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2C RENO FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2003 Lottery Washoe Blotter Cops arrest man in apartment shooting By Elaine Goodman and Pedro Morales RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL A 21 -year-old man accused of shooting at his ex-girlfriend and wounding her downstairs neighbor earlier this week surrendered Thursday evening after a three-hour standoff at a Sparks motel, police said. Juan Elias Moreno was arrested about 7:30 p.m. at the Western Village Motel, 815 Nichols Boulevard, after he and a 1 7-year-old girl refused to come out of their room. Sparks police Lt. Tom Carson into an occupied building and on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the incidents Monday and Jan.

31. In the shooting on Monday, the ex-girlfriend shoved her two children behind her when Moreno pointed a pistol at her and fired one shot, according to an affidavit filed Wednesday in support of an arrest warrant in Reno Justice Court. That shot missed, but a neighbor in a downstairs apartment was hit in an arm when the man fired several times at the building from the parking lot, police said. Moreno and the woman had lived together at the apartment on Nannette Circle but the woman, who described Moreno as physically violent, ended the relationship, according to the affidavit. On Jan.

3 1 Moreno pulled a rifle from under the seat of a truck in the parking lot of the woman's apartment complex, pointed it at her and threatened to shoot her, the affidavit said. She ran inside to safety. A day earlier, Moreno had come to the woman's door with a gun but fled when she said she would call police, the affidavit said. said a Special Weapons and Tactics team and hostage negotiators were sent to the motel about 4:30 p.m. after Reno police learned where he was.

Carson said the girl was never a hostage and that she and Moreno may have been friends. Police talked with Moreno by telephone before he surrendered peacefully. No streets were closed during the negotiations and no weapons were found in their room, Carson said. Moreno was arrested on a warrant accusing him of battery with a deadly weapon, shooting a gun Vegas fugitive found dead after standoff Her arrest led officers to the Extended StayAmerica, where a man they approached barricaded himself in his room, Dana said. Police quickly cleared nearby rooms and began negotiating with the man.

The man was alone in the room and believed to be armed, but no shots had been fired as of Thursday. Police said the couple apparently had been staying at the motel for several weeks. According to the FBI, Westin alleges Knutson falsely claimed status for such things as "head of household" and child tax credits in preparing the returns, knowing the individuals were not entitled to them. If convicted, Knutson could face up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines on each count, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Knutson could not be reached for comment. Man pleads guilty in Nevada City spree ASSOCIATED PRESS NEVADA CITY, Calif. A man accused of killing three people during a shooting spree pleaded guilty Thursday, though there will still be a trial over his mental competency at the time. methamphetamine. Bail $2,500.

March 18 12:07 a.m.: Jesus Haro Romero, March 18 1:36 p.m.: residential burglary, 5000 block Slope Drive. 3:02 p.m.: family disturbance, 4000 block Pyramid Lake Road. 4:52 p.m.: family disturbance, 200 block Elquist Lane. 5 p.m.: larceny, 100 block Jani Place. 7:1 6 p.m.: family disturbance, 5500 block Slope Drive.

March 19 8:57 a.m.: accident, South McCarran and South Rock Boulevards. 9 a.m.: commercial burglary, 100 block Holcomb Ranch Lane. 1 0:54 a.m.: vehicle burglary, 51 00 block Sun Valley Boulevard. 11:07 a.m.: family disturbance, 700 block Birdie Way. 11:52 a.m.: larceny, 600 block Mount Rose Highway.

12:28 p.m.: injury accident, Sun Valley Boulevard at Highland Ranch Parkway. 5:37 p.m.: grand theft auto, Middle Fork Drive. 8:46 p.m.: family disturbance, 300 block Stone Corral Court. March 20 3:54 a.m.: assault or battery, 600 block Village Boulevard. 7 a.m.: injury accident, 1 5900 block Toll Road.

7:12 a.m.: residential burglary, 400 block Country Club Drive. Sparks Blotter March 14 1:01 a.m.: 2200 block Greenbrae Drive. Man called police about a friend who refused to leave his apartment. When police arrived, the friend appeared to be gone, but officers cited the man on suspicion of having drug paraphernalia and for being an ex-felon who hadn't notified police of an address change. 5:41 p.m.: 21 00 block Roundhouse Road.

Officers visited an address after someone called 91 1 and hung up. A woman was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery. 8:20 p.m.: 21 00 block Oddie Boulevard. Security guards at a grocery store saw a man leave the store with two bottles of alcohol. March 16 1 :1 3 p.m.: 1 600 block Fieldcrest Drive.

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3:09 p.m.: residential burglary, 200 block Mill Street. 5:14 p.m.: family disturbance, inn hlnrk Kpvctnne flvpnnn 10:38 p.m.: vehicle burglary, 11 00 block Lander Street. March 19 6:50 a.m.: family disturbance, 1000 block Broadway Boulevard. 8:32 a.m.: residential burglary, 300 block Ralston Street. 9:09 a.m.

commercial burglary, 2500 block Longley Lane. 11:35 a.m.: family disturbance, 1400 Lander Street. 11:41 a.m.: family disturbance, 1500 block Lewis Street. 11:50 a.m.: vehicle burglary, 70 block High Street. 1:15 p.m.: assault or battery, 700 block Gentry Way.

2:15 p.m.: grand theft auto, 6800 block Sharlands Avenue. 2:27 p.m.: residential burglary, 1500 block Sky Valley Drive. 3:06 p.m.: residential burglary, 2300 block Skyline Boulevard. 4:12 p.m.: assault or battery, 1500 block Vassar Street. 4:52 p.m.: residential burglary, 8300 block Dixon Lane.

