MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – A Lake County man was arrested on drugs and weapons charges last week by Mendocino County officials.
Matthew Alan Labrash, 38, of Lakeport, was taken into custody following a vehicle stop on the evening of Friday, Nov. 23, according to Lt. Greg Van Patten of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
Shortly before 8:45 p.m. Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies pulled Labrash over for an expired registration in the 100 block of Washington Avenue in Ukiah, Van Patten said.
When deputies contacted Labrash, Van Patten said they smelled the odor of marijuana inside the vehicle and discovered Labrash was on formal probation out of Sonoma County for possessing marijuana for sales.
Deputies searched the interior of the vehicle and located a methamphetamine pipe and approximately 2.5 pounds of processed marijuana, as well as drug packaging paraphernalia associated with the transportation and sale of marijuana, Van Patten said.
Van Patten said they located a metal pipe prepared as a billy club-type weapon and also found a spring operated folding knife on Labrash's person.
Labrash was arrested on felony charges of transportation and sale of marijuana, possession of a billy club and a probation violation, and misdemeanors of driving while unlicensed and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to his booking sheet.
Van Patten said Labrash was booked into the Mendocino County Jail without bail due to his probation status.