LAKE COUNTY ? Two men were arrested on charges related to child molestation in separate incidents during the weekend following New Year”s Day, according to county law enforcement agencies.
Clearlake police arrested Lucerne resident Christopher Adam Sanders, 28, early Monday morning on a felony charge of lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14. He is being held in the Lake County Jail on $100,000 bail. According to Lt. Mike Hermann of the Clearlake Police Department (CPD), the investigation is ongoing.
“The CPD is investigating the incident as portions of the crime did occur within the city limits. Additional incidents were reported to have occurred within the county”s jurisdiction. However, in order to avoid jurisdictional conflicts, it was determined that the CPD would head the investigation,” Hermann said in a Monday statement.
Hermann said no further information could be released at the time. No photograph of Sanders was available on the Lake County Sheriff”s Office Web site, and Lake County Jail staff did not release the picture on file.
Sanders is described on his booking detail sheet, found at www.lakesheriff.com, as a white male with blue eyes and brown hair. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds.
According to a statement from the Lakeport Police Department, Dustin Graham Powell was arrested in Oregon on a felony warrant and extradited to Lake County on Saturday. Powell is a Lakeport resident, according to his booking information. He is being held at the Lake County Jail on $250,000 bail.
According to court records, the charges on the warrant include lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14, preventing the victim from resisting and sexual penetration with a foreign object.
Neither Sanders nor Powell is listed on the Megan”s Law Web site, www.meganslaw.ca.gov.
Contact Tiffany Revelle at trevelle@record-bee.com, or call her directly at 263-5636 ext. 37.
