Suspicious person seen entering aggregate yard at night, Portland OR


A suspicious person was seen entering the aggregate yard near NE 2nd Ave at around 1 a.m. The person disappeared without clear signs of taking anything. A chain on the fencing was found cut and the fencing was tampered with, possibly after recent repairs. The suspect may be linked to a white van seen frequently near the yard.
Audio|Source: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
03:12
Transcript:
00:00
I found the person in there.
00:01
Never saw him exit, but uh,
00:04
yeah, it was 24,
00:05
23 hours ago.
00:06
Well... actually 24 hours ago and never saw him exit.
00:12
He was gone through the front end loaders.
00:15
But I believe it's associated with that white van that keeps driving around feeding the Ag lot to the yard.
00:24
Yeah, that's the event I told you about.
00:26
They parked next to the RV and there was a guy with a big beard and he was smoking a cigarette and he saw me and he looked really suspicious and like now that I came out he's gone.
00:37
Okay, copy, yeah, I've been driving around on the back street all night, but haven't had any activity in the aggregate yard.
00:49
tonight on our shift or well on day shift about 4 o'clock I gave up before then during day shift there are so many employees in there and then I went to night shift yesterday morning back to 1 a.m., and that's when I saw the person go in.
01:13
It looked like he got anything, but then he was...
01:15
Then he just kind of disappeared, so I don't know if he got anything or not, and I'm not sure if the one's aware, if they reviewed it did not.
01:24
I don't know when that chain was cut again or when it was first put up there, so when he came in at one last night, he couldn't cut the chain then.
01:34
It might have been chained up prior to that.
01:38
Post-8-46-over.
01:40
I remember the Ag lot having like a temporary fencing with locks on it.
01:47
Before, I could be wrong, you know, because people see into all of these fences.
01:52
But yeah, when I saw that chains on the floor and a whole point through three of the fences, I think it might be something new, like that they repaired and then they cut it again.
02:03
Sandy Boulevard.
02:04
Please still around.
02:05
I'll talk group ops one time out of double 052.
02:08
That is what happened.
02:10
It happened at 1 o'clock last night.
02:13
0100 last night.
02:15
This stage.
02:16
I don't know if I should write a report because I don't know if that's actually new or that's how I was, but I have the pictures and I guess I'll probably talk to (name withheld) in the morning, (name withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Near NE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97232
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