Oregon Security Company Owner-Employees Guilty

Oregon Security Company Owner-Employees Guilty
 
Washington County OR. The owner of a security company, Northwest Merchant Patrol, and two employees were accused of stealing from their clients.  The case: Washington County Sheriff's deputies responded to an early morning call on Dec. 11, at Oregon Episcopal School, 6300 S.W. Nicol Road in Raleigh Hills.  They arrested Stirling Anderson, 27, of Wilsonville, Sheldon McMillan, 22, of Beaverton, and David Smith, 39, of Wilsonville.

Deputies were called to the school after an employee of a different security company observed Anderson and his employee, McMillan, reportedly leaving the campus with stolen property. Searches by sheriff's detectives at three residences turned up flat-screen televisions, laptops and digital cameras totaling more than $100,000 in value, authorities said. The items came from multiple clients of Northwest Merchant Patrol, authorities said.

Update: On Sept. 1, Anderson pleaded guilty to nine counts of second-degree burglary, six counts of first-degree theft, one count of second-degree theft and two counts of first-degree aggravated theft.
McMillan pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree theft and two counts of second-degree burglary.
Smith pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree theft.  A fourth defendant, Caitlin Christina Crenshaw, failed to appear last April and a warrant has been issued for her arrest.

Sentence: Anderson was sentenced today to four years, three months in prison with credit for time served and good time/earned time. Anderson was also ordered to have no contact with the victims or co-defendants. He also received the unitary assessments and fines and fees associated with the charges, according to Chris Lewman, deputy district attorney for Washington County.  McMillan was sentenced to two years, two months in prison and ordered to pay $27,504.99 in restitution jointly with Anderson. McMillan will also have one year of post-prison supervision, and is to repay attorney fees and other fines and assessments. The court recommended no contact with victims or co-defendants.
Smith was sentenced to 1 1/2 years of probation and ordered to pay fines and fees, plus have no contact with co-defendants.