Bear spray incident outside Sparks home results in domestic battery conviction

A night that started at a casino ended on a Sparks sidewalk, then carried on for months through court, interviews and a warrant before reaching a sentence.

According to the Sparks City Attorney’s Office, Thomas Shawn Woods was convicted of one count of domestic battery tied to an incident on September 9, 2025, outside a Sparks home.

Officers were sent to the home after a reporting party told Sparks police their woman neighbor had been bear sprayed outside the reporting party’s home…

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