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What’s worse than offering a couple of deputies doughnuts? Offering them stolen doughnuts.
That’s one of several missteps that a couple of alleged burglars made Friday that landed them in jail, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Two men, 21-year-old Adam Brett Hancock and 19-year-old Vincent Jonathan Whitley, both transients, were arrested for allegedly burglarizing the Lookingglass Store sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning.
But their first contact with police had nothing to do with the burglary investigation.
Earlier on Friday, the men, dressed in cowboy garb and carrying backpacks, had approached two deputies at the Sheriff’s Office in Roseburg.
Whitley had a question for them about a court date in Baker City. He then asked if they’d like any doughnuts.
The deputies declined and the two men walked away, according to a Monday press release.
About an hour later, the deputies were dispatched to a reported burglary at the Lookingglass Store at 7378 Lookingglass Road. Someone had broken in and stolen about $900 worth of merchandise, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, candy and — doughnuts.
During the investigation, the deputies spotted some shoe prints in the mud outside the store. They appeared to have been made from cowboy boots, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
“They kind of just put two and two together,” said Dwes Hutson, Sheriff’s Office spokesman, of the deputies.
Naturally, their thoughts turned to the earlier encounter with the two transient men, one of whom had a roll of chewing tobacco in his pocket.
One of them had also mentioned that he planned to buy a bus ticket to Baker City.
The deputies went to the bus station in Roseburg and found the two men. After an interview and a search through their backpacks, which allegedly contained much of the stolen property, the two were arrested.
Whitley and Hancock were lodged at the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of second-degree burglary, first-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief.
“It would certainly be nice if all cases were this easy to solve,” Hutson said.
• You can reach reporter Chelsea Duncan at 957-4246 or by e-mail at cduncan@newsreview.info.
That’s one of several missteps that a couple of alleged burglars made Friday that landed them in jail, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Two men, 21-year-old Adam Brett Hancock and 19-year-old Vincent Jonathan Whitley, both transients, were arrested for allegedly burglarizing the Lookingglass Store sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning.
But their first contact with police had nothing to do with the burglary investigation.
Earlier on Friday, the men, dressed in cowboy garb and carrying backpacks, had approached two deputies at the Sheriff’s Office in Roseburg.
Whitley had a question for them about a court date in Baker City. He then asked if they’d like any doughnuts.
The deputies declined and the two men walked away, according to a Monday press release.
About an hour later, the deputies were dispatched to a reported burglary at the Lookingglass Store at 7378 Lookingglass Road. Someone had broken in and stolen about $900 worth of merchandise, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, candy and — doughnuts.
During the investigation, the deputies spotted some shoe prints in the mud outside the store. They appeared to have been made from cowboy boots, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
“They kind of just put two and two together,” said Dwes Hutson, Sheriff’s Office spokesman, of the deputies.
Naturally, their thoughts turned to the earlier encounter with the two transient men, one of whom had a roll of chewing tobacco in his pocket.
One of them had also mentioned that he planned to buy a bus ticket to Baker City.
The deputies went to the bus station in Roseburg and found the two men. After an interview and a search through their backpacks, which allegedly contained much of the stolen property, the two were arrested.
Whitley and Hancock were lodged at the Douglas County Jail on suspicion of second-degree burglary, first-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief.
“It would certainly be nice if all cases were this easy to solve,” Hutson said.
• You can reach reporter Chelsea Duncan at 957-4246 or by e-mail at cduncan@newsreview.info.
