SCAPPOOSE, Ore. (KPTV) – Scappoose Police say a man arrested for stealing from a local business used a secret trail to avoid detection and threw a police trail camera into a nearby creek.
Police began investigating a reported theft at Mark’s Custom Exterior on Scappoose Vernonia Highway on June 30, and determined an unknown suspect was using a secret trail around the property to avoid the business’ security cameras.
Then on July 7, the suspect found a trail camera officers had set up to monitor the path. The suspect tried to get rid of the camera by throwing it into a nearby creek…