HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE?According to press release provided by Capt. James Bauman, public information officer for Lake County Sheriff”s Office (LCSO), on Tuesday evening sheriff”s deputies responded to a home on Park Point Court in Hidden Valley Lake to investigate a reported home invasion and armed robbery.
The victims Kevin Schosek and Wendy Ferrell told deputies they were eating dinner in their living room at about 7:30 p.m. when they heard the back door slam shut. When they turned to see who entered the house, a man wearing all black with a ski mask was standing in their living room pointing a semi-automatic pistol at them.
The suspect told the two not to get up and demanded their money. Schosek threw his wallet to the suspect upon demand and then the suspect took Ferrell”s purse from a kitchen counter. The suspect told the two to “wait 60 seconds before they called 9-1-1 or he would kill them” and left through the same door he entered. Once the suspect left the house, Schosek went to a balcony to see which way the suspect ran while Ferrell called 9-1-1. Schosek did not see the suspect leave the area
The two victims were unharmed. Sheriff”s deputies searched for the suspect with the assistance the California Highway Patrol and Hidden Valley Security but he could not be located. The suspect is believed to be a white man as part of his skin could be seen through the cuts in the mask. The only other description the victims could provide was that he was about 5 feet 9 inches with a thin build.
Anyone with information relating to the home invasion and robbery is requested to call the Lake County Sheriff”s Department Investigations Branch at 262-4200.
