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District Attorney’s report • Nov. 11

The public information below was provided by the Nye County District Attorney’s office.

• Christopher Steven Mevis was charged on Oct. 31 with battery by a prisoner, a felony.

• Talisha Talley was charged on Sept. 2 with grand larceny of firearm, a felony.

• Jeremy Scott Hamann was charged on Oct. 27 with possession of less than an ounce of Marijuana, first offense, a misdemeanor.

• Sarkis Keorkunian was charged on Oct. 27 with battery, a misdemeanor.

• Jennifer Alice McCormack was charged on Oct. 27 with battery on an older person, a gross misdemeanor.

• Joseph Brandon Tarragano Jr., was charged on Oct. 26 with burglary; robbery against a person over 60 or a vulnerable person; attempted burglary; and habitual criminal, all felonies.

• Jeffrey John Von Alst was charged on Oct. 25 with attempted use of explosives to damage or destroy property; assault with a deadly weapon; and unlawful use of a controlled substance, all felonies; and resisting public officer, a misdemeanor.

• Andy Ray Jordan was charged on Oct. 24 with driving under the influence of alcohol; duties of operator of off-highway vehicle on highway; and having open container of alcoholic beverage within passenger area of motor vehicle while on highway; drinking alcoholic beverage while driving motor vehicle, all misdemeanors.

• Denise Losasso was charged on Oct. 25 with driving under the influence of alcohol; vehicle entering intersection marked ‘stop’ or ‘yield’; and possession of a firearm when under the influence of alcohol, controlled substance or other intoxicating substance, all misdemeanors.

• Joseph Waller was charged on Oct. 24 with burglary, a felony, offense involving stolen property and obtaining money under false pretenses, both misdemeanors.

• Kenneth Wayne Core was charged on Oct. 24 with battery, a misdemeanor.

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