From left, Ronald James Blesio, 34, of Nice, Calif., was arrested on Sunday, October 23, 2011, during a traffic stop. He had been sought for more than four months for a stabbing in Lakeport, Calif. At right, 48-year-old Kenneth A. Lakatos of Petaluma, in whose vehicle Blesio was riding, also was arrested following the stop for possession of narcotics paraphernalia, attempting to conceal or destroy evidence and driving on a suspended license. Lake County Jail photos.

KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Northshore man who police had sought for more than four months for allegedly stabbing two men was taken into custody Sunday night as the result of a traffic stop, according to a Monday report from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Ronald James Blesio, 34, of Nice, was arrested Sunday evening in the Kelseyville area, as Lake County News reported on Monday.

Blesio was sought for allegedly stabbing two men at a Lakeport gas station on June 12.

Arrested with Blesio Sunday night was Kenneth A. Lakatos, 48, of Petaluma, in whose vehicle Blesio was a passenger, according to a report from Sheriff's Capt. James Bauman.

At 9:30 p.m. Sunday a sergeant assigned to the sheriff's Special Enforcement Detail – identified as Sgt. Chris Chwialkowski on the booking sheets for Blesio and Lakatos – conducted an enforcement stop on a Toyota SUV for an equipment violation on Soda Bay Road near Eastlake Drive in Kelseyville, Bauman said.

As soon as the Toyota pulled over and stopped on the shoulder of the road, one of the passengers got out of the vehicle and immediately fled on foot, Bauman said.

Chwialkowski recognized Blesio immediately, pursuing him on foot. Bauman said Blesio was apprehended without further incident after a foot chase that lasted approximately 50 yards.

When Chwialkowski returned to the scene of the car stop, he looked around the Toyota and found a glass meth pipe which he determined Lakatos had thrown from the vehicle while the foot chase was taking place, Bauman said.

Chwialkowski also determined that Lakatos was driving on a suspended license and took him into custody as well, according to Bauman.

Bauman said Blesio and Lakatos were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility.

He said Blesio was booked for resisting arrest, and a total of five warrants for pending cases involving narcotics, weapons and assault charges, and Lakatos was booked for misdemeanor counts of possession of narcotics paraphernalia, attempting to conceal or destroy evidence and driving on a suspended license.

Blesio remained in custody on a no-bail hold on Monday. Lakatos, whose bail was set at $2,000, posted bail and had been released by Monday evening.

Early on Monday morning, Blesio's girlfriend, 44-year-old Cathi Larae Larson of Lakeport, also was arrested.

Police had sought Larson since June, alleging she had helped Blesio escape the scene of the June stabbing.

Larson was booked on four felonies, including failure to appear on a felony charges and three felony bench warrants. She remained in custody on Monday night.

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