A California man pleaded guilty in Washington County earlier this month in cases involving multiple house burglaries and car thefts around the Portland area.
Kevin Lee was sentenced to just over 12 years for four cases that “encompassed five burglaries, two attempted burglaries, multiple stolen vehicles, the deliberate ramming of an occupied car and various other thefts spanning a multi-month crime spree,” the Washington County District Attorney’s Office reported.
Lee – who, according to court records, is from Sacramento and was born in 1989 – was arrested on May 18, 2024, after burglaries and robberies in Beaverton and Tigard. He stole a car from a closed garage, driving through the garage door and then hitting another car as he drove off, the district attorney’s office stated. He abandoned that damaged car, then kicked in the door of a house and stole another car…