The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says one of their deputies arrested an ex- felon after a traffic stop revealed Methamphetamine, a stun gun, multiple credit cards to belonging to different people and a catalytic convertor. 

On Sunday, October 2, 2022, at approximately 6:00 pm, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Deputies were patrolling U.S. Highway 395 in Gardnerville, Nevada when they conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a silver Mercedes-Benz for a registration violation.

During the stop, Deputies contacted the driver of the vehicle, John Ciancitto, and a female passenger.

A routine check of Ciancitto’s driver’s license discovered he had multiple license suspensions and he was subsequently removed from the vehicle and arrested. 

During a pat-down search incident to arrest, deputies found approximately 5 grams of Methamphetamine and a glass pipe with residue commonly used to smoke Methamphetamine in Ciancitto’s pocket.

DCSO conducted an investigative search of the vehicle Ciancitto was driving which resulted in locating and recovering a stun gun, illegal to possess by Nevada Revised statute due to Ciancitto being an ex-felon, multiple credit cards and checks issued to different persons, numerous legal documents and mail issued to different persons, and a catalytic converter with cut marks on the inlet and outlet, along with a Sawzall and blades used to cut metal.

 Ciancitto was booked into the Douglas County Jail on Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Credit Cards without Owners Consent, Possession of a Stun Gun by a Prohibited Person, Possession of Burglary Tools, Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Paraphernalia, and other traffic-related violations.

The passenger was released at the scene.

(Douglas County Sheriff's Office)