CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a female acquaintance, and two other suspects in the case are still being sought by police.

Ike Frederick Mitchell, 43, was arrested for kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious injury and theft of an access card, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett of the Clearlake Police Department.

On Thursday, Clearlake Police officers responded to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake in response to a female victim who was reporting she had been kidnapped and assaulted, Bennett said.

The subsequent investigation revealed that on Monday the female had been contacted by Mitchell, a casual acquaintance, in Clearlake Park, Bennett reported.

Bennett said Mitchell allegedly wanted the woman to help in a transaction involving marijuana. When she refused and left, Mitchell and two other individuals allegedly followed the woman, assaulting her and forcing her into the trunk of a vehicle.

The alleged victim was able to open the trunk and jump onto the roadway. She was recaptured and again placed into the trunk and driven to a residence on Third Street in Clearlake Park, where she was kept for three days while the suspects attempted to obtain information from her so they could access her ATM account, Bennett said. During this time she was periodically assaulted by the suspects.

Bennett said the woman finally was able to free herself and climb over fences and flee the immediate area where she had been held and obtain a ride to the hospital.

When officers arrived at the hospital and interviewed the alleged victim, they found her injuries were consistent with what she had described had occurred, Bennett said.

Officers responded to Third Street in Clearlake Park and contacted Mitchell, who they subsequently arrested.

Mitchell was booked in the Lake County Jail, with bail set at $300,000.

Bennett said police are still looking for the two additional suspects in this case.

Anyone with additional information in this case are requested to contact Officer Winslow at 707-994-8251.