 A black plume of smoke can be seen across the valley, and the Scurgum Engineering and Mines building is being evacuated as a precaution. Stay tuned for updates. A woman was arrested after being spotted robbing a gas station in Sparks early Saturday morning. Sparks police received a report that an adult male broke into a Sinclair gas station and was running westbound on Prater Way. Officers arrived on scene and were able to locate the suspect, identified as Shane Spatz, hiding in the bed of a pickup truck. Spatz was charged with commercial burglary, destruction of property, and possession of burglary tools.