CLEARLAKE, Calif. – An arrest warrant was issued on Friday for a Bay Area man accused of taking part in a Thanksgiving day home invasion robbery in Clearlake.
The warrant was issued for Reginald Jerome Patillo, 30, of Oakland, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett of the Clearlake Police Department.
Early on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28, Clearlake Police responded to a report of a home invasion robbery at Lakeview Terrace Apartments, as Lake County News has reported.
Officers arrived to find a male and female who live in the apartment, as well as a male visitor from out of state, had been tied up and robbed by three suspects, two of whom the out-of-state visitor had met on the plane to San Francisco, as he was en route to Lake County, according to police.
The suspects – two males and a female – allegedly stole money, a shotgun, cell phones, a flat screen television, an Xbox and a large amount of processed marijuana, police said.
The investigation by Clearlake Police led to the Bay Area. Patillo was taken into custody and booked on a parole violation the day after the robbery thanks to a collaboration between Clearlake Police and the Berkeley Police Department.
Police said other suspects are being sought.
Based on the initial investigation, evidence and interviews, on Friday a Lake County Superior Court judge issued the arrest warrant for Patillo, with bail set at $1,170,000, Bennett said.
Bennett said the charges against Patillo include armed robbery, burglary, grand theft, terrorist threats, false imprisonment and felon with a firearm.
Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to contact Det. Travis Lenz at 707-994-8251, Extension 315.