LAKEPORT — The Lake County Sheriff”s Office (LCSO) arrested two Nice residents in connection with an alleged burglary of Ag Unlimited on Finley East Road late Monday morning, according to Capt. James Bauman of the LCSO.
The LCSO received a call from a security guard at the store around 7:20 a.m., reporting that two men had entered the store”s warehouse and were stealing property, Bauman said. The suspects then fled the scene in a white Lincoln car before deputies arrived, Bauman said.
Deputies found that the two men “entered the closed business through a gap in the surrounding fence and had stolen numerous items from inside the business,” Bauman said. The investigation later revealed that Craig Allen Snyder, 50, was a likely suspect, Bauman said.
Around 11:30 a.m., Snyder”s vehicle was found parked in front of his Nice house, and deputies later contacted Snyder and a second suspect, 57-year-old Dennis James Blaine, Bauman said.
Property from the warehouse was allegedly found in Snyder”s car and items from the business office were allegedly found in Snyder”s home, Bauman said.
Both men were arrested and booked into the Lake County Jail on three felony charges: first-degree burglary, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy, according to Bauman.
