On November 11th, 2019, an Officer from the Crescent City Police Department responded to the Crescent City Elks Lodge located on H Street, regarding the report of a male subject in the area making a lot of noise.
The subject was not located in the area. Officers then discovered that a burglary had occurred to the Elks Lodge, and recovered evidence from outside the building as well as numerous areas inside the building.
(courtesy Crescent City Police)
Through further investigation and analysis of the evidence items recovered by the Department of Justice, Officer Tyler Balch was able to author and receive a Ramey Warrant on Monday September 28th for the arrest of the named suspect, 53 year old Donald Ira Baker from Crescent City, California.
Baker was then located by Crescent City Police Department Officers and was arrested on Monday, September 28th, the same day the warrant was issued.
Baker is currently being held in the Del Norte County Jail on $50,000 bail for Burglary.
