LAKE COUNTY?According to a press release from Capt. James Bauman, public information officer, Lake County Sheriff”s Office, on Monday at about 8:50 p.m., the deputy assigned to the north shore area responded to the parking lot of Robinson Rancheria Resort in Nice on a report of an intoxicated man attempting to leave in his vehicle.
The deputy located Eric Vonrenegar, 59, of Lucerne seated in his idling pick-up truck in the parking lot of the casino.
After several attempts to get Vonrenegar to exit his truck, he eventually complied. While he was being detained the deputy learned he was a convicted felon on active parole. The deputy conducted a search of Vonrenegar”s truck pursuant to the terms of his parole and in the glove box, he found two suspicious devices wrapped in tape.
One of the devices had what appeared to be a fuse attached to it and on further inspection, the deputy determined both devices were packed with smokeless black powder and appeared to be homemade explosive devices.
Vonrenegar told the deputy that the devices had been left in his truck by another subject months prior and that he had just been holding on to them until he could find the subject to return them.
Vonrenegar was not determined to be intoxicated as initially reported. However, he was arrested and later booked at the Lake County Jail for felony possession of a destructive device and felony violation of parole. He is being held without bail pursuant to the violation of his parole.
