CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Glenn County authorities arrested a Clearlake man this week, alleging that he committed a lewd act on a child and that he possessed child pornography.

Matthew Paul Houser, 49, was arrested Monday on charges of lewd act upon a child, exhibition of lewd material to a minor, contacting a minor with the intent to commit lewd act and possession of child pornography, according to a report from Willows Police Chief William Spears.

Spears reported that the Clearlake Police Department detained Houser – who previously had lived in Willows – based on an arrest warrant, and notified Willows Police Officer Kelly Trent shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, that they had him in custody.

Houser is alleged to have committed the acts this past May 13, Spears said. A Willows Police investigation led to the issuance of the arrest warrant.

Spears said Trent traveled to Clearlake with a search warrant issued by the Glenn County Superior Court. Trent, assisted by Clearlake Police officers, served the warrant at Houser’s Clearlake apartment and on his vehicle.

During the service of the warrant at the apartment police learned that Houser had a storage building in Clearlake. Another search warrant was sought and upon issuance by the Glenn County Superior Court, that storage building was also searched, Spears said.

Several items believed to be evidence relating to the investigation were seized, but Spears said that due to the ongoing nature of the investigation specifics on the evidence aren’t yet being released.

Spears said Houser was transported to the Glenn County Jail and booked on the charges. Bail was set at $80,000.

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