CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Police have arrested two Clearlake residents for a Saturday afternoon burglary.

Michael Steven Adkins, 43, and Lorie Sheree Duvall, 25, were taken into custody in connection to the break-in, according to Sgt. Travis Lenz of the Clearlake Police Department.

Just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday Clearlake Police Officers were dispatched to the 13000 block of Carter Lane for a reported burglary in progress, Lenz said.

Lenz said the reporting party had live video surveillance footage of subjects inside his residence, which he was actively watching at the time of the report.

Sgt. Rodd Joseph and Officer Stephanie Green arrived on scene and established a perimeter around the residence. Officer Mark Harden arrived on scene and cleared the residence with his canine partner “Zip,” yet no one was located inside.

It later was determined that the live video footage of the subjects inside the residence had an estimated 10-minute delay, and the subject had actually left the residence 10 minutes prior to officers' arrival, Lenz said.

Officer Jared Nixon conducted the residential burglary investigation, identifying items of property which had been stolen, Lenz said.

The reporting party emailed still shot photographs of the subjects to the Clearlake Police Department Dispatch Unit, which were provided to Sgt. Joseph.

During the investigation, Officer Harden obtained information which identified one of the individuals involved as Adkins. Lenz said Sgt. Joseph researched Adkins’ associated persons in the Records Information Management System and was able to identify the second individual as Duvall.

After identifying both individuals, Lenz said officers began searching numerous associated residences in Clearlake in an attempt to locate and arrest Adkins and Duvall.

Lenz said Officer Nixon located Adkins and Duvall at a residence in the 3700 block of 10th Street. All of the property stolen during the burglary was located at the suspects' residence and recovered. In addition to the stolen property, both suspects were also found to be in possession of illegal fireworks.

During interviews, both Adkins and Duvall admitted to the burglary, Lenz said.

Duvall and Adkins were placed under arrest and booked into the Lake County Jail on charges of residential burglary, possession of stolen property, conspiracy to commit crime and possession of illegal fireworks, according to Lenz.

Jail records indicated that bail was set at $50,000 each.

Anyone with information in regard to this investigation is asked to contact Officer Nixon at the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251, Extension 543.

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