Domestic violence is a critical issue across the United States, with Nevada experiencing its own unique challenges and responses to this pervasive problem. In Nevada, domestic violence is defined as the occurrence of certain acts between spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, persons who reside or have resided together, persons who have a child in common, or persons who are or were in a dating relationship. The acts include but are not limited to assault, battery, coercion, stalking, and other forms of physical, emotional, or psychological abuse.
Prevalence in Nevada
Nevada has historically had one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the United States. This troubling distinction highlights the urgency and importance of addressing domestic violence within the state. Factors contributing to the high incidence may include social, economic, and legal aspects that affect family dynamics and individual behaviors.
Legal Framework
The legal system in Nevada has established a comprehensive framework to address and prevent domestic violence. This includes laws that:
- Define domestic violence and related acts broadly to ensure comprehensive coverage.
- Provide for protective orders (also known as restraining orders) to prevent further abuse. These orders can prohibit the abuser from coming near the victim, contacting the victim, or even remove them from a shared residence.
- Impose penalties on offenders that range from fines and community service to jail time, depending on the severity of the offense and the offender's criminal history.
- Mandate arrest in situations where there is probable cause to believe that domestic violence has occurred, which is part of a "pro-arrest" policy aimed at protecting victims.
- Require convicted domestic violence offenders to complete counseling programs focused on batterer's intervention.
Arrest Records Database - Washoe County, Nevada
Offender Lookup - Nevada (NV)
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A(115 rec) B(216 rec) C(223 rec) D(113 rec) E(55 rec) F (72) rec) G(166 rec) H(156 rec) I(18 rec) J(85 rec) K(77 rec) L(130 rec) M(275 rec) N(51 rec) o(42 rec) P(152 rec) Q(5 rec) R(186 rec) S(265 rec) T(111 rec) U(10 rec) V(65 rec) W(132 rec) Y(9 rec) Z(18 rec)| Name | Arrest | Photo |
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| Nicholas Patrick Faber Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> |
Arrested Oct 27, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Rayon K Facey Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 29 More Information >>> |
Arrested Mar 29, 2016 • domestic battery,2nd |
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| Gerald Lee Falan Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 53 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jan 21, 2016 • dom battery,1st • use/poss drug para |
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| Brenda Lee Falcon Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 42 More Information >>> |
Arrested May 16, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Monique Janice Falls Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 28 More Information >>> |
Arrested May 31, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Danial Fallscher Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 23 More Information >>> |
Arrested Sep 09, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Sarah Farrell Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 23 More Information >>> |
Arrested May 22, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Lyndle David Farris Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 36 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jan 05, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Timothy Faust Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 61 More Information >>> |
Arrested Aug 09, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Andrew Feierabend Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 18 More Information >>> |
Arrested Apr 05, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Charles Felder Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 54 More Information >>> |
Arrested Apr 19, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Robert John Fennimore Arrest Age 24 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 16, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| James Lee Ferguson Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 52 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 27, 2015 • dom battery,1st • poss less= 1 oz marijuana,1st |
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| Robert Michael Ferguson Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 46 More Information >>> |
Arrested Mar 10, 2015 • viol domestic violence tpo • probation violation |
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| Barbra Jennifer Fermino Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 49 More Information >>> |
Arrested Aug 05, 2016 • dom battery,1st • battery w/dw • poss sch i,ii,iii,iv c/s,1st/2nd • poss dang drug w/o p-scrpt,1st/2nd • use/poss drug para • poss less= 1 oz marijuana,1st • criminal contempt |
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| Laura Ferrera Bond: $500 Arrest Age 36 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 04, 2015 • battery • destroy prop of another,$250-5k • burglary,1st • dom battery,1st |
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| Steven Michael Ferrin Arrest Age 36 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 13, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Ryan Ferris Bond: $20000 Arrest Age 22 More Information >>> |
Arrested Oct 30, 2016 • kidnaping,2nd degree • dom battery,1st |
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| Cody James Fielder Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 29 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 17, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Elena Figgins Bond: $2000 Arrest Age 33 More Information >>> |
Arrested Sep 12, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Lisa Figueroa Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 49 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 02, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Colleen Filatou Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 47 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jan 27, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Michael Alan Files Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 43 More Information >>> |
Arrested May 06, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Brandon Clay Finch Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 29 More Information >>> |
Arrested Feb 10, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| William Nestor Fine Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 70 More Information >>> |
Arrested Apr 01, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Lorrie Ann Fischer Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 53 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 13, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Shawn Fishel Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 30 More Information >>> |
Arrested Mar 14, 2016 • domestic battery,2nd • resist pub off • destroy prop of another,$250-5k |
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| Jason Michael Fisher Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 29 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 21, 2016 • dom battery by strangulation • arr 4 viol o/probation/cond o/susp s |
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| Raymond Fite Arrest Age 35 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 12, 2016 • dom battery by strangulation |
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| Skylar Fitzgerald Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 20 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 29, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Stewart Flakes Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 52 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jan 15, 2016 • dom battery,1st • disturbing peace (breach of peace) |
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| Daniel Eugene Fleck Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 57 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 20, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Cedric Fletcher Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 47 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 05, 2015 • domestic battery,3+ • aggr stalking |
