by Jeff Munson
A woman was arrested Tuesday for multiple alleged felony offenses including two counts battery with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, interfering with a victim reporting a crime and possession of stolen property, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.
Sherry Lee Walters, 57, of Carson City, was taken into custody at 8:27 a.m. following an investigation into an April 30 incident at a California Street apartment in which she is accused of stabbing the elderly victim with a weed puller multiple times, hitting her with a stick multiple times on her head, arm and back, and holding her in a bathroom against her will. The victim was taken to the hospital for her injuries.
Walters was also booked for suspicion of two gross misdemeanor counts of false imprisonment and possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription.
According to the booking report, deputies responded April 30 to a California Street apartment to investigate the assault. Walters had left the scene, and deputies unable to locate at the time of the alleged crimes. Officers later learned May 3 that Walters was staying in a motel. Deputies were unable to locate her. On May 8 deputies learned that one of the tenants in the apartment complex had received a message from Walters. Deputies attempted to locate her but were unsuccessful.
On Tuesday, deputies responded to the California Street apartment complex after dispatch received information Walters was back in the apartment. Deputies arrived and found Walters knocking at a window of a random apartment. She was yelling and knocking aggressively, the report states.
Deputies placed Walter under arrested for suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, two counts false imprisonment and elder abuse. Walters was in possession of two bags one with a name that wasn't hers written on it. Deputies opened a box in the bags and found two Alprazolam pills. The investigation later determined the bags had been stolen, the report states.
She was taken to jail and read her Miranda warning and agreed to speak. She asked if it was in reference to the attempted murder, assault of the victim. Walters avoided the deputies questions and would speak about different topics, the report states. Bail: $33,000.
In other arrests:
— A 38-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Tuesday for a misdemeanor warrant issued May 10 out of Lyon County. Bail: $1,500.
All information for the crime log (unless otherwise noted) comes from the arrest reports supplied by the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and is considered by law to be public information. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The policy of Carson Now is to name anyone who is arrested for a felony offense.
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