LAKEPORT, Calif. – A probation search conducted by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force in Lakeport Tuesday resulted in four arrests and the seizure of narcotic medications and narcotics paraphernalia.

On Tuesday, June 21, at approximately 6:30 p.m., narcotics detectives conducted a probation search at the Polk Street home of 31-year-old Vince Edward Mussat, according to Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Bauman said Mussat was on formal probation for a prior narcotics conviction. Uniformed sheriff’s patrol deputies and officers with the Lakeport Police Department assisted with the probation search.

As deputies approached the home, a woman started to open the front door and then slammed it shut when she saw law enforcement approaching. Bauman said that woman was later identified as 30-year-old Tasha Lorraine Cattani of Lucerne.

The deputies immediately announced their presence and demanded entry to the home, Bauman said. After getting no response, deputies began attempting to force entry until Cattani eventually opened the door. Cattani was detained in the living room while the rest of the home was searched for additional occupants.

While checking one of the bedrooms, deputies located a concealed door leading to the sub-floor crawl space of the home. When deputies searched the crawl space, they located 31-year-old Richard Brendon Hinds and 27-year-old Michael Sean Shaffer, both of Lucerne, hiding beneath the house, Bauman said.

Both Hinds and Shaffer were on California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation parole and Shaffer was wanted for being a parolee at large. Bauman said both were placed under arrest.

A fourth subject, 29-year-old Michael Joseph Santos Lakeport was located near the back of the home. Santos was later determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested, Bauman said.

A search of the home revealed several glass “meth” pipes and hypodermic syringes located in one of the bedrooms. Bauman said more narcotics paraphernalia was located inside of a backpack in the living room.

Cattani admitted to slamming the door on deputies because she knew Shaffer was in the home and that he was a wanted parolee at large, Bauman said. After she was arrested for being an accessory to a crime, she divulged to detectives that she had Vicodin pills concealed in her bra. She was allowed to remove a small pouch which contained several of the narcotic medications.

All four subjects were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility for booking, Bauman said.

Hinds and Shaffer were both booked for parole violations and resisting or obstructing a peace officer, according to Bauman. Cattani was booked for accessory to a crime, possession of a narcotic controlled substance, and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. Santos was booked for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Vince Mussat was not located at the home during the search.

The Lake County Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force encourages anyone with information on illegal drug activities to call its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.

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