LAKEPORT – The Lakeport Police Department is looking for a man who is alleged to have attempted to rob a teenager at knifepoint on Thursday.

Lt. Brad Rasmussen reported that Lakeport Police officers were dispatched to the Lakeport Car Wash at Martin and S. Forbes streets just after 11 a.m. Thursday to investigate a robbery report.

Rasmussen said officers determined that the victim, a 16-year-old male juvenile subject, was approached by a Hispanic male adult subject who displayed a small folding knife and demanded the victim’s money.

The victim turned over a small amount of money to the suspect who then fled from the area on foot, traveling south on S. Forbes St. toward C St., according to Rasmussen.

Rasmussen said the victim and witnesses described the Hispanic male subject as being 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a medium build and black hair. He was said to be unshaven and had bad teeth.

The man was wearing blue jeans and a black-hooded sweatshirt with the hood on his head at the time of the robbery, Rasmussen added.

Four Lakeport Police units, along with an additional five units from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, checked the area for the suspect but did not locate him, said Rasmussen.

Rasmussen said the armed robbery suspect also matches the description of a subject who was reported to be asking people for money outside of the ATM machine at Bank of America early Wednesday afternoon. Lakeport Police units also had responded at that time but didn't find the man.

The Lakeport Police Department is continuing to investigate the Thursday incident. Rasmussen said they believe the suspect may be transient in the Lakeport area.

Anyone with information on the incidents or the suspect is asked to call Lakeport Police Officer Jake Steely, 263-5491.

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