Eduardo Sencion was armed with a fully automatic assault rifle when he killed four people and injured seven at a shooting at the Carson City IHOP last month, according to Sheriff Ken Furlong.Furlon...

UPDATE 6:15PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong provided more details into Thursday afternoon's stabbing. The woman who was assaulted and found near Fall and Corbett streets suffered a deep cut to the arm. Her injuries are non-life threatening. The victim reported that she knows the suspect and told investigators he was an ex-boyfriend, said Sheriff Furlong.
The man is described as Hispanic, with a long dark ponytail, 5 foot 8 inches tall, and a build of about 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and black or dark pants.
If you have information about the suspect call Carson City Sheriff's Dispatch (775) 887-2009 or Secret Witness (775) 332-4900.

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UPDATED: A woman was reportedly stabbed this afternoon at around 2:15 near Fall Street and Corbet in Carson City. The suspect in the stabbing remains at large and is said to be a Hispanic man wearing a gray sweatshirt and black or dark pants and approximately 5 foot 8 inches tall.

The victim was bleeding and in need of medical attention, according to police scanner dispatch. She was also alert and gave officers the description. Her condition is unknown.

A Dayton man was arrested early Tuesday morning at Highway 50 and Empire Ranch Road on misdemeanor warrant charges of harassment and first offense stalking, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
According to the arrest report, the 57-year-old man was stopped on a traffic violation, failing to use a turn signal. The man acknowledged the violation by saying he did not feel it was necessary to use a turn signal when changing lanes because he did not see another vehicle in the lane he was merging into, the arrest report states.
Dispatch advised the man had a confirmed arrested warrant out of Carson City Justice Court issued Sept. 8, 2011. He was arrested on the warrant charge. Bail: $5,000.

— A 44-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Tuesday, 3:24 a.m. in the 1800 block of North Division Street on a misdemeanor warrant charge, contempt of court, issued Dec. 17, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $250.

— A 20-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Monday, 2:38 p.m. in the 4200 block of Quinn Drive on a misdemeanor warrant charge, contempt of court, issued Dec. 15, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $215.

— A 43-year-old Carson City man was placed into civil protective custody Monday, 9:24 p.m. after officers found him intoxicated and had previously been reported by witnesses as being slumped over inside his vehicle in the 1900 block of North Carson Street.

According to the arrest report, officers arrived to the area of a motel for a report of an unconscious man inside a vehicle. Arriving officers saw the man was heavily intoxicated outside his vehicle, was unable to stand and there was a small dog with him. At first the man denied drinking. Then he volunteered for a preliminary breath test with a result of .211, the report states.

Officers attempted to find a way home for the man, but he declined every offer police suggested and insisted on walking home. Because the man was recently passed out and did not know what part of town he was in, and other factors that rendered him incapable of caring for himself, he was taken into civil protective custody until he was able to sober up, the arrest report states. The dog was turned over to animal control.

A 36-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Monday, 5:30 a.m. in the 4000 block of Lepire Drive on a misdemeanor warrant for contempt of court, issued Dec. 17, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court, and possession of drug paraphernalia, also a misdemeanor, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, officers responded to the home in reference to a warrant service on the woman. Once on the scene, officers contacted the woman’s father-in-law at the front door and he allowed the officer to come inside.

The father-in-law escorted the officer to the woman’s room where she was hiding under a pile of clothes in the closet. After several commands the woman came out from under the clothes. The officer took her into custody and applied handcuffs.

Dispatch confirmed the woman had the confirmed warrant with a cash bail of $500. While applying cuffs, the officer noticed a clear plastic baggy that contained numerous balloons and cotton swabs, on the top of the dresser.

The woman voluntarily stated she was a heroin user and the bag belonged to her. The officer looked inside the bag and noticed all the balloons were tied at the end and torn open. The cotton swabs had brown, sticky substance, presumed to be heroin. The officer also found a condom, which are commonly used as tourniquet, the arrest report states. The officer recognized the cotton swabs, balloons and condom to be paraphernalia for a heroin user, the arrest report states.

The officer took custody of the paraphernalia and placed the woman in a patrol car where she was taken to jail for booking. Bail: $1,637.

Those arrested and facing criminal charges are innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Carson CityThe following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in court:

At least four people are in custody today and face charges of auto theft after allegedly stealing vehicles over the past several days, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong reports.

The four subjects, believed to be men and possibly a juvenile, are believed to be involved in the theft of two cars this morning alone in which a vehicle was reported stolen, was recovered and then stolen again, Furlong said. More arrests were in the making late this morning at an apartment at 2808 Menlo Drive.

