Robert Charles Henkel II
A Gardnerville man entered a no contest plea to felony failure to stop on the order of a peace officer in connection with a Sept. 6, 2024, pursuit.
Robert Charles Henkel II, 54, was the subject of a pursuit through the middle of Carson City where he was driving a Ford Explorer 60 mph in a 25 mph zone.
According to court documents, Henkel continued into Douglas County accelerating to 90 mph in the 55 mph zone and ran over a set of spike strips. He was released from custody on Sept. 6, 2024, after posting $25,000 bail.
Under an agreement, prosecutors are recommending a suspended sentence when Henkel appears on May 6. The charge carries a maximum of six years and a $5,000 fine.
• A man who broke into an Indian Hills family’s home on Christmas Eve 2023 admitted violating his probation on Tuesday.
Shawn Christopher Watt served a jail sentence as a condition of his May sentencing to 12-30 months for home invasion.
Attorney Matthew Ence said after Watt’s release in late June he went to downtown Reno to try and find accommodations at a halfway house or a motel. When he couldn’t find anything he instead boarded a bus to Placerville and disappeared.
Watt had a significant amount of time served on his sentence.
“He would be in prison for a month,” Ence said.
Watt said he feared his property would be discarded if he went to prison.
“I don’t want to lose my stuff,” he said.
Watt’s probation was reinstated and he was ordered to try again with state authorities.
• A former Gardnerville resident received a 19-48-month suspended prison sentence for failing to register as a sex offender.
Brian Joseph Young, 50, was arrested Nov. 18, 2024, and has been in custody ever since.
According to the Nevada Sex Offender Registry, Young was convicted in Washoe County of statutory sexual seduction and lewdness with a child under the age of 14 on Aug. 1, 2001, in addition to burglary. All three charges were served consecutively, and Young was released on parole in 2017.
Attorney Paul R. Wolfe said that Young had done well after his release on parole but that last year he was laid off and then evicted. He was living in an RV in a Gardnerville parking lot for a time before moving to Reno to live with his mom, where he was taken into custody for absconding from supervision.
Young still has to face the parole board.
• A man who was in custody for violating conditions after drawing a pocketknife, made it much worse by spitting on deputies.
Palmer Craig Stanfield was in custody for an alternative sentencing violation when he spit on the two deputies Dec. 17, 2024.
On Tuesday he entered a guilty plea to attempted unlawful acts involving excrement by a prisoner.
Under an agreement, Stanfield faces 18-48 months in prison. The maximum is five years and a $5,000 fine.
An April 9-10 trial was vacated as a result of the plea. Stanfield was released on his own recognizance pending his May 6 sentencing.
• A California man received a suspended 12-30 month sentence on Tuesday for possession of methamphetamine.
Michael Tyrone King appeared out of custody on Tuesday where attorney Max Stovall argued his probation should be mandatory.
Prosecutor Jim Sibley disagreed, but said prosecutors were recommending probation, anyway.
A Central Nevada man admitted to felony counts of possession of stolen property and methamphetamine in connection with a burglary at an East Valley home last spring.
Crescent Valley resident Devin Scott Canale, 40, agreed to plead guilty to the two charges in exchange for suspended 12-30 month sentences. The thefts occurred between April 10 and May 1, 2024, according to court documents.
Canale was caught with jewelry, and tablet and a passport belonging to someone else.
Sentencing is set for May 6.