Special Thanks To: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department
Date: July 11, 2008
Location: Airgas - Clackamas 

Suspect Attempts to Enter Facility by Ripping Through Sheet Metal 

     Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man suspected bypassing the door and tearing through the sheet metal of a warehouse facility to get inside after suspicious activity was detected by Sonitrol Pacific security.
     An expert Sonitrol Pacific operator received an impact-activated signal from the facility and listened to real-time audio to verify the nature of the sounds. She heard sounds indicative of movement and rummaging and immediately dispatched deputies.

     Officers arrived at the scene to find evidence of a forced entry. They investigated the scene and brought in a K9 unit to look for possible suspects. While several deputies cleared the warehouse, others surveyed the nearby area and found a person of interest a block away. The individual’s response to questions raised suspicion. Officers matched the individual’s shoe to a footprint inside the warehouse and took him into custody.

     According to a representative from the business, nothing was taken from the warehouse, but the suspect got inside by tearing away a large section of sheet metal near a door.