LAKEPORT, Calif. – A security check conducted at a local casino Jan. 31 resulted in the arrest of a Kelseyville man and the seizure of nearly 7 grams of methamphetamine.
Deputies arrested 53-year-old Earl Wayne Davis, according to Lt. Steve Brooks.
At 9:45 a.m. last Friday, Jan. 31, two patrol deputies conducted a security check at Konocti Vista Casino in Lakeport, Brooks said.
As the deputies were walking through the casino, they noticed a male subject sitting at one of the slot machines. The subject – who Brooks said later was identified as Davis – was showing signs of being under the influence of a central nervous system stimulant.
Deputies observed that Davis was continuously clenching his jaw and was rubbing his fingers in a circular motion. Brooks said they also noticed that his left eye was constantly twitching and they could visually see his rapid pulse by watching the carotid artery on his neck.
The deputies contacted Davis and as they were talking to him, they noticed his pupils were extremely constricted. They asked Davis when the last time he had used methamphetamine and Davis said it had been at least a week, Brooks said.
Believing Davis had used more recently than what he said, Brooks said the deputies walked him outside the casino to conduct a field sobriety check.
As they were walking outside, a deputy noticed that Davis kept putting his hands pockets after he was told to stop, Brooks said. The deputy asked Davis if he had anything illegal in his pockets and he admitted to having some “meth.”
The deputy administered several tests which Davis failed. Davis then told the deputy that he had smoked some methamphetamine prior to his arrival at the casino, Brooks said.
Brooks said Davis was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance.
A deputy located a glass pipe in his pocket, which is commonly used to ingest methamphetamine. Brooks said the deputy also located in Davis’ pocket five plastic bindles containing a white crystalline substance which the deputy immediately recognized as methamphetamine.
Based on the way the methamphetamine was packaged, the deputy believed it was for sales and not personal use. Brooks said Davis admitted he was going to sell each bindle for $40. The bindles were later weighed and had a gross weight of 6.74 grams.
Davis also was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, Brooks said.
Brooks said Davis was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.
Davis' booking sheet showed his bail was set at $35,000. He later posted the required percentage of bail and was released, jail records indicated.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.