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Lieutenant Corey Paulich
December 4, 2017

On October 22, 2017, two separate victims made reports with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office reporting their vehicles had been broken into while they were hiking in the Anderson Marsh area in Lower Lake. The victim’s had cash and credit cards stolen from their vehicles. The victims provided information that her credit cards had been used at Walmart and Cheaper Cigarettes in Clearlake. The deputy handling the investigation went to Cheaper Cigarettes and was able to obtain a photo of the suspect and suspect vehicle description.

On October 29th, 2017, another victim reported his vehicle had been broken into on October 28th while he was hiking in the area of the Redbud Trail Complex near Hwy. 20 and the Cache Creek Bridge. The victim had cash and credit cards stolen from his vehicle. The victim was able to provide information that his credit card had been used on October 28th at Mendo Mill and Walmart in Clearlake. The deputy handling the investigation was able to obtain a photo of the suspect from Mendo Mill. On November 22nd the victim received information that the suspect was Jeremy Evans. The deputy was able to confirm that Jeremy James Evans, 33, of Clearlake appeared to be the suspect from Mendo Mill.

On November 29th, 2017, a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a 2008 Ford Escape. The deputy contacted the driver of the vehicle who identified himself as Evans. The vehicle Evans was driving matched the suspect vehicle description from Cheaper Cigarettes. During the traffic stop deputies were able to determine Evans was on searchable probation out of Alameda County.

Deputies went to Evans residence located in the 4200 block on Snook Avenue in the city of Clearlake and conducted a probation search. During the search, deputies located clothing that Evans had been wearing when he fraudulently used the stolen credit cards from the auto burglaries. The deputies also located several items that had been purchased with the stolen credit cards.

Evans was arrested and transported to the Lake County Jail where he was booked in to custody for violating California Penal Code sections 459 PC- Burglary, 484g- Use of Access Card Without Consent, 487(a)- Grand Theft, 484e(d)- Acquiring Access Card Without Card Holder’s Consent, and 594(a)(1)- Vandalism. Evans remains in custody on $15,000 bail.