SWAT team arrests Douglas County man for violent attack

A Gardnerville street was closed Tuesday afternoon as deputies, SWAT and crisis negotiation teams from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) served an arrest and search warrant at the home of a domestic violence suspect on Centerville Lane.

At 8:00 p.m. the previous night, on January 2, 2017, DCSO deputies found a partially clothed woman running down the lane. She had been badly beaten and her hands had been bound. She had been the victim of a violent domestic battery.

The suspect was identified as 59-year-old Donald Douglas Eby. DSCO obtained an arrest and search warrant for the suspect and his home located at 1262 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville.

At 4:05 p.m. in the interest of public safety, Centerville Lane was closed between Waterloo Lane and Dresslerville Road and, one the area was secure, officers approached the home. At 6:45 p.m. the suspect was located by SWAT hiding in the residence and was taken into custody without further incident.

Eby was transported to the Minden jail and charged with Domestic Battery causing substantial bodily harm, a category B felony, and coercion.

The road was reopened at 7:25 p.m.

No one was injured during the incident.