31 year old male arrested for alleged domestic violence of 33 male partner; suspect also charged with possession of meth

On 09-07-2016 at approximately 5:00 AM Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a  reported domestic violence incident in the 17900 block of North Highway 1 in Fort Bragg, California.

Upon the Deputies arrival on scene, they spoke to a 33 year-old male who identified Ryan Gomes as being his cohabitating partner.





Deputies learned the 33 year-old male and Gomes were involved in a verbal argument that escalated into Gomes physically assaulting the male.  After the physical assault, Gomes left the location by vehicle and was not present when Deputies arrived.  Deputies observed the 33 year-old male had visible minor injuries to his hand as a result of the reported assault.

At approximately 7:30 AM, Deputies located Gomes inside his vehicle in the 500 block of South Main Street in Fort Bragg.  Gomes was arrested without incident and his vehicle was towed.  During an inventory search of the vehicle, Gomes was found to be in possession of a glass smoking pipe and approximately 12.3 grams of what field-tested presumptive positive for amphetamine.

Gomes was transported to the Mendocino County Jail where he was booked for felony domestic violence (273.5 PC), possession of a controlled substance (11377 HS), possession of drug paraphernalia (11364 HS) and being in violation of his active misdemeanor San Mateo County probation (1203.2 PC).

Gomes was to be held in lieu of $30,000.00 bail.