LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The case has been dropped against one of five suspects charged in a June 2013 Clearlake Oaks home invasion robbery, shooting and standoff with law enforcement.
On March 27, charges were dismissed against Dexter Lee Currington, 22, of San Francisco, according to District Attorney Don Anderson.
Currington and four other codefendants were indicted last fall for the home invasion at the home of Ronnie and Janeane Bogner in Clearlake Oaks.
The Bogners said several suspects forced their way into the home that morning, shot the couple's adult son, Jacob, in the leg and pistol-whipped him. Janeane Bogner and her young grandchildren were able to hide in another room at the time.
The suspects then fled, taking with them a car they had brought and stealing Janeane Bogner's Cadillac Escalade, which later was found totaled and down a steep embankment off of Sulphur Bank Drive in Clearlake Oaks.
Tyler Christopher Gallon and and Sean Douglas Foss of Clearlake and San Franciscans Jenaya Drevelyn Jelinek and Dion Andre Davis II would be arrested in Clearlake later that day following a standoff that began after they allegedly shot at police.
Information was developed by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office that Currington was the fifth suspect in the case and the one who had escaped capture, Anderson said.
Anderson convened a criminal grand jury which indicted the four initial suspects who were in custody – along with Currington, who at that point had not yet been arrested – last Sept. 3.
Currington was arrested Sept. 12 by San Francisco Police on an arrest warrant issued by the Lake County Superior Court. He was booked on charges of attempted murder of a police officer, attempted murder of the victim of a home invasion, robbery, burglary and auto theft.
However, since Currington's arrest last fall, Lake County District Attorney’s Office investigators developed information that brought into question Currington's guilt, Anderson said.
Last Thursday, Currington and his attorney, David Markham of Lakeport, met with District Attorney's Office investigators regarding certain exculpatory evidence, according to Anderson.
Anderson said that, based on all the information gathered, it became clear that there was insufficient probable cause to hold Currington for the crimes.
He said that Currington was immediately taken before Judge Andrew Blum, who granted the district attorney's motion to dismiss Currington from the case.
Anderson commended Markham for bringing the information to the attention of the District Attorney's Office investigators and for his cooperation with them, which ensured Currington's early release.
The investigation into the identity of the last suspect is continuing, said Anderson.
Meanwhile, Davis, Gallon, Foss and Jelinek are still awaiting trial.
They remain in the Lake County Jail, with bail for Davis set at $1 million, bail for Gallon and Foss each at $500,000, and Jelinek's bail totaling $250,000, according to jail records.
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