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Oregon City, Ore — A career criminal is back in court after trying to steal nearly $2,700 worth of tires from a Les Schwab store in Oregon City, highlighting yet another example of Oregon’s catch and release justice system.
According to the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office, 45-year-old Steven Allen Beaman was convicted Wednesday of second-degree burglary and first-degree theft after Oregon City Police caught him during a March break-in at the Les Schwab on Beavercreek Road.
Officers responding to a 6 a.m. alarm found the shop door open, a tire rolling out onto the pavement, and someone running toward a wooded area nearby. In the parking
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