Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017
Case # 2017-345759
Date & Time of Incident: November 2015 through November 7, 2017
Type of Incident: Theft II
Location of Incident: 2500 NW College Way
Victim:
Multiple students at COCC
Suspect:
Mark Mahoney 51 year old Bend resident
Narrative:
On November 7th, 2017 the Bend Police Department received a report from a student at Central Oregon Community College regarding a theft. The student reported a suspect stole her coat from inside the Barber Library.
Bend Police contacted Central Oregon Community College Campus Public Safety regarding the theft. Bend Police learned from Campus Public Safety that several of these thefts have been taking place since November of 2015 from inside the Barber Library. These thefts have been sporadically reported to either Campus Public Safety or the Bend Police Department. In some cases both agencies were notified.
On November 7th, Bend Police learned from COCC Campus Public Safety they had conducted an independent investigation and had identified in March of 2017 that Mark Mahoney, a 51 year old Bend resident, as the suspect in the thefts of the jackets. He was suspected of committing all the thefts of the jackets between November of 2015 and March of 2017.
On November 8th, Bend Police contacted Mahoney at his residence in SE Bend. During the contact Mahoney admitted to stealing several high end winter coats since 2015. Several of these coats were recovered by Bend officers either inside Mahoney's residence or in his vehicle. Included in the recovered stolen coats was the coat reported stolen on November 7th. Mahoney admitted to stealing the coats for sexual gratification.
During the contact with Mahoney, one of the jackets found was stolen from OSU-Cascades in April of 2017. In total, the Bend Police Department has been able to identify 10 thefts of coats from COCC since 2015 and one theft from OSU-Cascades.
During the Bend Police Investigation officers determined Mahoney had stolen two coats, from the same victim, while she was at Barber library, on two different dates.
Mahoney was arrested and lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on charges of Theft II (x3) and Criminal Mischief II (x2). All these charges were related to recovered jackets.
We are asking the public to call if they had a similar theft at COCC Barber Library or OSU-Cascades. Please contact 541-693-6911 if you have any further information regarding this incident.
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