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The nationwide housing slump is reaching into our community.  According to the real estate website Zillow’s latest Home Value Report, home values in Wilsonville decreased 5.3% in the first quarter of 2008, compared to the first quarter of 2007. Nationally, single-family home values decreased 7.5% while condo values declined 9.0% during this same period.  Zillow’s ‘zindex’ rates the average Wilsonville home at $390,000 after the decline.  Comments?

The following locations around Wilsonville sustained grafitti recently:

4/22/08  Murase Plaza on Playground Sign

4/28/08  Murase Plaza on a storage unit owned by the City

5/5/08  An exterior wall at 9323 SW Ridder Rd.

5/5/08  Murase Plaza men’s restroom

5/5/08 An exterior wall at the Factory Outlet located at 25599 SW Commerce Circle

5/5/08  Surfaces at the parkway Lift Station on Town Center Loop, owned by the city

5/5/08  The dumpster behind Denny’s restaurant

5/5/08City of Wilsonville streetlight signal box located in front of Boones Ferry Primary School

5/5/08  An exterior wall at Northwest Foam Products located at 9565 SW Ridder Rd.

This week includes some odd, and some disturbing events.  Among the odd are theft items such as a welder stolen from a tug boat.  Among the disturbing, is the theft of money in broad daylight from a person going about their daily business right here in Wilsonville.  Read on.

4.17.08  Someone Stole A Welder.  That Couldn’t Have Been Easy……A man reported a welder had been stolen from his tug boat while moored overnight along the Willamette River.    Based upon the man’s statement, the officer drove to the Butteville boat ramp, about 1/3 mile down river from where the tug was moored.  While there, the officer checked on a 21 foot Marada Powerboat moored on the docks.  The lines had been cut from the boat and then other lines reattached.  After unbottoning the cabin cover, the officer found the stolen welder on the floor of the boat.  The boat’s ignition had been hot-wired.  The owner could not be reached at that time, however a process has been put in place to reach him.

4.22.08  Identity Theft After Transaction at Sah-Hah-Lee Golf Course A woman notified police that someone took information from a check she had written to the Sah-Hah-Lee Golf course and used that information to make a counterfeit check.  The amount of the check was increased from the original amount, and made out to someone she did not know.  The bank said there was no ID listed on the check for Everitt.  In fact, the bank was not even certain where the check was cashed.  She did contact the Golf Course.

4.22.08  Police Officer Happens Upon Crime While on patrol along Ruth Street, an officer came upon a parked vehicle with the trunk open and damage to the driver’s side front window.  CD’s and other miscellaneous valuables were still in the vehicle.  Upon reaching the owners of the vehicle, it was determined that a backpack was stolen.  The backpack was later located  in the parking lot of Wilsonville High School.  No suspects were named.

4.24.08  Zipdries Stolen From Car A woman residing on Country View Loop reported the theft of some zipdrives and a set of headphones from her vehicle.  There were no suspects named.

4.24.08  Computer and Two Bottles of Fine Scotch Stolen A resident on Country View Lane in Charbonneau reported someone unlawfully entered his home and stole a computer tower and two bottles of scotch.  No suspects were named.

4.25.08  Laptop Stolen by ‘Friend’ A man reported his laptop stolen from his apartment.  He suspected a ‘friend’ Edgar who had been staying with him.  When the man left the apartment at SW Bailey St.  Edgar was in the apartment.  When he returned, both Edgar and the laptop were gone.  Edgar is described as being 67" tall, 190 lbs. brown eyes, shaved head, bustache & goatee.  He was wearing a brown jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes.  The complaintant did not want Edgar arrested, he only wanted his laptop back.  In that event, the officer was unable to take further action.

4.26.08 Purse Lost/Stolen at Subway  An officer was contacted by a resident who reported her purse missing.  She last saw it at Subway in Wilsonville, but when she contacted Subway, they had not found it.

4.27.08  Attempted Break In A resident of SW Rose Lane reported damage to the front door of their apartment.  No entry was made into the apartment, but the door sustained cracking.

4.28.08  Wallet Stolen from Vehicle A resident of Montebello Drive reported the theft of her wallet from her vehicle.  She was unable to provide any suspect information.

5.01.08  GPS Stolen From Vehicle A resident of Hathaway Count Apartments on SW Wilsonville Rd. reported the break-in of his vehicle, which involved damage to the driver’s side front door window and theft of his Garmin GPS which had been mounted to the dashboard.  No further suspect information was avaialble.  The apartment does not have surveillance  cameras.

