LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department said Wednesday that it has received additional details about a vehicle believed to have been involved in a rash of gas thefts this week, as well as information pointing to the involvement of a second individual.

Eight vehicles were hit by the thefts, which occurred on Sunday and Monday nights in the area of Del Lago, 15th Street and the 1800 block of S. Main Street, as Lake County News has reported.

Chief Brad Rasmussen said that, thanks to additional information received from the community on Wednesday, police believe the vehicle involved is a white Ford Ranger pickup.

Previous information indicated that the vehicle may have been a Mazda or Chevrolet, Rasmussen said.

The driver of the pickup has been described by witnesses as a white male adult, 19 to 23 years old, with a thin build and short hair, and wearing a flat bill cap, according to police.

Rasmussen said his agency also has received new information regarding a second male subject who may have been associated with the Ford Ranger and a gasoline theft in the 1800 block of S. Main Street.

The second subject was believed to be out on foot, possibly casing the area or acting as a lookout, but got left behind when the driver fled the area, Rasmussen said.

No description was available of that second male subject, according to Rasmussen.

Rasmussen said police appreciate the alert community members who have provided information in this case.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491 or by private Facebook message at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lakeport-Police-Department/176101292414821?ref=stream .