Driver facing charges after burglary, crash at McMinnville airport

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A driver is facing multiples charges after police say he crashed into and attempted to steal from a McMinnville airport building early Saturday afternoon.

Just after 12:30 p.m., officers responded to the 4000 block of Three Mile Lane, near the McMinnville Municipal Airport, on reports that a vehicle had crashed into a building.

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As police were arriving at the scene, a woman and a child who had both been in the crashed SUV were given a ride by a witness to a nearby Oregon State Police office. Neither were injured, officials said.

The driver, identified as 26-year-old Jamar Bell, had fled the area on foot after the crash.

Another witness soon told police a man was seen breaking into the second story of a building at the airport and stealing keys…

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