Arrest And Recovered Property From Construction Site Thefts (Photo) - 02/01/18

Date: Thursday, February 01, 2018 Case # 2018-29767 Date & Time of Incident: January 2018 Type of Incident: Theft Location of Incident: Various locations throughout Central Oregon Victim: Multiple victims throughout Central Oregon Suspect: Jason Russell Girod 46 year old La Pine resident Steven Alan Mock 47 year old Bend resident Narrative: (Updated with time of stop and search warrant service) During the first week of January, the Bend Police Department received information that there were several construction site thefts that occurred at various locations in Bend. Items stolen from the construction sites varied from power tools, hand tools and utility trailers. Officers from our Intelligent Led Policing detail (ILP) started compiling information on this investigation. They were able to identify a suspect in the thefts. Jason Girod was identified as a person of interest in the thefts of construction equipment. Using several different investigative techniques, the officers were able to obtain enough information for a search warrant of Girod' residence, located 16000 block of Green Forest Road in La Pine. Girod and a passenger, Steven Mock, were contacted during a traffic stop on State Rec Road near South Highway 97 on January 31 at 8:47 am. Both were in Girod's 1999 Dodge pickup, which was pulling an enclosed utility trailer. During the subsequent search of the vehicle, the trailer and Girod's residence, over $15,000 dollars of stolen tools were recovered. Some of the stolen property was located inside the trailer towed by Girod's pickup. This trailer was legally owned by Girod. Over four grams of suspected methamphetamine was located inside Girod's vehicle. The search warrant was served at Girod's residence just after 9:00am on January 31. Two stolen utility trailers were also recovered on Girod's property. During this investigation, stolen property was recovered from four different construction site thefts. One of the thefts occurred the night earlier at a construction site in La Pine. Additional stolen property was identified and is currently being matched up to additional stolen property cases. Girod was transported to the Deschutes County Jail, where he was lodged on (2) counts of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle (trailer thefts), Possession of Methamphetamine (felony), Theft I by receiving, Theft I and Aggravated Theft I. Steven Mock was initially charged with Theft I (the theft in La Pine) and Possession of Methamphetamine (felony). He was transported to St. Charles Bend for a medical evaluation and was released on a citation to appear in Deschutes County Circuit Court. We would like to thank the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office for their assistance during the arrest of Girod and Mock. The Intelligent Led Policing unit is committed to working with community members to continually make the quality of life in Bend better. ### End of Release###