Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On Feb. 8, 2023, at about 9:30 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a probation search of a residence on the 6700 block of West Avenue in Fields Landing.

Deputies contacted nine people at the residence, one of which, 43-year-old Samuel Lee Summers, initially provided deputies with a false name but was later properly identified and found to have an active warrant for his arrest. Additionally, he was found to be out of compliance with the terms of his sex offender registration requirements. Summers was taken into custody without incident.

During a search of all structures on the property, deputies located various drug paraphernalia.

Lance Eric Ostlund, age 34, was cited and released on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia (HS 11364(a)) and violation of probation (PC 1203.2(a)).

Danielle Jean Church, age 25, was cited and released on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia (HS 11364(a)).

Summers was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of false identification to a peace officer (PC 148.9(a)), failure to register as a sex offender (PC 290.085(a)), parole revocation (PC 3000.08(f)) and violation of probation (PC 1203.2(a)).

Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.