PRINEVILLE, OR — Crook County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three people reported responsible for a host of residential burglaries. Over the past month, investigators have been notified of stuff stolen from homes and properties in and around Prineville. Early Wednesday morning, deputies, Prineville officers and members of both the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team and Central Oregon Drug Enforcement team searched two homes. As a result, three people, Kelley Michael Shearer, 34, Lucas Thomas Bechtel, 32 and Talina Shantel Ortiz, 36, all of Prineville, were arrested.
The CCSO is still searching for the person they are calling the primary suspect, Bo McRae Bryant, 33. Bryant is considered armed and dangerous. If you see him, or know his whereabouts, you are asked to call law enforcement as soon as possible.
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