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sl8

(16,273 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 04:56 AM Jul 2020

Man in stolen vehicle flees officers, crashes into woman in separate stolen vehicle in Newberg

What a "how I met your mother" story this could make.

From https://www.kptv.com/news/police-man-in-stolen-vehicle-flees-officers-crashes-into-woman-in-separate-stolen-vehicle-in/article_ad35b336-bfa5-11ea-b60c-efe6f50c24dc.html

Police: Man in stolen vehicle flees officers, crashes into woman in separate stolen vehicle in Newberg; both arrested

FOX 12 StaffPosted 17 hrs ago 3


Kristin Nicole Begue and Randy Lee Cooper (Courtesy: Newberg-Dundee Police Department)


NEWBERG, OR (KPTV) - Two drivers in separate stolen vehicles were arrested following a crash in Newberg over the weekend.

On Sunday morning, officers responded to a report of a suspect that had just stolen a person's Toyota Land Cruiser. The stolen vehicle was located minutes later as it went through town, according to police.

The suspect attempted to elude police through downtown Newberg, then crashed into an occupied Buick Regal near East Franklin and College Street.

The driver in the Toyota, identified as Randy Lee Cooper, 27, of Portland, was arrested for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude police, third-degree assault, reckless driving, and other related crimes.

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Man in stolen vehicle flees officers, crashes into woman in separate stolen vehicle in Newberg (Original Post) sl8 Jul 2020 OP
Nice looking couple and safeinOhio Jul 2020 #1
Probably already turned loose. Oregon, or at least Portland, is famously easy on car thiefs captain queeg Jul 2020 #2
I see folks getting better results from.. Kittycow Jul 2020 #4
How nice. ploppy Jul 2020 #3

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
2. Probably already turned loose. Oregon, or at least Portland, is famously easy on car thiefs
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 05:59 AM
Jul 2020

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
4. I see folks getting better results from..
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 01:05 PM
Jul 2020

posting their vehicle info on the Portland subreddit than from counting on the cops to
care about it.

And yeah, I agree with you that there's not much for the thieves to fear from the legal system.

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