrying a...
View ArticleLong-Term Costs To State Could Outweigh Budget Savings In Mental Health Funding
By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The state may save more money by spending rather than cutting. Advocates for mental health funding advanced that seemingly nonsensical argument in...
View ArticleCarson City man jailed, faces felony charges after beating, choking wife
A Carson City man faces three felony charges related to domestic battery after turning himself into authorities.Derrick B. Kennedy, 40, was wanted by the Carson City Sheriff's Office after he allegedly...
View ArticleBreaking: Carson City deputy attacked by dog, shots fired
by T. Costa Just before 2:30 p.m. today, during a traffic stop near the intersection of Roop Street and Little Lane, an officer was attacked by a large dog described as looking similar to a pit bull....
View ArticleCarson City man arrested for viewing child porn on WNC library computer
William Kelly Jones, 54, was arrested Friday evening after employees at Western Nevada College reported that they saw the suspect viewing what looked like child pornography on one of the library's...
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