LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Three Bay Area residents are charged in connection with an early morning burglary last week at a Hidden Valley Lake bar during which two of the subjects attempted to cut open an ATM machine.
Vallejo residents Glenn Anthony Ramirez, 44, and Ashley Lorraine Meyers, 23, were arrested July 30 in connection to the attempt to steal the ATM machine in Mulligan's Bar in Hidden Valley Lake, according to case documents.
Ramirez was arrested just before 4:30 a.m. that day on several felony charges related to the break-in as well as two felony outside agency warrants, according to jail records.
Meyers was taken into custody at Twin Pine Casino just after 7 a.m. July 30, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff.
She was arrested on felony charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and being an accessory, and misdemeanor possession of controlled substance paraphernalia. She also was found in possession of burglary tools.
Hinchcliff said that this week Ramirez and Meyers were charged as codefendants in the case, with Ramirez making a court appearance Tuesday.
The charges against Ramirez include conspiracy to commit a crime, use of an acetylene torch or a cutting tool for breaking into a safe, felony vehicle theft with a prior and felony vandalism, Hinchcliff said.
Meyers is charged with burglary, conspiracy and possession of burglary tools, according to Hinchcliff.
She was reported to have been found in possession of a driver's license belonging to 46-year-old Billy Vassiliou of Martinez, alleged to be the third suspect in the case.
The District Attorney's Office also has filed charges against Vassiliou that include safecracking, possession of stolen property and vandalism. Vassiliou was not taken into custody and has not made any court appearances, Hinchcliff said.
The complaint the District Attorney's Office filed against Vassiliou shows that he has numerous prior theft-related felony convictions out of Contra Costa County.
According to a statement issued to Lake County News by the Hidden Valley Lake Association's leadership, Davis Fox – a Hidden Valley Lake Security officer – and sheriff's Deputy Walter White halted the burglary that was in progress at Mulligan's Bar, located inside the same building as the Greenview Restaurant, at 4:20 a.m. July 30.
After finishing up from another call in the Old Creek Road area off Mountain Meadow South, Fox and White heard the alarm sound from the Greenview, the association reported. The two men responded, with White pulling up to the front of the building while Fox drove around back.
According to the association report, Fox said he saw the broken back door and two men inside Mulligan’s waving a blowtorch back and forth across the floor. He later found out that the men had been cutting through the private ATM.
Fox signaled White that the break-in was in the rear and, at the same time, saw the two men drop the torch and quickly leave the building, running past the pro shop and toward the parking lot, the association reported.
Hidden Valley Lake officials said that as the two burglars rounded the corner of the building, one of them – Ramirez – ran into White, and seeing the sheriff’s drawn gun, quickly fell outstretched to the ground where he was handcuffed.
Vassiliou escaped running back across the golf course toward Spyglass Road.
Besides the bar's ATM and the back door, the Hidden Valley Lake Association reported that there was no other property damage as a result of the break-in at Mulligan's.
Ramirez remained in custody at the Lake County Jail on Saturday, with bail set at $70,000, according to jail records.
Meyers, whose bail had been set at $15,000, posted the required percentage and was released, jail records indicated.
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