A Carson City Jail inmate faces a felony charge battery of a prisoner in an incident Wednesday. Billy Harris, 67, was removed from a holding cell at around 8:30 a.m. after allegedly punching, spitting and hurling a racial slur at an inmate, according to the arrest report. Bail: $20,000.
In other arrests:
A 50-year-old Carson City man, James Buckles, was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 22, 7:39 p.m. in the area of Rand and Camille streets. He faces a felony charge of possessing dangerous prescription drugs without a prescription and misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia. A 49-year-old woman who was with him faces misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
According to the arrest report, patrol officers with the Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team were in the area of Rand when they observed a Chevy Corvette traveling north without a working license plate light.
Intelligence received was that Buckles was involved in the sale of illegal narcotics, and therefore a K9 was called to assist in the traffic stop, the arrest report states. A search of the vehicle revealed the presence of a small jar of marijuana, a marijuana pipe, a methamphetamine pipe, electronic scale, several folded pieces of paper made into bindles and a single morphine pill. A swab test of the scale showed a presumptive positive for methamphetamine. Bail for Buckles: $3,699. Bail for the woman on the misdemeanor charges: $1,864.
— An 18-year-old Carson City man was arrested Jan. 22, 10:12 p.m. in the 1200 block of Parkland. He faces a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. He allegedly pushed his ex-girlfriend in the back of the head and up against a wall. The alleged battery was witnessed by four people, according to the arrest report. Bail: $3,137.
— A 21-year-old Sacramento man faces misdemeanor charges of obstructing an officer, not wearing a seatbelt and being in violation of a suspended sentence. He was arrested Jan. 22, 10:51 p.m. in the 2000 block of East William Street.
The man was stopped by a Carson City deputy for not coming to a complete stop at the stop line, the arrest report states. The man was asked to provide his name and ID in which he said he didn't have identification on him.
When he provided the deputy his name he only gave a partial name. The man told the officer his identification is out of California. The officer was able to come up with information including a warrant for his arrest out of Lyon County for a recent home invasion and a warrant out of Carson City. Bail: $3,474.
Those arrested and facing charges are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.