"This thing has mushroomed. We think there's more to this than stolen vehicles," Furlong said.

Officers arrested two males at two locations at around 11 a.m. after a vehicle crashed near Airport Road and Douglas, the sheriff reports. One man was chased and captured by deputies while another man ran to an apartment building on Menlo in which he was later captured. A stolen vehicle crashed into an unoccupied vehicle.

In the past two weeks, there's been about a dozen auto thefts in which vehicles were stolen in the morning hours as owners turned on their cars to warm them up, Furlong said.

"We want to crackdown on this and ask people not to start up their cars to warm them up and leave them unattended," said Furlong. "We're looking about about a dozen of these stolen car cases over the last several days."

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Although Deputy Bob Guimont lost to current Sheriff Ken Furlong nearly eight years ago, Guimont says he’s more ready, more poised and more determined to win Carson City’s top law enforcement job.

UPDATE JAN.29: Desiree Bragg, the woman who was chased and struck by a vehicle in a road rage incident on Saturday night in Carson City, has died.
Bragg was taken off life support Tuesday, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong confirmed. Friends on Facebook began posting messages on Carson Now. Furlong confirmed and said he and Carson City District Attorney Neil Rombardo were meeting and would make more information available later today.
Furlong said he believed Bragg was 19 years old but wasn't able to confirm her age at the time he spoke with Carson Now. He said he was alerted to her death while he was in a meeting.

The following report is from Sheriff Furlong:

At approximately 9:30 p.m. Saturday night, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a pedestrian severely injured in a vehicle accident. Prior to Deputies arriving, witnesses reported that the driver had fled the area, but crashed his vehicle into a fence/yard just two blocks away, then he returned to the scene on foot where a physical altercation had taken place.

Witnesses reported that the adult female victim was westbound on Hwy 50 East near Lompa Lane when she and her fiancé (also in the car) noticed a car tailgating them. When they exited onto the Hwy 580 by-pass headed to College Parkway they noted the vehicle continued to tailgate them closely. After exiting the freeway, at the 3500 block of Cinnabar, the victim pulled into her mothers driveway and exited her car. At that time, the tailgater who had followed them accelerated his vehicle into the driveway, crushing the victim between his van and the house.

The suspect backed out of the driveway and fled south on Cinnabar. At the intersection of Cinnabar and College Parkway, the suspect’s vehicle was disabled when he drove his van into/through a fence. The suspect then returned on foot to the Cinnabar residence area where he was confronted by residents.

The suspect, Leonardo Cardoza, born January 27, 1986, of Carson City, was transported to Renown for treatment and released to custody early this morning. He is being held on suspicion of Battery with a Deadly Weapon, Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Injuries, and DUI.

The victim of the incident was also transported to Renown where her serious injuries included broken bones and internal injuries. Her identity is not being released at this time.

As of this release, there has not been a motive established for the incident and no none relationship between the victim and the suspect has been determined. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Detectives Division at 887-2500.

UPDATE: An 18-year-old Carson City house painter and his father were arrested Tuesday on three felony warrant charges including robbery, kidnapping and conspiracy.

Brent Michael Martin and Michael Ray Martin, 39, are each being held on $150,000 bail. Warrant for their arrests were issued Monday from Carson City Justice Court. The men were arrested at 4:24 p.m. in the 1900 block of East Long Street. Arresting deputies were Joe Apple and Gary Denham.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said the investigation lasted about a month. The case involves a male victim who was robbed at knifepoint and held hostage. The victim was then forced to drive around Carson City in an attempt to contact people to get money for drugs, said Furlong.

The sheriff's office was contacted by the victim and it took about four weeks of investigating before there was enough evidence to make the arrests, said Furlong.

Carson City is the recipient of a three-year, $375,000 U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing grant that will fund three resource officers for the Carson City School District, Sheriff Ken Furlong announced Friday.

The grant award tops off a three-year effort to develop a Carson City School Resource Officer Program, dedicated to the schools and functionally operated out of the sheriff’s office, said Furlong. The grant provides for salaries and benefits of three officers who will work alongside youth 12 months a year both inside and outside the classroom.

Sheriff Furlong and Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes are elated with the grant award, which they learned about Thursday and made public Friday.

"Its a great opportunity to enhance the safety and security of our students and staff. I'm grateful to the sheriff for his persistence in seeking this grant," said Stokes.

