LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is investigating a report of a suspicious male subject seen taking photographs or video of students at two city schools on Thursday.
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said his agency's officers were dispatched to Terrace Middle School at 1 p.m. Thursday to investigate the incident.
Lakeport Police officers immediately responded but were unable to locate the subject on the school campus, Rasmussen said.
He said officers interviewed school staff members who witnessed the incident and contacted the unidentified subject, who was reported to be verbally abusive.
Witnesses advised that the subject was on a bicycle stopped in the middle of the road between Clear Lake High School and Terrace Middle School. He was using a cellular phone to take photo or video of Clear Lake High School Students, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said witnesses reported that the subject then moved to the road adjacent to the Terrace Middle School basketball courts and again used the phone to take either video or photos of students.
The subject is described as being a white male adult between 40 and 50 years old, unshaven with a very short crew cut, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, 190 to 200 pounds, having a deep voice and wearing a white shirt and dark-colored pants, Rasmussen said.
The subject's bicycle is described as being a white full-size mountain bike with a shock absorber on the top frame tube, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said Lakeport Police officers searched the streets and neighborhoods areas around the school and were unable to locate the subject after he was last seen by a witness at the intersection of Lange and Giselman streets near Lakeport Elementary School.
Lakeport Police officers are continuing to investigate this incident and hope to identify and locate the subject, Rasmussen said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Lakeport Police at 707-263-5491.