LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department on Monday arrested a local man on suspicion of having been responsible for a series of damaging vandalisms and burglaries to a business and the city's library.
Angel De Jesus CoronaTelles, 24, of Lakeport was arrested on felony charges of burglary and vandalism, and misdemeanor charges of possession of stolen property and possession of burglary tools, according to Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said his agency has been investigating a series of felony vandalism and burglary cases.
They included glass door smashes at the Lakeport Library and Pet Country store on Feb. 27; a broken window at the Lakeport Library on March 6; a smashed glass door at Pet Country on March 9; a glass door smash at the Lakeport Library on March 11; and a smashed glass door, building burglary and theft of property at the Lakeport Library and a glass door damaged during a burglary attempt at Pet Country store, both on March 14, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said total damage and loss from all of those cases totals approximately $3,270.
At 2:15 p.m. Monday, Lakeport Police Sgt. Gary Basor – assisted by Officer Tyler Trouette and a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy – made an investigative stop on CoronaTelles, who Rasmussen said matched the description of a suspect in a newspaper machine break-in that police also have been investigating during the same time period as the other incidents.
CoronaTelles was in possession of burglary tools at the time of the stop and detained for further investigation, which Rasmussen said led police to a residence in the 1500 block of N. Main Street where CoronaTelles recently has been living.
There, police recovered further information and evidence linking CoronaTelles to the crimes at the library and Pet Country, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said CoronaTelles was further questioned at the police station and made confessions to the newspaper machine break-in as well as incidents at the library and Pet Country.
CoronaTelles was arrested and booked into the Lake County Correctional Facility. Bail was set at $15,000, with CoronaTelles remaining in custody early Tuesday, according to jail records.
“This arrest was made due to diligent police work and I thank and commend all of our officers for their ongoing work on these cases over the past month,” Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said his agency's investigation into these crimes is continuing. Police are working to determine if any other persons were involved or if CoronaTelles is involved in other crimes.
If anyone has information regarding these crimes Rasmussen asked that they contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491 or send a private message to the department on its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/pages/Lakeport-Police-Department/176101292414821 .