This endeavor has been long in the coming and expected to enhance the welfare, safety and health of all of our students and staff of the schools, said Furlong. "The visionary goal of the grant is that all of our schools and occupants are safest when our children are at their desks receiving the highest quality of education affordable."

The Carson City Sheriff's Office has assigned one deputy to the schools, Deputy Jessica Dickey, plus two officers who assist when needed.

"This is exciting because it is going to take our schools to a whole new level when it comes to relationship building," said Dickey. "It will enhance our ability to work with kids."

Fiscally, Sheriff Furlong detailed that the entire program cost over the next three years will be $877,000. The grant will fund a officers alaries and benefits for the period. The DARE program, which has its own officer, will be part of the overall program that is funded separately, said Furlong.

During the first year of implementation, the grant will necessitate that the school district and city fund approximately $81,000. Each successive year of the grant, the federal portion will decrease and the city obligation will increase proportionally.

Furlong said it will be an excellent opportunity for the community to grow into its own responsibility. At the end of the three year period, the special conditions of the grant require that the program be continued.

In order to implement the grant award, both Sheriff Furlong and Superintendent Stokes will present the award to the respective governing bodies, school district and board of supervisors, for approval.

Both of these governing boards have been kept informed of the project since its inception. These meetings for approval are anticipated to be presented first to the upcoming scheduled school board in mid-October, then, followed with a presentation to the Board of Supervisors at their first meeting in November.

UPDATE: A man was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly fired gunshots at a tree from a Dori Way residence, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. The man was intoxicated and no one was injured.
The residence has been secured and evidence has been retrieved.

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At least two calls were made to Carson City sheriff’s dispatch at around 9:18 p.m., reporting the gunfire.
The shots were apparently fired and heard in the area 2400 block of Dori Way near Sherman Lane, with a car seen leaving the area at a high rate of speed.

There are no reports of injuries. Traffic in the area is being re-route around the crime scene.

Carson CityThe following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent unless proven guilty in court:* Miguel Lopez, 38, a custodian from Carson City, was arrested at 12:4...

Are you as passionate about Carson City as I am? Do you want to see this community grow and become safer for our children and families?

If you are as serious about having a positive effect on our community as I pledge to be then I need your help! This elected office is not about me. Its about all of us. Together we will meet the challenges we face and together we will plan and take steps to meet those challenges head on. This partnership starts with you and me.

Please join me on Tuesday March 25th at 6:00 pm at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 10 Hospitality Way on N. Carson St. We will get down to the issues you are concerned about and will plan on addressing what's best for our community!

Carson City authorities are looking for a man who has been missing for about a month. Christopher "Chris" Cash is a caucasian male, 55 years of age, 5 foot 11 inches tall and weighs 200 to 250 pounds. He has blue eyes and gray to brown hair.

Cash is from Carson City and was reported missing July 15. He has not been taking his medication. Several inquires at the places he frequents have shown that he has not been seen for about a month, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Detective Doug Speegle of the Investigation Division.

"He is not at any of the local shelters or hospitals and it is uncommon for him to be missing," said Speegle.

His only method of transportation is bicycling or walking and is known to routinely walk through Carson City.

Now listed as a missing person, anyone who has seen him should contact the Carson City Sheriff's Office or Carson City Dispatch. Carson City Dispatch can be reached at (775) 887-2008. The Carson City Sheriff's Office can be reached at (775) 887-2500.

The Carson City Board Supervisors signed off unanimously Thursday on a federal grant that will allow for the formation of a School Resource Officer Program run through the sheriff’s office and the Carson City School District.

The $375,000 grant was awarded last month by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The Board of Supervisors agreed to make a commitment in turn to help fund the program, anticipated to be around $900,000 total over the next three years.

The local amount needed in order to complete the program is $502,000. The Carson City School District will pick up 50 percent of that, with Supervisors having agreed Thursday to commitment to the other half.

The grant will partially fund three officers for three years, with a mandatory one year retention period. The grant award tops off a three-year effort to develop a Carson City School Resource Officer Program, dedicated to the schools and functionally operated out of the sheriff’s office, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. The grant provides for salaries and benefits of three officers who will work alongside youth 12 months a year both inside and outside the classroom.

The endeavor has been long in the coming and expected to enhance the welfare, safety and health of all of our students and staff of the schools, said Furlong.

"The visionary goal of the grant is that all of our schools and occupants are safest when our children are at their desks receiving the highest quality of education affordable,” the sheriff said earlier this month.

As the lead prosecutor, a District Attorney’s priorities are two: 1) justice and 2) victims. Only one candidate for District Attorney understands this, Mark Krueger. Mr. Krueger has experience. He successfully prosecuted dozens of jury trials involving the family of murder victims, sexual assault victims, and children victims.

