kptv.com: Cops Stop Shoplifting Suspects At Charity Event

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Cops Stop Shoplifting Suspects At Charity Event

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A store full of police officers didn't deter two men from stealing items from a southeast Portland Fred Meyer, officers said.Portland police said 20-year-old Shane Alexander and 30-year-old Jason Vantress took shoes, clothes, tools and blenders from the Johnson Creek Fred Meyer Store on Southeast 82nd Avenue on Wednesday morning during the seventh annual Shop with a Cop event.Dozens of police cars and mounted patrol units were in the parking lot the morning of the incident.Portland police said they helped arrest the men, who were caught stealing on surveillance video, and turned them over to store security officers. The suspects were then taken to Clackamas County Jail.Sixty uniformed police officers participated in the charity event, which allowed 150 children from the Boys and Girls Club of Portland and Rose Community Center to shop for back-to

-school clothes.Donations from Fred Meyer and the bureau's Sunshine Division gave the kids $30,000 to spend on supplies and other necessities.