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| Charles Flood Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 52 More Information >>> |
Arrested Oct 21, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Andres Pineda Flores Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 32 More Information >>> |
Arrested Mar 20, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Eduardo Flores Arrest Age 25 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 22, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Elliot Flores Arrest Age 29 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 22, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Jose Rene Flores Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 36 More Information >>> |
Arrested Apr 29, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Mario Humberto Flores-Mondragon Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> |
Arrested Feb 27, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Lugardo Florez-Marquez Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 14, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Evelyn Iris Fluckinger Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 54 More Information >>> |
Arrested Feb 24, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Shannon Folchi Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 31 More Information >>> |
Arrested Feb 10, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Daniel Michael Foley Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 51 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 09, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| David Fonseca Bond: $2500 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> |
Arrested May 31, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation |
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| David Fonseca Arrest Age 27 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jan 02, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Leonard O Forbis Arrest Age 37 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 05, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Roy William Ford Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 33 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 18, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Christopher Aaron Fore Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> |
Arrested Aug 25, 2016 • domestic battery,3+ |
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| Alayna Forester Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 27 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 30, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Chad Edward Forrester Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 41 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 28, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Elijah Foster Bond: $600 Arrest Age 20 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 28, 2016 • dom battery,1st • contempt of court |
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| Nicholas Theodore Foster Bond: $20000 Arrest Age 37 More Information >>> |
Arrested Oct 19, 2016 • domestic battery w/use dw • assault,w/dw • dom battery by strangulation • dom battery,1st |
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| Marc Jay Fowler Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 26 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 24, 2015 • domestic battery,3+ |
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| Rohan Fowler Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 32 More Information >>> |
Arrested Oct 08, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Dane Roy Fraley Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 38 More Information >>> |
Arrested Nov 16, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation |
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| Dane Roy Fraley Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> |
Arrested Aug 22, 2016 • domestic battery,2nd |
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| Paige Marie Francis Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> |
Arrested Apr 06, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Paige Marie Francis Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> |
Arrested May 20, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Blake Remington James Freed Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 25 More Information >>> |
Arrested Mar 10, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Shannon Delores Freed Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 39 More Information >>> |
Arrested Oct 17, 2016 • dom battery,1st • child abuse or neglect,1st |
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| Julie Ann Freeman Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 46 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 24, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Shane Michael Freeman Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 19 More Information >>> |
Arrested Aug 28, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| John E Frelichowski Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 52 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 25, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Scott Anthony French Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 23 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 26, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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| Joshua Frey Bond: $20000 Arrest Age 30 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 28, 2015 • assault,w/dw • dom battery,1st |
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| Ryan Justin Frey Bond: $5000 Arrest Age 40 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 17, 2015 • dom battery,1st • battery |
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| Aubrey Frook Arrest Age 20 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 12, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| David James Frost Bond: $15000 Arrest Age 30 More Information >>> |
Arrested Dec 13, 2015 • dom battery by strangulation |
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| Linda Fry Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 38 More Information >>> |
Arrested Sep 08, 2016 • dom battery,1st |
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| Christopher Frye Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 23 More Information >>> |
Arrested Apr 22, 2016 • dom battery,1st • fta/obey court order |
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| Donte Maurice Fulgham Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 28 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jun 01, 2016 • dom battery,1st • fta/obey court order |
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| Earl Gene Fultz Bond: $3000 Arrest Age 57 More Information >>> |
Arrested Jul 20, 2015 • dom battery,1st |
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Support and Resources
Nevada offers a variety of support services and resources for victims of domestic violence. These include:
- Shelters and Safe Houses: Providing temporary housing and safety for victims escaping abusive situations.
- Counseling Services: Offering emotional support and therapy for victims and their children.
- Legal Aid: Assisting victims with the legal process, including filing for protective orders and navigating the court system.
- Hotlines: Offering 24/7 support and information to victims in need.
Challenges and Efforts for Improvement
Despite the measures in place, Nevada continues to face challenges in effectively combating domestic violence. These challenges include ensuring adequate funding for support services, improving the legal response to domestic violence cases, and overcoming the stigma that may prevent victims from seeking help.
Efforts to improve the situation include increasing public awareness about domestic violence, enhancing training for law enforcement and judicial officials, and strengthening community resources for victims. Additionally, there is an ongoing push for legislative reforms to provide greater protection for victims and to hold offenders more accountable for their actions.
Conclusion
Domestic violence in Nevada is a significant issue that requires the concerted effort of the legal system, support services, and the community at large to address effectively. While challenges remain, the state's comprehensive approach to tackling domestic violence through legal measures, support for victims, and public education campaigns demonstrates a commitment to reducing the prevalence of abuse and supporting those affected by it.