LAKEPORT, Calif. – Police have arrested a Lakeport man who they believe is responsible for a series of city burglaries, including one that targeted the city's corporation yard last week.
Walker Robert Maxwell, 18, was arrested on Monday, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
Maxwell was booked into the Lake County Jail on Monday afternoon on felony charges of first-degree burglary, taking a vehicle without the owner's consent and possessing metal knuckles, according to jail records.
Rasmussen said Maxwell is believed to have been responsible for five burglaries to businesses and to the city's corporation yard on Martin Street between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5.
The corporation yard burglary, discovered on the morning of Monday, Nov. 5, was “significant,” Rasmussen said.
He previously had estimated to Lake County News that the city sustained $7,500 in loss and damages from the corporation yard break in.
Rasmussen said his investigators had identified Maxwell as the suspect, and on Monday – after a week of continuous investigation – located and arrested Maxwell, with assistance from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
When police found him, Maxwell was driving a vehicle reported stolen out of the city of Healdsburg, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen commended his staff for the investigation that led to Maxwell's arrest.
Jail records indicated that Maxwell, whose occupation is listed as being a student, remained in custody on Tuesday, with bail set at $15,000.
Maxwell's booking sheet said he is due to appear in Lake County Superior Court for arraignment on Wednesday.
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