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Clearlake Police arrest suspect in two rapes
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department said its officers arrested a Clearlake Oaks man wanted in connection to two rapes last week, one of them involving a minor.
Romondis Tyron Thompson, 34, was arrested before noon on Monday following a brief vehicle pursuit, the department reported.
Thompson’s arrest took place less than two hours after the Clearlake Police Department issued a report to the community seeking to locate him.
Police said Thompson, who is on post release community supervision, uses the name “Romeo Thompson” on Facebook and was reported to have been contacting one of the victims and other females.
Leading up to his arrest, Clearlake Police Department Investigations Bureau detectives served a search warrant in connection with the case and obtained additional evidence, police said.
On Monday, shortly after 11 a.m., Thompson – driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen – led Clearlake Police officers on a vehicle chase, the department said.
Police said he then left the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended by officers.
He was booked into the Lake County Jail on Monday evening on two misdemeanors for obstructing or resistant a peace officer and false imprisonment, and 12 felony charges: possession of a stolen vehicle, escaping or attempting to escape custody by force, two counts of taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent, evading a peace officer with disregard to safety, sexual intercourse with a minor, sexual penetration with force, rape with the victim incapable of giving consent, oral copulation, false imprisonment with violence, assault with a deadly weapon (not a firearm) with great bodily injury likely and rape by force or fear.
Thompson’s booking sheet shows he is due to appear in Lake County Superior Court on Wednesday. His bail was set at $1 million.
Anyone with information about Thompson’s case is asked to contact Det. Leo Flores at 707-994-8251, Extension 315.