3 stabbed at Stateline after New Year’s Eve party subsided

Ten people were arrested in the downtown casino core area of Stateline on New Year’s Eve. Charges included affray, assault, battery, domestic battery, disorderly conduct, trespassing, minor consuming alcohol and civil protective custody.

Sheriff’s investigators are also investigating a battery with a deadly weapon incident that occurred in the pre-dawn hours on New Year’s Day. The incident involved several male Hispanics who were involved in a brawl outside the casinos in Stateline. During the incident, three of the subjects were stabbed with a knife by one of the other combatants.

Two of the victims were transported to area hospitals for emergency medical care. The third victim refused medical treatment. Names of the involved parties are withheld pending investigation.

One person was arrested outside the casino core area for DUI.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports the crowd seemed no larger than in past years.

Highway 50 was closed to vehicle traffic at about 10pm to allow celebrants to flow into the roadway as they celebrated the coming of the New Year. The highway was reopened at approximately 1am after the crowd peacefully moved off the street and back into the casinos or other locales.

The Minden-Gardnerville area reported a similarly quiet evening; with one person arrested for domestic battery and one person arrested for minor consuming alcohol.