Mr. Krueger understands the importance of victim-witness services and has created new for victims and witness such as the District Attorney’s Witness Guide (DAWG) program, a program adopted throughout the country that uses dogs to assist victims and witnesses in need.

Mr. Krueger’s opponent, Mr. Woodbury, does not understand victims’ issues:

First, Mr. Woodbury, after talking to Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH) (who obviously is subjective), has decided that transporting sexual assault victims over 30 minutes to Washoe County is appropriate. This is a heartless uncaring point of view. Imagine if your wife, daughter, niece, or loved one was sexually assaulted, she/he goes to CTH, and is told, “Get in that car and drive 30 minutes to receive your exam.”

Such an attitude should not be acceptable to anyone in Carson City, but it is to Mr. Woodbury. Mr. Woodbury also fails to understand that CTH receives full reimbursement from the government for exams conducted by them, so, there is no monetary loss. He also fails to understand that the D.A.’s Office, Sheriff’s Office and the A.G.’s Office has worked with CTH to train 6 nurses on sexual assault exams, yet, those nurses report leaving CTH because CTH refuses to create protocols to use their talents. As Sheriff Furlong stated, “We treat prisoners better than sexual assault victims.” Mr. Woodbury thinks this is acceptable. Mr. Krueger does not think that is acceptable for Carson City and neither should you.

Second, Mr. Woodbury’s booth at the Taste of Downtown was manned by two attorneys from the Public Defender’s Office. One member recently violated a no contact order and sent a letter from her client to an 80-year old victim who was terrified at receiving the letter. Woodbury complains on his website about delays in prosecuting cases involving child victims, but the cause of an overwhelming majority of these continuances are by the same defense attorneys that support him.

Indeed, the outburst by the child victim Woodbury cites on his website, when one actually reads the transcript of the proceedings shows not only was the continuance at the request of the defendant and over the objection of the District Attorney, but the continuance was requested by the very attorney from the Public Defender’s Office who is listed on Woodbury’s website as supporter. Yet, Woodbury would make you believe that the District Attorney’s Office is the cause for such delays?

Another supporter of Woodbury listed on his website has recently been arrested and charged with destruction of property. Another defense lawyer who supports Mr. Woodbury was recently charged for a drunken altercation with a peace officer. Do the people of Carson City want their District Attorney elected by these types of defense lawyers?

Third, speaking of delayed justice, Mr. Woodbury refused to prosecute a pedophile sex offender over 8 years years ago. However, just this week, Mr. Krueger successfully convicted this pedophile and brought justice to his latest victim. Mr. Woodbury’s failure to prosecute this pedophile over 8 years ago changed this latest victim’s life forever and resulted in at least 3 other victims’ lives being changed forever. Carson City deserves a District Attorney who will vigorously prosecute these cases. A prosecutor that understands best practice is when victims report such heinous acts they are to be believed by law enforcement not ignored and that candidate is Mark Krueger.

Finally, Mr. Woodbury lacks experience. He only has 2 and ½ years as a prosecutor and public lawyer. He has never prosecuted jury trials in murder cases, sex crimes, or capital cases. His experience comes from a past D.A.’s administration that routinely reduced domestic batteries and routinely reduced felonies to misdemeanors. He believes the D.A.’s victim-witness services duplicates responsibilities. When asked about the new DAWG program at the Soroptomist debate, he stated being D.A. is about prosecuting crimes not dogs. This attitude proves his lack of understanding.

The D.A.’s victim-witness services has been lauded nationally by such organizations as the Red Cross, programs like DAWG are used in over half the country, and what these services have been proven to do is increase prosecution and support victims.

Mr. Woodbury doesn’t get it, and Carson City deserves someone who does, Mr. Krueger for District Attorney.

Neil A. Rombardo, District Attorney

Give some blood, get a free movie ticket. That's just one of the incentives to draw residents to the Carson City Courthouse parking lot, today, Wednesday for a blood drive. The other incentive is that giving blood saves lives.

The United Blood Services drive inside the Blood Mobile runs from 8 a.m. to noon at the courthouse parking lot, 885 East Musser Street next to the sheriff's office. The drive is being hosted by the Carson City Sheriff's Office. To schedule an appointment call Marie at (775) 283-7895. All donors will receive one free movie ticket at Galaxy Fandango.

All United Blood Service donors giving blood from May 27 through Sept. 7 in the Northern Nevada region can sign up for a chance to win a 2013 Toyota Corolla four-door Sedan courtesy of Northern Nevada Toyota Dealers.

