MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Several Middletown businesses were putting things back together this week after they were hit by a weekend burglary spree.

The burglaries happened sometime late on Saturday, July 9, or early Sunday, July 10, according to business owners Lake County News spoke with on Tuesday.

“I was lucky that it wasn't worse,” said Susan Conley, who owns the Bunk House gift shop and said that the area has been hit by other break-ins this year.

Along with Bunk House, several other businesses were reported to have been affected by this weekend's burglaries, including the Olive Tree Spa & Salon, B. Lavish day spa, Beulah's Kitchen, Cowpoke Café and Magic Wok Shangri La, all of which are located along Calistoga Street.

Lake County News asked the Lake County Sheriff's Office for information on the burglaries, but did not receive the requested details on the agency's investigation by Tuesday night.

Based on their discussions with the sheriff's office, the Middletown business owners who spoke with Lake County News said five arrests resulted – two adults and three juveniles.

Conley lauded the work of Lake County Sheriff's Sgt. Andy Davidson and Deputy Dennis Keithly.

“They caught all these guys the next day,” she said.

The two adult suspects business owners identified as being connected to the case were recent Middletown High School graduates Dorian Jay Decker, 18, of Middletown and Wyatt Joseph O'Brien, 18, of Hidden Valley Lake, according to jail records.

The two were booked into the Lake County Jail on Monday evening. Decker was booked on felony charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, two counts of first-degree burglary and a count of receiving stolen property, with bail set at $10,000. O'Brien was booked on felony counts of second-degree burglary and receiving stolen property, with his bail also set at $10,000, jail records showed.

Decker remained in custody early Wednesday, while jail records showed O'Brien was no longer in custody.

Conley said she received a phone call from a customer on Sunday morning reporting that one of her window screens was on the ground and that it looked like her door had been kicked in.

When Conley came into Middletown and checked out her store, she said she knew something had happened.

“I knew not to go in and not to touch anything,” she said.

The break-in is believed to have happened before 4 a.m. July 10, said Conley, because it was about that time that an employee at the Cowpoke Café noticed the window screen on the ground.

Conley called the sheriff's office, and Davidson responded on Sunday, with Keithly assisting with the investigation.

“They were really great,” said Conley, explaining that the deputies took fingerprints and photographs of footprints left in the store on Sunday.

Conley said the burglars took two necklaces, two wallets, a purse and manicure sets from her store.

“They didn't take the change out of my cash register,” she said. “They were almost careful. I thought that was kind of odd.”

Cheryl Trapani, a stylist at Olive Tree Spa & Salon, said the business didn't suffer serious losses or damages, other than a door the suspects appeared to have kicked in or forced open.

Among the items taken from the salon in the weekend burglary were black and brown hair color products, she said.

“How weird is that?” she asked.

That's different than the break-in the salon suffered on March 12, when suspects – who Trapani believes were the same individuals as those taken into custody this week – broke into the salon through a window.

In that incident, she said the burglars took just under $2,000 in merchandise, including hair care products – particularly styling aids for men – shears and clippers, and some other items.

The sheriff's office was able to recover a small number of those items, including some half-used bottles of hairspray, Trapani said.

Trapani said Sheriff Frank Rivero contacted her on Monday night to ask if all of the salon's missing property had been recovered.

Brittney Fiske, owner of B. Lavish, Bunk House's next door neighbor, said the burglars also broke into her business.

“Nothing was taken from me, but they did come into my store,” said Fiske, who noted this was her first break-in since she opened the business in March.

Fiske said that since she carries mostly skin care products. “Boys walking in here were a little bit lost.”

Conley said a deputy called her on Monday to say they had arrested the suspects in the case.

In addition, almost all of her stolen merchandise has been returned.

While she's going to have to replace her kicked-in door, her store is otherwise intact, with Conley noting that the burglars could have made a mess.

“I'm just so proud of our local deputies that they put it all together,” she said.

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