News Release from: Clackamas Co. Sheriff's Office

Bike-theft victim aids Happy Valley deputy in arrest of suspect

Posted: Aug. 28, 2010, 10:03 a.m.

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• Anthony Lee Maynard
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HAPPY VALLEY -- For Joshua Devore, a 15-year-old bike-theft victim, this was serious!

On Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 at 6 p.m., a Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputy on patrol for the City of Happy Valley responded to a report of suspicious person being chased in the Albertson's parking lot at Southeast 147th and Sunnyside Road.

This suspect being chased had reportedly departed the area on a moped.

The same witness soon reported observing the suspect riding the moped at Rock Creek Middle School, located on SE Parklane Dr. in Happy Valley.

The suspect riding the moped was then observed by witnesses abandoning the motorized moped and removing a BMX bicycle from the rear of a parked pickup truck at the school.

This was registration day at the school -- and the school parking lot was busy with parents registering children for the new school year.

As the deputy arrived in the area of the school parking lot, he was flagged down by Joshua Devore, age 15 -- who anxiously reported witnesses observing the suspect removing Devore's BMX bicycle from the rear of the family truck.

The deputy reports that Joshua Devore was very upset about the reported theft of his bicycle.

A short time later, dispatchers received additional reports of a suspicious person attempting to enter automobiles in the parking lot of New Seasons located on SE 157th and Sunnyside.

The deputy responded to this urgent new call at New Seasons -- while Joshua Devore and his friends went on the frantic search for the stolen bicycle and suspect.

It wasn't very long before Joshua Devore called into dispatch reporting that he'd spotted his stolen bicycle being ridden by a white male wearing a tan shirt, black hat and red undershirt near the Albertson's parking lot.

Eventually, the suspected thief was stopped by the deputy while the suspect was pedaling the stolen bike along SE Oregon Trail Drive and SE Campfire Way in Happy Valley.

This stop identified the suspect as Anthony L. Maynord, age 20, of SE Portland.

The investigating deputy was able to determine that following criminal activity was believed to be attributed to Anthony Maynard:

• Maynard had been in operation of a previously reported stolen moped from Hood River, which was recovered from the area of the Rock Creek School.
• The theft of keys removed from an unattended Volvo parked in the Albertson's Parking lot (found to be in Anthony Maynard's possession).
• An assortment of "jiggle keys" -- vehicle ignition keys that have been altered to assist thieves in stealing automobiles (found to be in Anthony Maynard's possession).
• And, most significantly -- the theft and recovery of the stolen $1,000 BMX bicycle belonging to Joshua Devore.

Anthony Lee Maynard, 20, was arrested and transported to the Clackamas County Jail and lodged on the following charges:

Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle
Theft in the First Degree

Anthony Maynard has since been released from custody, and is scheduled to appear on this matter on Sept. 3, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in Clackamas County Circuit Court.

Joshua Devore is very pleased about the safe return of his bicycle, and is especially proud to have contributed to the effort of locating the suspect.

Joshua worked hard earning the $650 necessary to purchase a unique Eastern BMX bicycle -- plus the additional $250 for the added set of white wheels he added to the bicycle and the $100 necessary to furnish his bike with a bicycle seat autographed by the famous BMX rider Jamie Bestwick at the "Dew Tour."

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Contact Info: Jim Strovink, Detective
Public Information Officer
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office