OREGON SCHOOL COMPUTER THIEVES APPREHENDED News - StatesmanJournal.comPolice arrest four teens in burglary of Gubser Elementary in December

June 22, 2005

Keizer police said Tuesday that they have arrested four teenagers in connection with a burglary last year at Gubser Elementary School.

Computers, monitors, stereo equipment and a Fender guitar amplifier were among the items stolen from the school Dec. 26, Keizer police Sgt. John Troncoso said.

On Sunday, two teenagers, both 16, were arrested after Keizer police caught one of the boys trying to move a stolen computer from a friend's home, Troncoso said.

One boy was booked on charges of first-degree theft receiving. The other was booked on charges of first-degree theft, first-degree theft receiving, second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, hindering prosecution and criminal conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary.

Two others, both 17, were arrested Monday and booked on charges of second-degree burglary and criminal conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary.

The Statesman Journal is not publishing the identities of the juveniles because the charges are not Measure 11 offenses.

Police are looking for other computer and stereo equipment that has not been recovered, and police think the items may have been sold, Troncoso said. Selling, possessing, hiding and disposing of stolen items are crimes, he said.

Anyone with information is asked to call (503) 390-3713, Ext. 3481