LAKEPORT, Calif. – Police arrested two male juveniles Monday after an investigation connected them to the burglary of a local school.

Lakeport Police Sgt. Dale Stoebe said Tuesday that the two juvenile suspects – whose names were not released due to their minor status – were arrested for allegedly burglarizing the Terrace Middle School computer lab.

The burglary was reported to police just after 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 8, Stoebe said.

Stoebe reported that janitorial staff, who were still on scene at the school, were alerted by the security alarm company to the burglary to the computer lab room.

He said they found the computer lab's door open and witnessed the two male juveniles fleeing the area.

Further investigation into the matter revealed two Apple Mac book laptop computers, valued at over $1,300, had been stolen by the suspects, Stoebe said.

Stoebe credited Officer Gary Basor's “timely and persistent” followup investigations in the case with the subsequent identification of the two boys.

Basor's followup contact with the suspects led to the Monday arrest of both juvenile suspects, and the recovery of both stolen laptop computers, Stoebe said.

Both of the boys provided statements implicating themselves in the crime, and were released to parents on citations, according to Stoebe's report.

Stoebe said police are forwarding the criminal complaint to the Lake County Probation Department and seeking prosecution of both suspects.

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