CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On Monday Clearlake Police officers recovered a vehicle that had been stolen last week and arrested two Clearlake men.
Sgt. Nick Bennett said Daniel Wayne Boylen, 31, was arrested for vehicle theft, and Idale Alexander Lavalley, 26, was arrested for methamphetamine possession.
On Monday the Clearlake Police Department was contacted by a victim who stated she was following her vehicle which had been reported stolen on Feb. 10, Bennett said.
Officers converged on the area where the vehicle was reported to be and located it on the 15000 block of Lakeshore Drive near Old Highway 53, according to Bennett.
The driver of the stolen vehicle, Boylen, was taken into custody without incident as was Lavalley, his passenger. Bennett said a search of the vehicle resulted in suspected methamphetamine being located.
Boylen was booked into Lake County Jail on a felony charge of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, with bail set at $15,000, according to his booking sheet. He remained in custody on Tuesday afternoon.
Lavalley, booked on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, also remained in custody on Tuesday, with his bail set at $15,000, according to jail records.