The suspects arrested after fleeing from officers in a stolen Subaru that was taken during a carjacking were a 15-year-old male and 14-year-old male. A third juvenile detained Tuesday evening was released to the custody of a guardian.
Both juveniles were lodged at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home. The 15-year-old male was lodged on charges of Robbery in the First Degree, Robbery in the Second Degree, Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle and Attempt to Elude -- Motor Vehicle. The 14-year-old male was lodged on a warrant for a previous conviction of Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle.
Members with the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Robbery Detail continue to investigate the robbery. Anyone with information about the suspects or the stolen vehicle should contact Detective Heidi Housley at 503-823-0400 or Heidi.Housley@portlandoregon.gov
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On Tuesday March 13, 2018, at 6:32 p.m., East Precinct and Canine Unit officers responded to the report of a suspicious vehicle in the 1000 block of Southeast 123rd Avenue.
When officers arrived near the scene they learned the vehicle, a silver Subaru Forester, had been taken during a carjacking on Thursday March 8, 2018 near Southeast 117th Avenue and Southeast Alder Street.
As officers remained near the stolen Subaru, but out of sight, they observed three juvenile males enter the vehicle and begin to drive away. The officers attempted to stop the vehicle; however, the driver fled from police. Officers pursued the vehicle. The fleeing driver crashed the vehicle into a parked and unoccupied Subaru Outback in the 4100 block of Southeast 102nd Avenue. Immediately after the crash, the three occupants ran from the vehicle.
Officers established a perimeter in the area where the suspects were last seen running and performed a neighborhood search with the assistance of a canine team. The canine team located the suspects hiding in the 4000 block of Southeast 104th Avenue. The suspects were taken into custody without incident.
Additional information will be provided after the suspects are lodged at the appropriate correctional facilities.
Members with the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Robbery Detail have responded to continue the investigation.
Anyone with information about the suspects or the stolen vehicle should contact Detective Heidi Housley at 503-823-0400 or Heidi.Housley@portlandoregon.gov
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On Thursday March 8, 2018, at 8:15 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to the area of Southeast 117th Avenue and Alder Street on the report of a carjacking.
Officers arrived in the area and contacted the victim and his teen-aged son who told police they were driving northbound on 117th Avenue when they saw a Black male teenager in the street. As the victim pulled alongside the teen, the teen knocked on the window. The victim rolled down the window and the teen, now standing with two other Black male teens, implied he had a gun and demanded the victim and his son get out of the car.
The victim got out of his car and he and the initial teen suspect engaged in a physical confrontation. The other suspects got into the car and eventually the third suspect joined them and they drove away in the victim's vehicle.
The victim's teen-aged son was robbed of his cell phone after he got out of the car.
The initial suspect that flagged the victim down is described as a Black male teen, 5'10 to 5'11" tall, slim build, short hair, and wearing a dark color hooded jacket.
The second suspect was described as a Black male teen, 5'8" tall, medium build, wearing a big camouflage jacket and dark pants.
The third suspect was described as being a Black teen male, 5'5" tall, slim build, short hair, possibly wearing a Chicago Bulls jersey. The victim believed this suspect was the youngest of the three.
No gun was actually seen during this robbery and neither of the victims were injured.
The victim's vehicle is described as a silver 2014 Subaru Forester with Oregon license plates 2-0-5-G-U-P.
Anyone seeing the vehicle should not approach it and should immediately call 9-1-1 to report it's location.
Initial investigative efforts have not located the vehicle so Robbery detectives are asking for the public's help to solve this case.
Anyone with non-emergency information about this incident should contact Detective Heidi Housley at 503-823-0400.
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