"True Grit" is a 2010 remake to the 1969 film which starred John Wayne, written and directed by the Jeff and Ethan Coen. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The film stars Jeff Bridges as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross with Texas Rager Matt Damon and bad guy Josh Brolin.

The film will open the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 10, 2011. It is playing at the Galaxy Fandango Theater multiplex in Carson City.

I didn't see the Wayne version of the story, but I suspect that as with almost all Wayne films he was Wayne rather than the role. Here Bridges, currently one of the busiest actors in Hollywood ( see "TRON" also playing at the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City). Bridges is almost a characture of Rooster but does a fine job of showing life as it was in the West post-War period. He's dirty, a drunk but a tough outdoors man.

He is ably helped by Hailee Steinfield as the 14-year-old girl who hires him to capture or kill Josh Brolin. As with so many young actors these days, she is talented and with her rapid-fire speech a solid base of the story.
Seems that Brolin murdered her father and she is determined to bring him to justice. Rooster as first rejects her job offer but finally takes the job.

Chiming in is Texas Ranger Matt Damond, also after Brolin but for the murder of a Texas senator. But he wants to take Brolin back to Texas and Mattie wants him handled here and rejects his offer to help.

Rooster tries to take off on the hunt without Mattie, but she fords a river and catches up with Rooster and Damon. Damon eventually peels off, feeling Rooster is too drunk to do the job. While getting water Mattie runs into Brolin and with her father's pistol wounds him but it taken prisoner by a gang. Her life is threatened but she is protected as a hostage for the gang. Left alone with Brolin she escapes and falls into snake-infested cave and is bitten. Rooster rescues her and carries her to safety.

Many years later Mattie is searching for Rooster to thank him but it is too late; he died three days before she tracked him down to a Wild West show.
This is a deft telling of the story and the cast just about perfect. Steinfeld is a comer, you'll be seeing more of her. Damon offers good support and Brolin is sufficiently nasty. Bridges is, of course, the pivot to it all, and he continues to succeed in whatever role he's in.

The film lasts 110 minutes, is rated PG-13. Excellent Western photography and music. I guess a sort of Christmas story if you include payback in your moral code. Closing scene of the adult Mattie is an elergy and classical.
Yep, most enjoyable.

Cast
— Jeff Bridges as United States Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
— Matt Damon as Texas Ranger La Boeuf
— Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney
— Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
— Barry Pepper as "Lucky" Ned Pepper
— Domhnall Gleeson as Moon
— Ed Corbin as Bear Grit
— Roy Lee Jones as Yarnell
— Paul Rae as Emmett Quincy
— Nicholas Sadler as Sullivan
— Bruce Green as Harold Parmalee
— Joe Stevens as Lawyer Goudy
— Dakin Matthews as Colonel Stonehill
— Elizabeth Marvel as 40-year old Mattie Ross
— Leon Russom as Sheriff
— Jake Walker as Judge Isaac Parker
— Peter Leung as Mr. Lee
— Don Pirl as Cole Younger

— Sam Bauman

The Storey County Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of possible human remains. Sheriff Gerald Antinoro says the remains had been pumped out of a septic tank at a home north of Virginia City on Tuesday afternoon.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office invites the general public and press to a conference on Thursday that will address accidents and fatalities on Highway 50.

The conference is at 1 p.m. and is being sponsored by the Gold Dust Hotel Casino. Led by the Nevada Department of Public Safety, the public and press will have the opportunity to hear perspectives from the sheriffs of Carson City, Lyon, and Churchill counties, the Nevada Department of Public Safety and Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Management and more. It will provide residents to learn firsthand exactly what is being done about the challenge of making Highway 50 the Safest Highway to travel.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong will be present with Mayor Bob Crowell and invited guest Natasha Gibson. On April 22, 2011, Natasha lost her two children, Alexis and Coltan, following a multiple car accident near the Virginia City turn-off.

While Alexis (8 years old) and Colton (3 years old) may represent our youngest, all of those who have been killed or severely injured on this highway leave families devastated. To Natasha, and all of the mothers who have lost their children of any age, please join with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Nevada Department of Public Safety, and many other agencies, as we proclaim enough is enough, said Sheriff Furlong.

The conference begins at 1 p.m. at the Gold Dust West northeast parking lot.

The Carson City jail has been at about 80 percent capacity since 2010, according to CompStat data provided by the sheriff's office. And that means it's time to start planning for the future, Sheriff Ken Furlong said.
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