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Task force arrests three; meth, hundreds of Oxycodone pills seized
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The service of a search warrant by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force has resulted in three arrests, the seizure of 4 ounces of methamphetamine and 540 Oxycodone pills.
Clearlake residents Dino Eugene Lagomarsino, 50, 62-year-old Thomas Richard Griffith and Holly Ann Ogarey, 47, were arrested following the search warrant service, which occurred on Thursday, March 27, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
At 2 p.m. March 27 narcotics officers and patrol deputies secured a residence located in the 15000 block of Cass Avenue in Clearlake. Brooks said the residence was secured for a search warrant, after receiving information that large quantities of controlled substances were being sold from the premises.
When narcotics officers arrived at the residence, they contacted and detained Lagomarsino, who was standing in the driveway. Brooks said Griffith was seen going into a spare bedroom and slamming the door shut. Deputies forced the spare bedroom door open and detained Griffith. They also detained Ogarey, who was located inside the residence, without incident.
At 5 p.m., narcotics detectives secured the search warrant, which they immediately served at the residence. Brooks said detectives located and seized approximately 1 ounce of methamphetamine which was setting on a table inside the spare bedroom where Griffith was found. There was a digital gram scale, a cane sword and a replica firearm in the bedroom which were also seized.
Hidden inside the spare bedroom couch, detectives located a metal tackle box containing numerous quantities of prepackaged methamphetamine, hydrocodone, lorazepam and morphine pills, Brooks said.
Detectives noticed an unopened UPS shipment package sitting on the living room floor. The package contained 540 5-milligram Oxycodone pills. Detectives located evidence at the residence indicating the 540 Oxycodone pills had been presold for $2,800, according to Brooks.
The master bedroom had numerous quantities of packaged methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a digital gram scale. Brooks said detectives also located a working surveillance system which monitored the exterior of the residence.
In addition to the four ounces of methamphetamine and 540 5-milligram Oxycodone pills which were seized, detectives also located and seized an additional 44 5-milligram Oxycodone pills, 31 2-milligram Lorazepam pills, 33 1-milligram Lorazepam pills and 13 30-milligram Morphine pills, Brooks said.
Lagomarsino was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of controlled substance paraphernalia and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Brooks said Ogarey was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia.
Griffith was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession/purchase for sale of a controlled substance, possession of a cane sword and being under the influence of a controlled substance, Brooks said.
All three subjects were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. Bail was set at $25,000 each, with jail records indicating that all three later were released after posting the required percentage of bail.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.