CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Bay Area man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a Thanksgiving day home invasion robbery in Clearlake, with police continuing to search for two other suspects.

Reginald Jerome Patillo, 30, a parolee from Oakland, was arrested on Friday by Berkeley and Oakland police officers, according to a report from Sgt. Rodd Joseph of the Clearlake Police Department.

Shortly before 2 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28, Clearlake Police Officers responded to a report of a home invasion robbery which had just occurred at the Lakeview Terrace Apartments, with the suspects having already fled, Joseph said.

When officers arrived on scene, they found three adults had been tied up and robbed at gunpoint by three unknown suspects. Joseph said officers learned two adults, a male and a female, and a 6 year old child live in the apartment. An adult male, who lives out of state, was there visiting with them.

The names of the victims are being withheld to protect their identities, Joseph said.

The out-of-state visitor had met a couple on a flight from Colorado to San Francisco on Nov. 21. Joseph said the couple, who sat next to the out-of-state visitor during the flight, claimed to be from Oakland. The male victim told the couple he was traveling to Clearlake to visit friends, and he and the couple exchanged phone numbers during the flight.

On the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 27, the couple from the flight and another unknown black male adult arrived at the Lakeview Terrace Apartments to “hang out” after having been invited there by the out-of-state visitor, Joseph said.

At about 1:30 a.m. Thanksgiving day, the suspect trio pulled handguns and an AK-47-style assault rifle and threatened the victims, Joseph said.

He said the suspects tied and bound the three adult victims and stole an undisclosed amount of money, a shotgun, several cellular phones, a flat screen television, an Xbox video game console and a large amount of processed marijuana.

The three suspects then fled the scene in a black Ford Crown Victoria. Joseph said none of the victims were seriously injured during the incident.

Joseph said the victim described the three suspects. The first, a black male who had been on the flight, was described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, with a muscular build and long dreadlock-styled hair. He had a large dollar sign tattoo on his throat and another dollar sign on his face near his eye. He goes by the moniker of “Money Bags.”

The second suspect, a woman who had been on the flight, was described as a white female adult, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with long dark hair and either blue- or green-colored eyes, Joseph said.

Joseph said the third suspect was a black male adult with short dark hair, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a thin build, gold teeth and went by the moniker of “Junior.”

During the course of the investigation, officers were able to identify the first suspect as Patillo, who currently is on California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation parole for a previous robbery conviction, Joseph said.

Joseph said the two other suspects have not yet been positively identified, however leads are being followed up on by police and additional arrests are expected.

Once Patillo had been identified, officers managed to use GPS coordinates and tracked Patillo’s cellular phone for most of the afternoon. Joseph said Patillo was found to be frequenting the cities of Oakland and Berkeley. Both the Oakland Police Department and the Berkeley Police Departments were notified.

Clearlake Police Department officers worked through the night with the Berkeley Police Department trying to pin down Patillo’s exact location, Joseph said.

Joseph said that at about 3:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 29, the Clearlake Police Department was notified that Patillo had been located in a motel in the city of Oakland by the Berkeley and Oakland Police Departments, working on information developed by the Clearlake Police Department.

Patillo was taken into custody and booked into the Berkeley City Jail on a parole violation, Joseph said.

When Patillo was arrested he was with three other subjects, none of whom were the other two suspects. Joseph said the weapons and stolen property have not yet been located.

Patillo remains in custody on the parole violation in Alameda County, pending a warrant being issued out of Lake County which Joseph said is expected sometime later this week.

Joseph said the likely felony charges to be filed on Patillo include robbery, burglary, grand theft of a firearm, exhibit a firearm, grand theft and conspiracy.

More information will be released as the case continues to develop and the other two suspects are identified and located, Joseph said.

The Clearlake Police Department thanked the Berkeley Police Department and the Oakland Police Department for their assistance in locating and arresting Patillo based on the investigation.