{"id":28762,"date":"2020-09-18T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=28762"},"modified":"2020-09-18T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:21:16","slug":"this-is-the-one-two-punch-that-burned-out-residents-in-the-west-coast-fire-zones-are-experiencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=28762","title":{"rendered":"This is the one-two punch that burned out residents in the West Coast fire zones are experiencing."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>WILDFIRES<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Looters descend as fires empty Beavercreek homes<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3><em>While the Johnsons were evacuated, their Nest cam caught looters at their home<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>by: Lindsay Nadrich, KOIN 6 News Staff<\/p>\n<p>BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (KOIN) \u2014 Homeowners have suffered huge losses as wildfires ravage Clackamas County but not all the damage is caused by flames.<\/p>\n<p>As towns emptied out, looters moved in.<\/p>\n<p>Irv Wettlaufer told KOIN 6 News his farm in Beavercreek has been in his family since 1906. Faced with impending evacuation as the Unger Fire drew near, Irv dug lines all around his property and moved his 60 head of cattle to a green field. He said the fire came within 100 yards of his home and is only standing because his neighbor, Randy Booky, stayed behind to fight it.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy and Marvin Johnson live on the other side of the field. The fire burned their green house, the side of their shed and a nearly two-mile hiking trail they spent eight years and thousands of hours building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just finished it, the last of it, and had our grand opening last weekend,\u201d said Marvin. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1306397786569502720&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koin.com%2Fnews%2Fwildfires%2Flooters-descend-as-fires-empty-beavercreek-homes%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1306397786569502720\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The fire came within feet of their home but firefighters managed to save it. But while they were evacuated, someone broke into their home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Nest cam came on and told us that there was movement and we could see the lights pull up into our driveway,\u201d said Marvin. \u201cWe saw the door open and could hear people inside the house talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Johnsons don\u2019t think the looters took much but they were gone before police arrived. Despite the break-in, the Johnsons said they\u2019re grateful just to have a home to come back to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sheriff\u2019s Office issues statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Clackamas County Sheriff\u2019s Office released statistics of crime in the evacuated zones over a 7-day period. Here is their information:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Between\u00a0<strong>Sept. 8, 2020<\/strong>\u00a0and Tuesday morning,\u00a0<strong>Sept. 15<\/strong>, the Sheriff\u2019s Office made:<\/p>\n<p><strong>13 arrests in Level 2 and Level 3 evacuation zones<\/strong>, with some suspects booked on multiple charges including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Criminal Trespass<\/li>\n<li>Burglary II<\/li>\n<li>Possession of Burglary Tools\/Theft Device<\/li>\n<li>Recklessly Endangering<\/li>\n<li>Theft I<\/li>\n<li>Unlawful Possession of a Firearm<\/li>\n<li>Felon in Possession of a Restricted Weapon<\/li>\n<li>Attempt to Elude a Police Officer<\/li>\n<li>Resisting Arrest<\/li>\n<li>Interfering with a Peace Officer<\/li>\n<li>4 warrant arrests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thirty-five criminal reports have been taken in Level 2 and Level 3 evacuation zones<\/strong>, and there have been\u00a0<strong>470 self-initiated activity calls in Level 2 and Level 3 evacuation zones<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>76 subject stops<\/li>\n<li>72 premise checks<\/li>\n<li>166 traffic stops<\/li>\n<li>156 suspicious vehicle stops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Office is investigating and following up on all criminal complaints. We continue to encourage people to send reports to us of criminal activity. Anyone directly witnessing criminal activity in progress should contact to the Sheriff\u2019s Office by calling\u00a0<strong>911 (IMPORTANT: FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY)<\/strong>\u00a0and the Sheriff\u2019s Non-Emergency Line at\u00a0<strong>503-655-8211\u00a0<\/strong>to report crimes not in progress. Tips on suspected criminal activity can also be submitted to the Sheriff\u2019s Office Tip Line at\u00a0<strong>503-723-4949<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clackamas.us%2Fsheriff%2Ftip&amp;data=02%7C01%7CTim.Steele%40koin.com%7Cedd6a79a0fd0456ae49108d85aaabef8%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C637359036679566765&amp;sdata=m04fpo4jht9AaheEWncFovwZDdytyILDrzFDYBX7OFk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.clackamas.us\/sheriff\/tip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/wildfires\/looters-descend-as-fires-empty-beavercreek-homes\/\">https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/wildfires\/looters-descend-as-fires-empty-beavercreek-homes\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WILDFIRES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}