LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Eight people were arrested this week during a gang sweep.

The sweep occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 14, and Thursday, Sept. 15, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Participating in the effort were the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Gang Task Force, Lake County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force, a Lake County Probation officer, Lakeport Police’s gang officer and a Clearlake Gang officer in conjunction with 12 Homeland Security investigators, the sheriff's office reported.

Arrested were Evered Allan Billings, 39, of Clearlake, for a probation violation; Donald Ray Cervelli, 36, of Lucerne, for a bench warrant; Gregory Howard Penn, 51, of Lucerne, for an outside agency warrant; Joni Jo McCabe, 52, of Clearlake Oaks, for possession of a controlled substance, possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and use or under the influence of a controlled substance; Robert Eugene Bradley, 30, of Clearlake Park, on a bench warrant; Miguel Alvarez-Barajas, 35, of Clearlake, for an immigration violation; Joel Velazquez-Ornelas, 27, of Kelseyville, an immigration violation, specifically, reentry of a deported alien; and Luis Rodriguez-Lomeli, 27, false compartment in a vehicle and immigration violation.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Gang Task Force or Narcotics Task Force can be contacted through the sheriff's office's anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.

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