Eight people have been arrested in a joint retail theft operation in Keizer Station.
The Keizer Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff’s Department and asset protection employees converged on the stores and the surrounding area to conduct surveillance. The nine-hour operation included the clearing of numerous outstanding arrest warrants and the recovery of nearly $1,700 in shoplifted merchandise.
Charged were:
A 50-year-old male resident, third-degree theft.
A 28-year-old male Portland resident, second-degree theft.
A 29-year-old male Portland transient, warrants (two counts of aggravated identity theft, four counts of mail theft, nine counts of identity theft.)
A 38-year-old male Salem transient, second-degree theft, warrants (failure to appear, possession of heroin and giving false information; failure to appear, two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle; second-degree theft; abscond, parole.
A 28-year-old female Oregon City resident, warrant (failure to appear, unauthorized use of a vehicle).
A 27-year-old male Molalla resident, second-degree theft.
A 31-year-old male Oregon City resident, second-degree theft, warrant (parole violation).
A 38-year-old female Portland transient, second-degree theft, warrants (failure to appear, possession of heroin and second-degree theft; failure to appear possession of methamphetamine, two counts of second-degree theft, three counts of second-degree theft; failure to appear, first-degree theft and second-degree theft).