Oregon deputies arrested two people, including a Vancouver man, Friday as the suspects tried to leave the scene of a burglary in Oregon.
Washington County sheriff’s deputies arrested the couple for breaking into and burglarizing a house in Aloha, Ore., according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies were called to the house that afternoon, after the homeowner reported that a man had forced entry into her home and stole some valuables, the sheriff’s office said.
A man and woman in a car were stopped as they tried to leave the house’s driveway. The deputies arrested Nelson W. Pettis Jr., 41, of Vancouver on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary and first-degree theft by receiving stolen property, and Katherine L. Hauser, 35, of Newberg, Ore., on suspicion of first-degree burglary and third-degree theft.
Investigators said that Hauser approached the house and knocked on the door. When no one answered, Pettis got out of the car, forced open the front door, and entered the home to steal valuables, police said.
