LAKE COUNTY — The service of three separate search warrants by the Sheriff”s Narcotics Task Force on Friday resulted in five arrests, seizures totaling more than an ounce of methamphetamine, narcotics sales and manufacturing paraphernalia and the seizure of nearly $6,400 in cash for asset forfeiture.
At approximately 7 a.m., narcotics detectives served a search warrant for the person, home and vehicles of Eric Lee Nevarez, 34, at his home on Soda Bay Road in Lakeport. Deputies with the Sheriff”s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) and officers with the Lakeport Police Department (LPD) assisted with the warrant service.
SED deputies and LPD officers secured the main residence while Task Force detectives announced themselves at the door of another detached building on the property. After getting no response at the door, detectives forced entry into the building and detained Nevarez and Kathleen Sue Rodello, 49, of Upper Lake. Both Nevarez and Rodello were determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance.
During a search of the detached building, narcotics detectives located approximately one-eighth of an ounce of methamphetamine concealed beneath a pile of clothes on a bed. The search also revealed several digital scales, packaging materials used for the sales of controlled substances and other narcotics sales paraphernalia. Detectives also seized $300, the suspected profits of narcotics trafficking, for asset forfeiture.
Nevarez was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sales, and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Rodello was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Both were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.
At approximately 10 a.m. narcotics detectives served a second search warrant on Joyce Sue Adams, 66, at her 32nd Street home in Clearlake. Detectives entered the home and detained Adams without incident.
During a search of the home, detectives located approximately three-fourths of an ounce of methamphetamine and narcotic medications including Hydrocodone, Oxycodone and morphine, concealed in a computer desk in Adams” living room. Digital scales, packaging materials and other items of narcotics sales paraphernalia were also found in the desk. A further search of the home revealed a total of 85 bags of processed marijuana found throughout the home. More than $900 in currency was seized from Adams as the suspected profits of drug trafficking.
Adams was arrested and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility. She was booked for possession of a controlled substance for sales, possession of a narcotic controlled substance for sales, and possession of marijuana for sales.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. narcotics detectives served a third search warrant on Gert Alexander Rutherford, 55, at his Fairway Drive home in Kelseyville. Rutherford was not home at the time of the warrant service and detectives entered the residence through an unlocked door.
A search of the home revealed methamphetamine, a glass meth pipe and other narcotics paraphernalia concealed in a bedroom dresser. Several digital scales, glassware, acetone and other materials used in the manufacturing and sales of methamphetamine were also found in the home and $5,174 was also seized for asset forfeiture as the suspected profits of drug trafficking.
At approximately 1:30 p.m., narcotics detectives located Rutherford traveling in a 1993 Nissan on Soda Bay Road in Lakeport. Rutherford was stopped and arrested for the items found during the search warrant. A passenger in the vehicle, Michelle Annette Posner, 43, of Kelseyville, was determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested as well.
Rutherford and Posner were both transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility. Rutherford was booked for possession of a controlled substance for sales, manufacturing a controlled substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia. Posner was booked for being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Anyone with information that can assist the task force with this effort is encouraged to call the anonymous tip line at 263-3663.
