Drug Dealer With Loaded Gun Arrested During Domestic Dispute Call In Marin County: Police

NOVATO, CA — Officers received a call about a man and a woman fighting at a local inn Monday evening in Novato, but when authorities arrived they found a loaded handgun, suspected drugs, cash and digital scales, police said.

At around 6:55 pm on Monday, Novato Police Department officers said they responded to a report of a man and woman physically fighting at Inn Marin.

Officers said they separated the two people but inside their hotel room found suspected cocaine on top of a desk.

During a search of the man’s car, officers found a loaded firearm, $600 in cash, digital scales, MDMA and more cocaine.

In total, officers said they seized about 55 grams of cocaine and 10 grams of MDMA.

Ryan Shea, 25, of San Rafael, was arrested and booked into Marin County Jail for controlled substance possession and sales as well as weapons related charges, police said.