LAKEPORT, Calif. – A suspect wanted in connection to a December assault case that left a male juvenile seriously injured has been taken into custody.

Joshua Ray McLeod, 33, was arrested shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to Lt. Jason Ferguson of the Lakeport Police Department.

Ferguson said Lakeport Police officers, with the assistance of the Lake County Sheriff's Office, took McLeod into custody in the 3000 block of Hendricks Road.

McLeod was arrested on a felony warrant charging assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, willful harm or injury to a child and battery causing serious bodily injury, Ferguson said.

Ferguson said McLeod's arrest stemmed from the assault of a male juvenile from Lakeport that occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m. Dec. 27 in the 600 Block of Armstrong Street.

During the course of the investigation, Lakeport Police officers learned that the male juvenile was assaulted, without provocation, by a white male adult while walking along the street with two friends, Ferguson said.

The juvenile victim initially was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital and then transferred to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital where it was determined he suffered serious bodily injury from the assault, according to Ferguson.

Through followup investigations, Ferguson said officers were able to identify McLeod as the suspect in the assault and obtained a warrant for his arrest.

McLeod was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Hill Road Jail where his bail was set at $90,000, Ferguson said.