After asking both Reno PD and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office about two men taken from a green pickup truck after their window was smashed into by a group of masked people last week near the south Reno TMCC campus and providing names we have been given by their relatives, Officer Lara Ryzanych gave this information in an email this morning.
“Upon searching their names, the county wide system shows they are in custody which usually means at the Washoe Count Jail,” Ryzanych wrote.
The names have not appeared when we have tried the Washoe County inmate locator ourselves.
“This could change if they are transferred to a different facility dependent upon where a crime occurred/what jurisdiction is in charge,” Ryzanych added.
“You often see transfers when people are arrested for warrants and are moved to whatever detention facility is associated to the location the warrant originated from. It will continue to show "In Custody" in those circumstances. In this instance, the system does not tell me which agency contacted these men and took them into custody, just that they are in the custody of law enforcement in some capacity. I would reach out to Washoe County for details on their detention within the Washoe County Jail since I do not have access to their system.”
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has yet to respond to our message.
The PadreEdgar Sun Valley Facebook page had a video in Spanish last week saying agents from a government agency had carried out the arrests and that the two men were able to communicate with their families.
Relatives have told us it was a man and a nephew going from a school drop-off to a work site, and that they have been scrambling to find good representation. They said an initial call from them indicated they were at the Parr county jail.
We have not seen any official statements about this or other media report about this detention, which happened in broad daylight, with many people driving by and a video we posted on our channels from which these screenshots above were taken.