Deputies Arrest Man For Burglary In Bethany Neighborhood (Photo)
- 08/22/25
On Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 3:25 a.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a suspicious person walking between houses under construction in the 18000 block of NW Anastasia Drive in Bethany. The caller reported the suspicious person was leaving the location in a vehicle.
Responding deputies located the vehicle, a 2010 Nissan Versa, and identified the driver as 37-year-old Abel Arambula of Portland. Deputies noted duct tape had been placed over the license plate. Deputies also saw construction tools in the vehicle, and later learned that the vehicle was connected to a burglary at a construction site reported on August 7th, 2025.
Deputies contacted the Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes Unit to assist with the investigation and applied for a search warrant to locate evidence of the burglary. At about 9:16 a.m., investigators executed the search warrant at Arambula’s residence and recovered multiple stolen items.
Arambula was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on three counts of burglary in the second degree, theft in the first degree, and criminal trespass in the first degree.
If you have any information about this incident and have not spoken to deputies, contact the Sheriff’s Office through non-emergency dispatch at 503-629-0111 referencing case number 50-25-10943.
Deputies Arrest Man For Burglary In Bethany Neighborhood (Photo)
- 08/22/25
On Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 3:25 a.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a suspicious person walking between houses under construction in the 18000 block of NW Anastasia Drive in Bethany. The caller reported the suspicious person was leaving the location in a vehicle.
Responding deputies located the vehicle, a 2010 Nissan Versa, and identified the driver as 37-year-old Abel Arambula of Portland. Deputies noted duct tape had been placed over the license plate. Deputies also saw construction tools in the vehicle, and later learned that the vehicle was connected to a burglary at a construction site reported on August 7th, 2025.
Deputies contacted the Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes Unit to assist with the investigation and applied for a search warrant to locate evidence of the burglary. At about 9:16 a.m., investigators executed the search warrant at Arambula’s residence and recovered multiple stolen items.
Arambula was arrested and transported to the Washington County Jail on three counts of burglary in the second degree, theft in the first degree, and criminal trespass in the first degree.
If you have any information about this incident and have not spoken to deputies, contact the Sheriff’s Office through non-emergency dispatch at 503-629-0111 referencing case number 50-25-10943.
