High Speed Chase in downtown Carson City ends in a crash in Mound House

A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT WOUND ITS WAY THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF CARSON CITY THIS AFTERNOON, ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER CRASHED THE STOLEN CAR HE WAS DRIVING OUTSIDE A STORE IN MOUND HOUSE.
HE’S A LATINO MALE, LIVING IN CARSON CITY, AND WHO IS WELL KNOWN TO SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES.
IT’S BELIEVED THAT THE DRIVER WAS THROWING ILLEGAL DRUGS OUT OF THE WINDOW AS HE LED DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 50, AND INTO THE MOUND HOUSE AREA.

THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND WAS BEING GIVEN FIRST AID FROM MINOR INJURIES.
Sheriff’s deputies say the chase ended when the fleeing car hit another as it pulled out from a driveway. Both occupants in the car were Careflighted to the Trauma Center in Reno. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries. Earlier in the chase the suspect got boxed-in in Mills Park and hit a sheriff’s patrol car with two deputies aboard. Neither was injured and damage to the patrol car was not major.
THE SUSPECT INVOLKED HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, REFUSED TO TALK, AND REQUESTED AN ATTORNEY.
DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND METHAMPHETIMINES ON THE SUSPECT.
HE WAS ALREADY ON ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AT THE TIME OF THE CHASE.