EUGENE, Ore. – A man suspected of burglarizing multiple vehicles was arrested on Thursday morning following a traffic stop in Eugene, according to the Eugene Police Department.
EPD officials said that an officer driving at 10:15 a.m. on March 6 in the 900 block of Franklin Boulevard spotted a white pickup truck with U-Haul labels that matched the description of a vehicle flagged by a community service officer in an email to police staff. The vehicle had been identified as connected with some vehicle burglary incidents, police said. Eugene police said that one of the incidents was reported on March 4 involving an individual visiting a relative at a hospice facility, where one of their vehicle’s windows had been smashed and there were pry marks on the door. The officer pulled the driver over and learned during the stop that the driver, identified as 41-year-old Cody Lee Lewis, was driving while suspended, authorities said. Police said additional investigation allegedly identified Lewis as a suspect in two separate vehicle burglaries and a third unreported Springfield case. During the traffic stop, Lewis was also found to be in possession of a gun, methamphetamine, and burglary tools, police officials said…