5.2.08 Robbery in Broad Daylight on Wilsonville Road A resident of  Canby who works at Bullwinkle’s here in Wilsonville reported that she was robbed.  She reports being followed as she walked to Wells Fargo to cash her paycheck.  After cashing her check, she didn’t see the man following her, so she went to her bus stop  on the north side of the 8200 block on Wilsonville Road.  The suspect came up behind her, held her tight and close with one arm around her waist.  He was kissing her neck and holding her acting like a boyfriend so other people wouldn’t suspect anyting was wrong.  he wanted her money.  She said she didn’t hav any.  He told her that he knew she went to the bank.  She said she was at the bank for other business.  he insisted she had money and he wanted it.  She took her gold hoop earrings off and gave them to him.  She didn’t see a gun or knife, but thought he might have a weapon.  She felt something pressed into the middle of her back, and she was afraid.  He looked in her purse, he saw her money and said "See, I told you you had money."  he took the money and ran north through the parking lot toward Bank of America.  The victim never saw the suspect’s face.  She could not identify him if she saw him again.  She said while he was holding her she did look down and to the side could see his clothig, which she described to the officer. 

5.3.08  Dine-And-Dash At Shari’s  Shari’s Restaurant reported the Theft of Services.  Multiple hispanic teens departed the restaurant in a newer white Subaru Legacy and did not pay the full food bill.    The officer was unable to locate the teens in the local area.  The teens were informed that they had not paid their bill in full as they were leaving the restaurant, but they laughed and left anyway. 

4.16.08  Aaron Michael Coghill  Held on two charges of Theft I at 8263 SW Wilsonville Rd. Bail set at $10,000 per count.

4.18.08  David Alan Minor  held on Assault IV.  No bail was set.

4.21.08 jason Michael Roan  Charged and cited at intersection of Boeckman/ Canyon Creek  Driving While Suspended.  Bail set at $7,500.

Only one incidence of grafitti reported this week! 

At Murase Plaze grafitti applied to the box for the water feature.  Appears to be gang related. 

4.05.08  Identity Theft All the Way to NY An officer responded to a report of Identity Theft.  The complaintant’s bankcard had been used without his permission at a variety of locations in the state of New York.  He discovered the unauthorized use when he tried to use his card and was declined.  The victim contacted his bank and disputed the charges, cancelling the card.  He had not been in New York for at least eight years..  He is not being held financially responsible for the unauthorized transactions, and at this time there is no suspect information.

4.11.08  Vehicle Damage, Possible Theft An officer was dispatched to an address on Commerce circle, where the caller showed the officer where the vehicle was located and gave pertinent information regarding the owner and driver.  The passenger window was shattered and there were tiny pieces of a white with green stripe Bosch spark plug on the ground near the broken glass.  The vehicle was ransacked making it difficult to determine what if anything was taken. 

4.12.08  Theft of  Play Station, Thief Known  An officer was dispatched to an address on SW Rose Lane to a theft report.  Upon arrival the victim told the officer his play station was stolen on April 4, 2008 at about 3 AM while some friends were visiting.  he knew who took it but declined to reveal the identity and did not want to pursue charges.  he only wanted to file a report because he located the pawn shop it is located at and needed a police report to have it released to him.

4.9.08  Russell Paul Hamblin  Charged with Sex Abuse I, sodomy I, and Unlawful Sexual Penetration I.  Bail was set at $250,000 for each charge.

4.9.08  Paul Allen Hamblen Charged with Sodomy I.  Bail set at $250,000

As I have mentioned before, we seem to be having a huge influx of grafitti in this town.  I don’t know what the answer is for stopping it.  Maybe we need to start looking into community policing? put chalkboards in the public bathrooms?  Place a camera at the intersection of Wilsonville Rd. and Montebello? I don’t know.

Grafitti was reported at the following sites:

3/25/08  Light Poles and electric boxes along SW WIlsonville Rd. westbound between SW Kindman Rd. and SW Montebello Rd.

3/26/08  The concrete area underneath the Boone Bridge.

3/28/08  A door in the women’s main restroom near the tennis courts in Memorial Park.

3/28/08  On a crosswalk pole located along SW Wilsonville Rd. at SW Montebello

3/28/08  On a crosswalk pole and streetlight pole located on the north side along SW Wilsonville Rd. between SW Kinsman Rd. and SW Brown Rd.

3/28/08  On a stoplight pole located along SW Wilsonville Rd. at SW Kinsman Rd.

3/28/08  On the crosswalk and streetlight poles, City-owned ph9one boxes, and transformers located on all four corners of the intersection of Sw Wilsonville Rd. & SW Kinsman Rd.

3/29/08  On a transformer box at the SW corner of SW Wilsonville Rd. and SW Kinsman.

3/29/08  On a crosswal Pole at SW Wilsonville Rd. and SW Boones Ferry Rd. near the 7-Eleven

3/31/08  On a traffic sign in the median eastbound along SW Wilsonville Rd. at the I-5 Northbound offramp

3/31/08 On a transformer box at SW Montebello Drive and SW Wilsonville Rd.

3/31/08  On a transformer box located along SW Montebello Dr. and Wilsonville Rd.

4/2/08 On the Boones Ferry Trestle

4/3/08 Definitely gang grafitti on benches and tables at Town Center park.

