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Deputies arrest Lower Lake couple on drug charges
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A Lower Lake couple was arrested early Friday on numerous drug charges following a traffic stop and probation search.
Leighann Marie Painchaud, 33, and David Edward Row, 36, were taken into custody at 3:30 a.m., according to booking records.
Lt. Corey Paulich said that at 2:50 a.m. a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Nissan truck in the 15000 block of Kugelman Street in Lower Lake, contacting the occupants of the truck, Painchaud and Row.
The deputy recognized Painchaud and knew she was on searchable probation, Paulich said. Painchaud told the deputy she lived at a residence nearby.
Deputies conducted a probation search of Painchaud’s residence and bedroom she shared with Row, Paulich said.
Inside the room they located approximately 50 grams of methamphetamine, a bag of psilocybin mushrooms, ecstasy pills, one tab of acid, and several glass pipes commonly used to ingest controlled substances, according to Paulich’s report.
Paulich said that on the back porch of the residence, deputies located a butane honey oil lab and approximately 40 pounds of marijuana. They located 44 growing marijuana plants in the backyard.
Deputies located evidence that the lab was being used at the residence to extract honey oil from the marijuana, Paulich said.
Painchaud and Row were arrested and transported to the Lake County Jail, where they remain in custody on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of controlled substance for sale, cultivation of marijuana, and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, according to jail records.
Their booking sheets show that Painchaud’s bail is $25,000 and Row’s is $100,000. Both are scheduled for Sept. 10 arraignments.