Lane County District Attorney Christopher Parosa: This is a well-funded, highly organized crime syndicate that we are dealing with.
Presenter: Eugene Springfield residents learned Thursday night about a criminal enterprise that’s built on surveillance, Wi-Fi jamming devices, and burglary crews posing as delivery drivers. After 22 reported burglaries of demographically-targeted homes, a question for Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner. Oct. 23, public safety forum moderator Jensina Hawkins:
Jensina Hawkins: Chief Skinner, please describe the investigative process that led to the apprehension of seven suspects on Oct. 9.
Chris Skinner (Eugene Police Department, chief): Thank you for the question. So we affectionately refer to this as our ‘Skyline Seven’ that were arrested most recently, you know, and investigators were working really, really hard to try to identify pieces of information that we could track down to help us focus on whether or not (A) the suspects were still in our community, and (B) if they were in our community, where were they?…