Bicyclist Steals Gate Chain & Winds Up in the JoCo Jail
Josephine County Deputies Friday arrested a male bicyclist after he allegedly stole a chain from a secure gate Thursday.
Deputies were alerted Thursday afternoon to the report of a man on a bike going through a woman’s gate and stealing the chain used to secure it in the area of South Sawyer Avenue and West Lister Street in Cave Junction. The woman stated she had a picture of the suspect.
Upon receiving the photo, a deputy recognized the suspect as a local transient and would follow up on Friday. Friday morning just after 11 a.m. that deputy took the 44-year-old suspect into custody, transported him and lodged him into the Josephine County jail for theft III, criminal trespass Ii and possession of methamphetamine.
He remained in custody Saturday morning.
