Portland file store proprietor helps nab housebreaking suspect

Portland file store proprietor helps nab housebreaking suspect

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Vinyl records maintain an attraction to music lovers on many ranges. And although vinyl gross sales have elevated lately, it is nonetheless not simple to make a residing operating a file retailer.

Steve Cook, who owns Vinyl Resting Place in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood, mentioned he lives "just about day-to-day already." So when his retailer was damaged into early Thursday morning, "I used to be truly able to name it."

Then on Sunday, the identical suspect was noticed outdoors the file store breaking in by way of the entrance window, stealing a laptop computer and damaging plenty of records.

"The first break-in was Thursday morning by way of the entrance door and that is once they stole the money register," Cook mentioned.

It was a double blow to his small enterprise. But briefly order the native enterprise group rallied behind him.

"Friday, I did not open the day after. I used to be fully shut down and the group would not enable that," he mentioned, laughing.

But as he cleaned up from Sunday’s break-in, he acknowledged the backpack the suspect, Duwayne Erickson, wore in each surveillance movies. Cook mentioned he acknowledged that very same particular person from inside his file retailer.

"Here on the store with new arrivals, everybody’s again is to me as they arrive in and lots of people that stroll the streets," Cook mentioned. "They usually spend time in right here."

A number of hours after the Sunday break-in, he heard a bunch of individuals outdoors a brewery throughout the road and instantly acknowledged the suspect. He referred to as the Portland police, who confirmed up and arrested him.

Court records present that Erickson was launched that very same day — and did not present up for his Monday court docket look.

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March 12, 2024 at 05:08AM