LAKE COUNTY — Lake County Sheriff”s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) made two arrests and seized of methamphetamine on Thursday at approximately 7:30 p.m.
A sheriff”s deputy assigned to SED stopped a 1998 Ford van on South Main Street near Armstrong Street in Lakeport for displaying false registration tabs. The driver, later identified as Raymond Carl Mills, 49, of Nice, was determined to be on searchable probation and his driver”s license was suspended. One of the passengers, Vince Edward Mussat, 31, of Lakeport, was also on formal probation for a prior narcotics conviction.
Both men displayed symptoms of being under the influence of a controlled substance and were detained. The van was searched pursuant to both men”s probation terms. During that search, a baggie of methamphetamine was found tucked between two seat cushions in the back of the van where Mussat had been seated. After conducting tests on both men, they were arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Mills and Mussat were both transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility for booking. Mills was charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance, driving on a suspended license and displaying false registration tabs on the van. Mussat was charged with possession of a controlled substance and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
