LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Lakeport man Wednesday afternoon on firearms charges following an investigation that identified him as the suspect who brandished a handgun at Running Creek Casino earlier in the day.

Robert Arthur Doane, 61, was arrested for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Brooks said that shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday sheriff’s patrol deputies responded to Running Creek Casino in Upper Lake after a customer told a security officer at the casino that someone had just shot at him. 

When a deputy contacted the victim, the victim denied having any knowledge of the incident and said he did not want to report anything, Brooks reported.

The deputy contacted a security officer who provided him with photographs of the incident which their security cameras recorded. Brooks said deputies contacted the victim a second time, in an attempt to obtain additional information. The victim refused to cooperate and left the casino a short time later. 

Brooks said the deputies reviewed the photographs, which showed a white male adult holding a handgun while he was talking to the victim.

Deputies were able to obtain the license plate of the suspects vehicle and had Central Dispatch run a records check, Brooks said. Central Dispatch advised that the vehicle was registered to Doane.

Brooks said deputies secured a search warrant for Doane’s residence, which is located in the 2000 block of Green Street in Lakeport.

At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, detectives served the warrant at the residence, detaining Doane without incident, Brooks said.

During a search of the premises, deputies located a loaded .32-caliber handgun, which Brooks said was seized as evidence.

Brooks said Doane was arrested and transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked.

Sheriff Brian Martin personally responded to the scene on Wednesday.

“I am proud of the work these deputies and detectives put in to identify this person and take him off the streets,” Martin said. “They accomplished their job effectively, professionally, and most importantly, safely. Our communities are safer because of actions such as this.”