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On Wednesday, July 27, 2011, Michael McDaniel was arrested for burglary and his girlfriend Alicia Moore was arrested for being an accessory the following day. Lake County Jail photos.

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A local man has been arrested in connection with a series of Clearlake Oaks burglaries that occurred over the past two months, with his girlfriend also being arrested as an accessory after warning him that law enforcement was looking for him.

Michael Christopher McDaniel, 25, was arrested on Wednesday and 24-year-old Alicia Michelle Moore on Thursday, according to Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Bauman said the arrests resulted from an extensive investigation and coordinated effort between sheriff’s deputies, Major Crimes Unit detectives and burglary victims from the Clearlake Oaks area.

Along with the arrests, nearly $2,000 worth of stolen property was recovered, Bauman said.

In late June and early July, several residential burglaries in the Clearlake Oaks area were reported to the sheriff’s office. Bauman said an estimated $3,500 worth of jewelry, coins, stamp collections, clothing, artwork and home electronics were reportedly stolen as a result of those burglaries.

On July 5, sheriff’s deputies were alerted by one of the burglary victims that some of the property stolen from their home had been located in a secondhand store in the Big Oaks Plaza in Clearlake Oaks, Bauman said.

He said some of that victim’s stolen property ultimately was recovered from the store and due largely to the cooperation of the store owner, the person responsible for selling the stolen items to the store was identified the following day as McDaniel.

Further investigation by detectives with the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit over the next two weeks led to the identification and recovery of additional stolen property from another one of the burglaries at another secondhand store in Clearlake Oaks, Bauman said. On July 22, detectives secured an arrest warrant for McDaniel and a search warrant for McDaniel’s Clearlake Oaks home.

On July 27, sheriff’s detectives served the search warrant at McDaniel’s home on Shoreview Drive. Bauman said detectives learned from Moore, McDaniel’s girlfriend, that McDaniel had moved out of the home two days prior. However, detectives also learned that some of the property stolen in the burglaries had been seen at the home prior to McDaniel leaving.

Bauman said a relative, who became aware that McDaniel was wanted, coordinated McDaniel’s surrender to sheriff’s detectives later that day and he was arrested without incident.

McDaniel was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked for first degree burglary. He remained in jail on Thursday with bail set at $30,000, Bauman said.

During McDaniel’s arrest, detectives learned that his girlfriend, Moore, had alerted him that he was being sought and to “run,” shortly after detectives left his home that day. Bauman said Moore was arrested on Thursday for felony accessory and booked at the Hill Road Correctional Facility as well.

Jail records showed that Moore remained in the jail on Thursday with bail set at $10,000.

Bauman said sheriff’s detectives have since located additional stolen property at the home of one of

McDaniel’s relatives.

To date, nearly $2,000.00 in stolen property has been recovered and the investigation continues, he said.

Anyone with information on any other burglaries in the area or McDaniel’s activities is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit at 707-262-4200.

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The workshop will be held on Thursday, Aug. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sons of Italy Hall, located at 2817 E. Highway 20 in Nice, and is presented by the Lake County Redevelopment Agency and Mogavero Notestine Associates.

David Mogavero, principal at Mogavero Notestine Associates, will review observations and input from the April workshop and present two conceptual site plans for the Holiday Harbor property.

The plans seek to maximize the site’s developable area while providing public access to the harbor and the lake.

Community input and questions on the conceptual plans will be solicited in an open forum. Lake County Redevelopment Agency officials will outline the proposed next steps in the process, including a time line for the final plan.

The Lake County Redevelopment Agency purchased the Holiday Harbor Resort and Marina, located at 3605 Lakeshore Boulevard, Nice, in June 2008.

The site includes 134 boat slips, picnic areas, restrooms, a boat launch and on-site caretaker.

The agency envisions development of the site and surrounding area as the future town center for Nice. The short-term goal of the agency is to develop a market development plan, including conceptual plans and other marketing pieces, to attract investment in the site by a private developer.

Funding for the creation of the market development plan is provided by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Planning and Technical Assistance grant.

The agency awarded a contract for development of the plan to Mogavero Notestine Associates through a competitive request for proposals in February.

Mogavero Notestine Associates (MNA) is an award winning architecture, planning, urban design and development firm that specializes in innovative urban infill projects. Not only does MNA provide traditional architecture and planning services, but the agency expects their experience in feasibility analysis and private development to provide both a creative and tangible plan for the Holiday Harbor site.

Formed in 1999, the Lake County Redevelopment Agency works to eliminate blight and promote economic development in communities within the Northshore Redevelopment Project Area, which includes parts of Upper Lake, Nice, Lucerne, Glenhaven and Clearlake Oaks.

For more information about the project, contact the Lake County Redevelopment Agency at 707-263-2580 or visit www.co.lake.ca.us/redevelopment.

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Friends and family built a roadside memorial to 4-year-old Joseph McCloud, who died on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, after he was struck by a car on Soda Bay Road outside of Lakeport, Calif. Photo by Elizabeth Larson.

LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Thursday the California Highway Patrol offered additional details on the Wednesday accident that took the life of a young child.

Four-year-old Joseph McCloud of Lakeport died after he was struck by a car on Soda Bay Road east of Osprey Court, according to CHP Officer Kory Reynolds.

Reynolds said the child was walking east with family members along Soda Bay Road's north shoulder just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday when, for unknown reasons, he stepped into the westbound lane.

When he did so, the little boy was hit by the right front of a 2004 Saturn SUV driven by Lakeport resident James Bishop, 39, Reynolds said.

Lakeport Fire Chief Ken Wells had said on Wednesday that his paramedics responded to the Fastop convenience store at the intersection of Soda Bay Road and Highway 175, where the child had been transported. Paramedics found CHP working on the child to try to save him.

A Lakeport Fire ambulance transported the child to Sutter Lakeside Hospital where a REACH air ambulance was prepared to fly him out of county. However, Reynolds said the child was pronounced dead at 1:20 p.m.

Reynolds said the CHP is handling the investigation into the incident, in which alcohol was not a factor.

A memorial to the little boy has been built by friends and family at the accident site, near Big Valley Rancheria.

On Thursday, bright red and pink heart-shaped balloons, toy cars, candles, flowers and an array of stuffed animals – a kangaroo, toy dog, teddy bear, and Winnie the Pooh characters Tigger and Piglet – sat along the roadside near where the child was struck.

There also were homemade signs with handwritten messages to the little boy – who also was identified as Joseph Anderson – who would have turned 5 years old in September, according to a sign that recorded his birth date.

“We love you, Joe!” read one sign, while another sign said, “Forever in our thoughts.”

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The memorial to 4-year-old Joseph McCloud of Lakeport, Calif., included homemade signs, stuffed animals, flowers, balloons and candles. Photo by Elizabeth Larson.