The Placer County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Merced man believed to be responsible for numerous burglaries in the North Lake Tahoe area.
Placer County Sheriff Sgt Dave Hunt says that there had been a rash of burglaries since the end of October 2013.
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The subject fled but was caught in a residential area of Kings Beach. He was arrested with the assistance of Placer County Probation officers, who were on the lookout for him.
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The businesses included the Kings Beach Laundromat, the Kings Beach Car Wash, the Tahoe Cutting Company and the Tahoe Pilates Studio.
Jason Woodral, 35, was booked at the Placer County Jail Wednesday on eight counts of burglary.
Woodral also had an outstanding arrest warrant stemming from a burglary committed in Merced in 2009. He is currently being held on $200,000 bail.
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