LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Over the past two weeks the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force have served several search warrants, made several felony and misdemeanor arrests, and seized methamphetamine, marijuana and currency as part of a continuing effort to battle drug sales and distribution in Lake County.

Capt. James Bauman said that the efforts resulted in the arrests of a total of five individuals between Jan. 20 and Feb. 1.

Bauman said that on the morning of Jan. 20, task force members secured a search warrant for the person, home and vehicle of 47-year-old Michele Ann Survine of Lucerne. Survine was located later that day in her vehicle parked at the Lucerne Harbor Park.

While Survine was detained, both her vehicle and her home located several blocks away were searched simultaneously, Bauman said. Currency, the suspected profit of drug trafficking, was seized for asset forfeiture proceedings from Survine’s vehicle as a result of that search.

When detectives entered Survine's home, they located a radio scanner in one of the bedrooms. Bauman said the scanner was actively monitoring the sheriff’s primary radio frequency.

Two bags of suspected methamphetamine and two baggies of marijuana were located in separate dresser drawers. Bauman said a digital scale and other evidence of sales were also found in the home.

Survine was subsequently arrested and booked at the Lake County Jail on felony charges of possessing a controlled substance for sale and possessing marijuana for sale, Bauman said.

On Jan. 25, task force members served a search warrant at the home of 59-year-old Deborah Ann Andres in Nice. Andres' was home at the time of the warrant service and several other subjects were detained as well, Bauman said.

While Andres was detained, detectives located a large sum of currency, a lock box containing various amounts of suspected methamphetamine and evidence of selling methamphetamine in one bedroom, Bauman said.

In another bedroom, detectives found several plastic storage bins containing processed marijuana, scales, drying racks, packaging, and other evidence of the sales of marijuana. Bauman said detectives also found the home had been equipped with a video surveillance system.

Andres was arrested for felony possession and possession for sales of both methamphetamine and marijuana. Bauman said methamphetamine and more than 20 pounds of processed marijuana were seized from the home, and $5,255 in currency also was seized for asset forfeiture proceedings.

One of the other people found in the home, 46-year-old Judy Lynn Colon of Nice, also was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance.

On Jan. 28 the Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant on 54-year-old Ronald Clyde Westfall of Lakeport. Bauman said the warrant had been secured the previous week after some methamphetamine was found on the floor of the Konocti Vista Casino and Westfall had been identified through video surveillance as the person who dropped it.

Detectives located Westfall driving through the city of Lakeport in his Ford van and had a Lakeport Police patrol unit conduct a traffic stop on the van, Bauman said.

Westfall was determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested. Bauman said he was transported to his home where detectives searched the premises pursuant to the warrant.

Detectives located several pounds of marijuana and some paraphernalia indicating methamphetamine use. Bauman said the marijuana was not seized as he possessed a valid medicinal marijuana card.

Westfall was transported to the Lake County Jail where he was booked for the misdemeanor “under the influence” charge, according to Bauman.

This past Tuesday, Feb. 1, task force detectives spotted a motorcycle with expired registration tags occupied by two men pulling into the North Shore Sentry Market in Nice, Bauman reported.

Bauman said that when detectives contacted the two men, the passenger, 40-year-old Charles Alan Bivin of Ukiah, tried to conceal two containers in his sweatshirt and he appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance. Further examination of Bivin confirmed he was under the influence and he was arrested.

Incident to his arrest, the containers in his sweatshirt were searched and found to contain narcotics paraphernalia and three separate amounts of suspected methamphetamine totaling 20.8 grams, Bauman said. A zipped case Bivin also had in his possession was found to contain more narcotics paraphernalia, a scale, and two separate amounts of marijuana.

Bivin was booked at the Lake County Jail on felony charges of possession of a controlled substance for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana for sale, and misdemeanor charges of being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of narcotics paraphernalia, Bauman said.

The sheriff's office said that the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force will continue its efforts to eradicate drugs from the communities of Lake County and seize suspected profits from narcotics sales for asset forfeiture proceedings whenever possible.

Anyone with information that can assist the task force with this endeavor is encouraged to call the anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.

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