RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – A man rescued from the Truckee River Monday night is now facing charges. Reno Police say Pietro Short, 35, tried to break into his ex-girlfriends home on Mill Street around 7:00 p.m. He had left by the time officers arrived.
Police found Short’s vehicle a short time later and tried to make a traffic stop. Short allegedly drove away, eventually stopping on Lake Street where he got out of the vehicle and ran into the Truckee River.
The Reno Fire Department helped pull Short out of the water and he was arrested…