CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Two Clearlake residents have been arrested on drugs and weapons charges following a search warrant service.
Ronald James Cook, 38, and Virginia Lynn Cinollo, 60, were arrested over the weekend, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett of the Clearlake Police Department.
On Sunday, Clearlake Police Officer Chris Reagan conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Cook, who was driving without a driver’s license. Bennett said Cook was detained while being issued a citation and his vehicle was being impounded.
During an inventory search of the vehicle, marijuana was found. That, along with other evidence located in the vehicle and on Cook gave Officer Reagan cause to believe Cook may be involved in the trafficking of narcotics, Bennett said.
Officer Mike Carpenter, who is assigned to the Clearlake K-9 unit, prepared a search warrant for Cook’s residence and presented it to a Lake County Superior Court Judge for review and signature, according to Bennett.
Once the warrant was signed, officers served it at 3682 Koloko St. in the city of Clearlake, Bennett said.
Bennett said that during the execution of the search warrant officers located a quarter pound of crystal methamphetamine, more than 9 pounds of processed marijuana broken down into numerous bags for sales and a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson semi-automatic handgun with the serial numbers removed.
Also found was as a digital scale and more than $7,000 in US currency, which Bennett said is pending an asset forfeiture case.
Cook and Cinollo, who both live at the Koloko Street address, were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana for sale, possession of controlled substance for sale, possession of firearm by prohibited person and possession of firearm with serial numbers removed, Bennett said.
Both subjects were booked into Lake County Jail. Bail for Cinollo was set at $15,000, with Cook's bail set at $20,000. Jail records indicated they later posted the required percentage of bail and were released.
Anyone with additional information concerning this case is encouraged to contact Officer Chris Reagan at the Clearlake Police Department, telephone 707-994-8251, Extension 506.