4/3/08 on surfaces at both transit bus stops located next to City Hall at SW Town Center Loop near SW Courtside

4/4/08  Someone broke into  Boozier Barn in Murase Plaza and left messages throughout the structure on cabinets.

3.27.08  4:47 PM  Stolen Cell Phone Recovered Officer dispatched to Verizon Store on Gwen Drive on a report that someone was trying to exhange a reported stolen phone for a new one.  The phone had initially been stolen at Bally’s fitness center while the owner was playing basketball approximately a year ago.  The person who had brought in the phone had purportedly purchased it from a ‘friend’ for $20, but she did not know the name of this friend.

3.31.08  Keys Stolen from WHS Kitchen Staffer  A member of the kitchen staff at Wilsonville High School reported someone had entered the snack stand on the south end of the commons and took her keys.  The keys were on a carabiener.  No suspects were identified.

4.2.08  Credit Card Fraud Caught in Process An officer responded to a phone report regarding a possible fraud.  On 4.1.08 the complaintant  was contacted by Dell Computers, Inc.  They inquired as to whether she was in the process of purchasing a $4,500 computer from them using her chrdit card.  She was not, and the order was cancelled.  She was able to determine from Dell that a subject named Tuay Tran was attempting to purchase the computer using her card number.  all of her card were currently in her possession, so she had no ideas as to how Tran could have come into possession of her card number.  She had all of her cards cancelled and reissued.  When the officer attempted to follow up on the phone number for Mr. Tran, the number was out of service.

4.2.08  Vehicle Break-In at Canyon Creek Apartments A woman contacted the police regarding a theft from her vehicle at 26080 SW Canyon Creek Rd.  Sometimes during the night an unknown suspect broke the driver side window of her vehicle and stole a dash mounted Garmin GPS system valued at about $400.

4.4.08 Attempted Break-In at Wilsonville Inn  Wilsonville Inn & Suites reported an attempted  break-in of the conference room.  The suspect removed a wondow screen and attempted to force open a window.  The officer dusted for latent fingerprints but was not able to obtain anything usable. The perpetrator did not seem to have success in entering the building.

4.4.08  Forger Tries to Pass Bills Around Town  A Lamb’s Thriftway employee reported a forged fifty dollar bill was passed at about 1:50 pm  The bill seemed suspicious, but the bill marker pen did not turn black.  She took the forged fifty and the suspect paid for his three packs of gum and too the change leaving.  She described the customer as a clean cut guy with shoulder length blond hair, a tan hat and tan sweatshirt.  She was unsure of anything else.   Another similar call came in from mcdonald’s.  the suspect sounded similar, with the exception of wearing a grey sweatshit with a hood, dark plaid shorts, and red sneakers with white laces.  McDonald’s had a video of the suspect.  The McDonald’s employee did not accept the bill, followed the suspect out and saw him get into and early 2000’s red Honda Accord and not sure where he went.  The suspect remains currently at large.

4.4.08  Tools Stolen From Work Van A man phoned in a report on the loss of work tools from his company van.  he said the van is a take home van and he had his personal tools in it.  He said sometime during the listed hours when the van was parked at his apartment building at 6857 SW Wilsonville Rd., someone entered it and stole his tools.  He had no suspect information.  He said he saw no sign of forced entry into the ban, and that insurance will not cover the loss.

4.5.08  Costco Incurs Bloody Thief Wilsonville Costco loss prevention  contacted police to report that display packaging had been found inside the store with the cameras they housed missing.  The packaged had been cup open by something sharp and the cameras and their cases were tolen.  On one of the packages there was blood on it as though the thief cut their hand during this operation.  The officer seized all three packages and checked them into CCSO Property, sending a latent print request.  Blood swabs from one of the items were also sent in for analysis. 

4.5.08  Attempted Theft of Car on Illahee Ct. An unknown suspect attempted to steal a man’s 1999 Honda Accord while the vehicle was parked near his apartment at 87785 SW Illahee Ct.  The man’s girlfriend heard a car alarm sounding at approximately 2 AM.  The car’s owner did not hear the alarm.  When he walked out to his car in the morning, he saw the left rear window had been broken, as well as a large screwdriver and a dent puller laying in front of the car.  the officer took the tools for analysis.  The passenger door lock had been punched with the screwdriver.  The suspect was, in the words of the officer, unable to defeat the door lock with the screwdriver, and so broke the rear window.  When the alarm sounded, the suspect fled leaving his tools behind.  The car’s owner said that approximately a month prior he saw a person with gray hair taking a picture of his car with a cell phone.  He could not tell if the person was male or female, and did not know if it was related to the theft.

3.28.08 10:06 AM  Destin Jason Nichols charged with Theft I, Criminal Mischief I, Failure to Keep Metal Purchase Recd

4.5.08  John W. Duncan  Charged and Held on Theft II at Frye’s Electronics  Bail set at $10,000

4.6.08 9:57 AM  Miles Gabriel Mason  Charged on DUII-1  Bail $2,500

4.6.08  sharyl Rae Wattenburg  Held on a Warrant