LAKEPORT, Calif. – A longtime county employee was arrested over the weekend on allegations of felony vandalism.

Sandra Rose Thompson, 57, of Lakeport was taken into custody by Lakeport Police just after 12 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, according to Lake County Jail records.

Thompson works in the Lake County Recorder's Office. County records indicate she has worked for the county for 29 years.

Lakeport Police Department's acting Chief Brad Rasmussen said that two units were dispatched to an address on Lupoyoma Heights just after 11 p.m. Friday on the report of a vandalism.

When they arrived they met with a witness who reported seeing Thompson out in the street yelling, said Rasmussen.

A Lakeport Police log entry stated that the reporting party said Thompson was seen carrying a bat or golf club.

Rasmussen said Thompson allegedly smashed out the front and back passenger windows of a pickup owned by her boyfriend.

The boyfriend was not at the residence when the incident is alleged to have happened, Rasmussen said.

Thompson was reportedly still at the scene when officers initially contacted her. Rasmussen said she was arrested for felony vandalism after further investigation.

Vandalism is charged as a felony when the damage is in excess of $400. Rasmussen said further investigation is needed to determine the actual cost of the damage Thompson is alleged to have done to the pickup.

Rasmussen said the matter will be sent to the District Attorney's Office for further review.

Bail was set at $10,000 and jail records indicate Thompson later posted bail and was released.

Thompson is to appear in court on Tuesday, according to jail records.

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