LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department said it has arrested a man for robbing a woman at a city laundromat.

Michael Kevin Toney, 26, a transient, was taken into custody shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, according to his booking records.

Police said the victim, a 64-year-old woman from Lakeport, reported that she was physically attacked by a male subject while doing her laundry at the Willow Wash Laundromat in the Safeway Shopping Center on 11th Street.

Officers responded to the laundromat and contacted the woman, who gave them a detailed description of the man who robbed her, who she said she didn’t know, the department reported.

The woman told officers that the subject forced her against laundromat equipment and attempted to remove and steal a coin purse from her after she had already given him a small donation that he solicited, police said.

Police said the subject fled the scene prior to the officers’ arrival.

The police department said officers searched the immediate area and found Toney a short distance from the scene.

The victim positively identified Toney as the perpetrator during a subsequent in-field showing and police arrested him for robbery by force, the department reported.

On Friday Toney remained in custody for felony first-degree robbery, with bail set at $150,000. His booking sheet showed he is due to be arraigned on Friday.

Police said Toney is known to the police department and has prior recent arrests.

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