Carson City stabbing suspect arrested

Carson City and Lyon County deputies arrested Maxwell Thomas Scott Simon, 32, and charged him with battery with a deadly weapon. The arrest comes after an altercation at the Wiskey Tavern on Highway 50 East in Carson City early Friday morning, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said. At 12:20 a.m., the Carson City Sheriff’s Office was notified that a man had been stabbed in the parking lot of the bar. When officer