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Deputies capture one break-in suspect, suspend search for second in HVL PDF Print E-mail
Written by Elizabeth Larson   
Thursday, 13 November 2008
HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE – The Lake County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a man arrested Thursday afternoon in connection with a break-in and assault on Noble Ranch Road.


Charles William Burk, 30, was arrested in Hidden Valley Lake just after 2 p.m. Thursday after he attempted to flee from deputies who had stopped him for questioning, reported Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.


Burk, who has addresses in both Santa Rosa and Clearlake Oaks, is believed to have been one of two men who broke into a Noble Ranch Road home shortly before 7:30 a.m., where they allegedly assaulted two occupants of the home, according to Bauman.


Burk and his accomplice, who remains at large and who has not been identified, then fled in a white pickup which collided with a sheriff's patrol car, Bauman said. The two suspects then abandoned their vehicle on Spruce Grove Road South and fled on foot into Hidden Valley Lake.


Much of the day's search, according to Hidden Valley Lake and sheriff's officials, had focused on the Greenridge and Stonegate sections of the community.


Burk was located, said Bauman, while deputies were in the process of clearing some houses in the Greenridge area.


Bauman said two deputies began to question Burk, who took off on foot behind some nearby residences.


“They conducted a house-to-house search,” said Bauman.


Burk was found under an exterior deck of a home on Coyle Springs Road and arrested, Bauman said.


The sheriff's office has had some previous contact with Burk, but Bauman did not specify what those contacts may have been about.


Bauman said the sheriff's office was preparing to issue another Citywatch phone alert to community residents to let them know of Burk's capture.


There is currently not an active search under way for the second man, whom Burk has so far not provided information about, according to Bauman.


The Hidden Valley Lake community has been on alert since two residents of Park Point Court were robbed at gunpoint in their home on the night of Oct. 28, as Lake County News has reported.


The suspect in that robbery, a white male adult wearing a ski mask and dressed from head to toe in black, remains at large.


Is that robbery connected to the break-in and assault Thursday morning?


“We have no reason to believe that they are,” Bauman said.


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written by sphere, November 13, 2008
Elizabeth, once again, thank you for being the intreptid reporter. I appreciate your quick response to my query this morning and the timely follow up on this story. The "Citywatch phone alert" never arrived on our phone, so you were our only resource with information on what was going on in our neighborhood. Thanks for being there!
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written by bcarver, November 13, 2008
Thank you Elizabeth. I have to agree with sphere's comments.
good work...
written by smurf, November 13, 2008
by the LCSO, and LCN!
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written by tom, November 13, 2008
Glad the guy was caught. Only question is, how did he escape from the deputies the first time. Seems like the guy should have been handcuffed when first apprehended, since he'd just fled on foot after a car crash into a sheriff's car.
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written by tom, November 13, 2008
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :roll: :arrow: :idea: smilies/cheesy.gif smilies/smiley.gif smilies/sad.gif
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written by bobmalley, November 13, 2008
Never will understand how someone else's name appears on comments?
2nd Suspect Caught
written by havspace, November 13, 2008
The "suspend search" headline and "There is currently not an active search under way for the second man," are a bit misleading. It appears both may have been true, but only from about 2pm to 4pm when they started getting calls about the 2nd suspect.

The 2nd suspect was aprehended around 4:20pm and identified by the victim soon after 5pm. See this more complete story:
http://www.the_Lakeport_corporate_paper.com/ci_10977217

I can't believe the comment mechanism here automatically imposes censorship. If anyone can't figure out what the link above is SUPPOSED to point to, try this Google Search for "Lake County California News" and choose the 2nd linke:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=lake+county+california+news
That was the latest
written by elarson, November 14, 2008
When we posted this story that was the latest information we had, that the search had been suspended. I then headed off to a meeting and was unable to update the story again. Our updated story will be posted shortly.
so much for
written by lenny, November 14, 2008
the security of a gated community!

I just can't help but wonder if the same thing happened to me, here in Lucerne, if as much person power and energy would have been spent in the search for suspects....I would only hope that would be the case....but I cannot help but wonder.

Good work...
It\'s the community that matte
written by ttumb, November 14, 2008
The neighborhood where the first suspect was caught is a great neighborhood. We have put out fires before the Fire Department gets here. A lot of us called each other this morning, sharing information and making sure we were all safe.

It's the residents who reported seeing both suspects and calling the Dept. of Security and Safety who relayed the information to the Sheriff. But it started with the residents.

You'd get the same response in Lucerne for something like this- especially since a Sheriff was injured by the suspects vehicle. But the search might not be as succesful as ours was.
More complete story?
written by jjensen, November 14, 2008
Now that's a laugh. :lol:
2 for the price of 1
written by Beachcomber, November 14, 2008
Why not include paying for repairing the sheriff's vehicle when charges be
filed against these two?
If they're convicted, free room and board, at the people of California's expense...something rotten about this fiendish episode....

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