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State v. Waterhouse
Citation:
359 Or. 351 (2016)Facts
At 3:00 a.m. one morning in March 2012, a security guard at microchip manufacturer Maxim Integrated Products observed defendant and a second man drive their pickup truck into the fenced service area of the company’s Hillsboro campus and park next to a large dumpster-like recycling container filled with scrap metal. Using closed circuit cameras, the security guard watched as the two men spent the next 20 minutes loading large scrap metal items from the company’s recycling container into the back of their pickup truck. Among the items taken from the container were metal chairs, a large shelving unit, miscellaneous metal pieces, and long sections of gutter material. As defendant and his partner loaded their truck, the company security guard reported their actions to local law enforcement authorities. Both men were arrested. Defendant was subsequently charged with third degree theft.
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