KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The service of a bench warrant on a Kelseyville man by sheriff’s patrol deputies has resulted in felony marijuana and weapons charges, as well as the seizure of over 50 pounds of processed marijuana, concentrated cannabis or hashish, and weapons.
Raymond Bryan Dyer, 26, was arrested last Friday, Nov. 4, as a result of the warrant service, according to a Monday report from Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
At 9:20 a.m. Nov. 4 sheriff’s deputies went to Dyer's home on Diamond Dust Trail to serve an arrest warrant related to Dyer’s failure to appear on a prior narcotics charge, Bauman said.
When deputies announced themselves at the residence, they were told by an unidentified female that Dyer was not home, Bauman said.
However as the deputies were leaving, they were alerted to a noise coming from inside of a shed located west of the house. Bauman said when they again announced themselves, Dyer emerged from the shed and was detained without incident.
Deputies detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the shed and searched it pursuant to the terms of Dyer’s probation. Bauman said a search of the structure revealed large amounts of marijuana in various processing and packaging stages, contained in paper bags, garbage bags, ice chests and buckets. A glass jar containing nearly a pound of concentrated cannabis, or hashish, also was located in the shed.
A loaded handgun and a .12 gauge shotgun, which were both easily accessible to Dyer, were also seized from the building, according to Bauman's report.
Dyer was unable to produce a medicinal marijuana recommendation to account for the large amount of marijuana and much of the processed product was clearly packaged for sales, Bauman said.
Bauman said Dyer subsequently was arrested for cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales, possession of concentrated cannabis, being armed in the commission of a felony, violation of probation, and the bench warrant deputies were initially there to serve.
He was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility, where he remained in custody on Monday due to a no-bail hold on a misdemeanor probation violation, according to jail records.
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