Clearlake man arrested for string of vehicle burglaries
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has taken a Clearlake man into custody for a series of vehicle burglaries that occurred in October.
Jeremy James Evans, 33, was arrested last week, according to a report from Lt. Corey Paulich.
Paulich said that on Oct. 22 two separate victims made reports to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, reporting their vehicles had been broken into while they were hiking in the Anderson Marsh area in Lower Lake.
The victims had cash and credit cards stolen from their vehicles. Paulich said they provided information that the credit cards had been used at Walmart and Cheaper Cigarettes in Clearlake.
The deputy handling the investigation went to Cheaper Cigarettes and was able to obtain a photo of the suspect and suspect vehicle description, Paulich said.
On Oct. 29, another victim reported his vehicle had been broken into the previous day while he was hiking in the area of the Redbud Trail Complex near Highway 20 and the Cache Creek Bridge, according to Paulich.
Paulich said the victim had cash and credit cards stolen from his vehicle. The victim was able to provide information that his credit card had been used on Oct, 28 at Mendo Mill and Walmart in Clearlake. The deputy handling the investigation was able to obtain a photo of the suspect from Mendo Mill.
On Nov. 22, the victim received information that the suspect was Jeremy Evans. Paulich said the deputy was able to confirm that Evans appeared to be the suspect from Mendo Mill.
On Nov. 29, a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a 2008 Ford Escape. Paulich said the deputy contacted the driver of the vehicle who identified himself as Evans.
The vehicle Evans was driving matched the suspect vehicle description from Cheaper Cigarettes, Paulich said.
During the traffic stop, deputies were able to determine Evans was on searchable probation out of Alameda County, according to Paulich’s report.
Paulich said deputies went to Evans’ residence, located in the 4200 block on Snook Avenue in the city of Clearlake, and conducted a probation search.
During the search, Paulich said deputies located clothing that Evans had been wearing when he fraudulently used the stolen credit cards from the auto burglaries. The deputies also located several items that had been purchased with the stolen credit cards.
Evans was arrested and transported to the Lake County Jail where he was booked into custody for burglary, use of an access card without consent, grand theft, acquiring access card without card holder’s consent and vandalism, Paulich said.
Evans, whose booking sheet lists his occupation as vineyard employee, remains in custody on $15,000 bail.
He is tentatively scheduled to appear in Lake County Superior Court for arraignment on Tuesday.