Full Notification

Public Information Release
June 24, 2011
Captain James Bauman, Public Information Officer

Proactive enforcement efforts by the Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) have resulted in two arrests and the seizure of methamphetamine.

On Thursday evening, June 23rd at approximately 7:30 pm, a sheriff’s deputy assigned to SED stopped a 1998 Ford van on South Main St. near Armstrong St. in Lakeport for displaying false registration tabs. The driver, later identified as 49 year old Raymond Carl Mills of Nice, was determined to be on searchable probation and his driver’s license was suspended. One of the passengers, 31 year old Vince Edward Mussat 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 charge 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.