PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected in a series of “cat burglaries” in southwest Portland.
Officers spotted 26-year-old Charles Earl Howell walking down a street Thursday night and arrested him on an outstanding robbery warrant.
Investigators had identified him as a suspect in break-ins at more than two dozen homes since April in the West Hills neighborhood.
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