7:15 p.m.: injury accident, East Peckham Lane at Kietzke Lane. 8:59 p.m.: grand theft auto, 2100 block Carville Drive. March 20 6:08 a.m.: family disturbance, 2300 block Harvard Way. 7:19 a.m.: vehicle burglary; 1600 block Sky Mountain Drive 8:33 a.m.: larceny, 500 block Mill Street. 8:48 a.m.: grand theft auto, 80 block of Sutton Way.

120 i agam bp mm LYNNWOOD, Wash. AP) A Nevada fugitive sought on a murder warrant in Las Vegas killed himself Thursday morning after a 30-hour standoff with police at a hotel. Police spokeswoman Trudy Dana said that when SWAT team officers fired tear gas into his hotel room at 6 a.m., Kevin Dale Woo shot himself in the head. Seattle FBI agent Roberta Burroughs said Woo, 35, and his girlfriend, Kristine Sue Westin of Fort Dix, N.J., had been sought in the drowning death of West- Briefly Elko guitar teacher accused of having sex with young girl ASSOCIATED PRESS ELKO An Elko guitar teacher and owner of a sound studio has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Charles Jay Harmer, 50, was arrested by Elko County sheriff's detectives at his business Chaye Sound Studio on charges of lewdness with a child younger than 14 and statutory sexual seduction.

His bail was set at $10,000. The incidents allegedly happened beginning in late 2001 and ended in 2002, said Kevin McKinney, an Elko County sheriff's detective. "Her parents reported it in Carson Blotter March 15 2:1 5 p.m.: Wesley Lay, 20, unemployed, address unknown, was arrested in the 2700 block of South Carson Street on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. Bail $5,000. 5:11 p.m.: Faine Murphy O'Neill, 20, a tire technician, of Carson City, was arrested at Little Lane and Lompa Lane on suspicion of felony probation violation and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Bail $1,000. 8:24 p.m.: Michael 0'Connell, 34, occupation unknown, of Carson City, was arrested in the 700 block of Fleischmann Way and placed in civil protective custody. No bail was set. 9:10 p.m.: Danny Michael Berrman, 55, a mechanic, of Carson City, was arrested in the 2000 block of North Carson Street on suspicion of felony possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor ex-felon failing to register a change of address and misdemeanor petit larceny. Bail $3,900.

March 16 12:29 a.m.: Kevin Allen Dinsmore, in's newborn baby boy in a Las Vegas hotel in 1997. According to the FBI's Web site, both were charged in September 1997 with second-degree murder, child abuse with substantial bodily harm and cocaine possession. Federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution were filed less than two weeks later. Westin was arrested Tuesday, after a shoplifting incident in this suburb between Seattle and Everett, police spokeswoman Trudy Dana said. February," he said.

The victim was recording songs at the time at Harmer's studio, where Harmer also gave guitar lessons. "We're concerned there may be other victims who have not come forward," McKinney said. Reno man indicted on tax fraud charges ASSOCIATED PRESS A Reno man has been indicted by a federal grand ury on multiple tax fraud charges. The indictment returned Wednesday accuses Sal A. Knutson, 33, of aiding and preparing fraudulent federal income tax returns for eight people for the tax years 1996 through 1999, prosecutors said.

The 21-count indictment 24, unemployed, of Carson City, was arrested in the 1900 block of North Carson Street on suspicion of misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Bail $500. 3:20 a.m.: Steven Mendenhall, 49, unemployed, of Carson City, was arrested in the 800 block of South Carson Street on suspicion of misdemeanor probation violation. Bail $3,000. 9:20 a.m.: Melecia Aquino-Montes, a laborer, of Carson City, was arrested in the 1 1 00 block of Fairview Drive on suspicion of misdemeanor possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol, misdemeanor reckless driving, misdemeanor driving with a suspended driver's license and misdemeanor open container of alcohol.

Bail $3,100. 11:29 p.m.: John Noll, 46, unemployed, of Carson City, was arrested at Fifth Street and Butti Way on suspicion of misdemeanor threats. Bail $500. March 17 7:23 p.m. Kjmberly Cora Durbin, 22, unemployed, of Carson City, was arrested at Saliman Road and Depot Avenue on suspicion of felony possession of X.HE-, (Ml iXM Dr.

Jacqueline Jacques Naturopathic Physician, Pain Specialist National Speaker gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of a room at the Lady Luck Hotel in Las Vegas, where she was staying with Woo in July 1997. Authorities say Woo called a local hospital but hung up when hospital officials started asking him questions. When paramedics arrived, they found the newborn dead in the toilet. An autopsy showed the baby drowned. Westin was taken to a hospital and Woo followed, but he fled when police started to question him, the FBI said.

The trial set for May 6 will determine if Scott Harlan Thorpe was sane during the slayings at a mental health center and a restaurant. Thorpe had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. If sane, Thorpe would go to state prison for life without possibility of parole, said Nevada County District Attorney Michael Ferguson. If he's ruled insane, he will go to a state mental hospital. Thorpe would be subject to another trial should he later be deemed sane.

Thorpe admitted killing two people on Jan. 10, 2001, at the Nevada County mental health department office where he was a patient, and killing the manager at a restaurant he was convinced was poisoning him. Besides the clinic employee and a bystander who died, two people were injured at the clinic. 22, a laborer, of Mound House, was arrested at State and Long streets on suspicion of felony failure to appear. Bail $2,500.

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