LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is continuing to seek a suspect who is believed to have been involved in a series of burglaries in the city last week.
Burglary suspect Jeffery William Stokes, 25, whose last known address is in Upper Lake, was identified as being responsible for the downtown burglaries, as Lake County News has reported.
Lakeport Police Department Chief Brad Rasmussen said the agency has a warrant to arrest Stokes, who has been formally charged with numerous felony and misdemeanor crimes.
Rasmussen said that on Monday the Lake County District Attorney's Office filed a complaint accusing Stokes of eight counts of felony burglary, five counts of felony possession of stolen property, four counts of misdemeanor theft, and one count each of misdemeanor possession of burglary tools and vandalism.
The arrest warrant issued for Stokes covers all of those charges, Rasmussen said.
Stokes is 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds, has blue eyes, and is bald or has very short hair, according to police.
Due to prior media coverage Rasmussen said police have received numerous calls from the public about where Stokes may be located but so far they have not been able to track him down.
Anyone with information on Stokes' location is asked to contact the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491.