CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The service of a search warrant and continued investigation by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force has resulted in two arrests, the seizure of over an ounce of methamphetamine and the recovery of several stolen firearms.

The investigation led to the arrest of 27-year-old Ryan Allen Messing and his girlfriend, Gina Costello, 30, both of Clearlake, according to Sgt. Steve Brooks.

Brooks said narcotics detectives first secured a search warrant for Messing's person, home and vehicle on May 4.

On May 11, detectives served the search warrant at Messing’s home on Lakeview Way in Clearlake. However, as detectives arrived they were met with numerous subjects who slowed their access into the residence, and Messing was able to escape before detectives could secure the home, Brooks said.

During a search of the home, detectives located over an ounce of methamphetamine, digital scales, and packaging materials, according to Brooks.

Brooks said they also located several firearms which were reported stolen from several burglaries which occurred in both Lake and Napa Counties. Narcotics detectives obtained a felony arrest warrant for Messing in the amount of $140,000 relating to the offenses.

Detectives later learned that Messing and Costello fled Lake County to the Central Valley. Brooks said Messing is suspected in several burglaries in Yolo County and a vehicle pursuit in Sacramento County where he evaded capture.

Charges are currently pending in those counties for both Messing and Costello relating to the burglaries and pursuit, Brooks said.

Brooks said Lake County Sheriff’s Narcotic Task Force detectives developed information that Messing and Costello had returned to Lake County.

On Friday, July 27, at approximately 7:30 a.m., narcotics detectives along with a Lake County Sheriff’s K9 deputy responded to an address on Spruce Grove Road in Lower Lake. Brooks said detectives located both Messing and Costello in a travel trailer on the property and they were detained without incident.

He said Messing was arrested on the outstanding felony warrant, while Costello was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance and being an accessory to a crime. Both Messing and Costello were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.

Messing remained in custody on Tuesday with bail set at $500,000. Costello has since posted bail and been released, according to jail records.

The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.