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Portland police arrest Vancouver man on suspicion of burglary

The Columbian
Published: June 30, 2012, 5:00pm

A Vancouver man was arrested Sunday morning after Portland police accused him of ransacking Kush Handmade Rugs, 205 N.W. 10th Ave.

Police arrived at 5:15 a.m. Witnesses said a man broke the front window and had been in the business breaking vases, trashing the bathroom and destroying merchandise.

Damage was estimated at $5,000.

From a description, police arrested Joshua Wayne Stamper, 21, at Northwest Ninth Avenue and Couch Street.

He was arrested on suspicion of second-degree burglary and first-degree criminal mischief.

Stamper was in the Multnomah County Jail on Sunday night with bail set at $10,000.

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