Burglary, April 16

Baker Creek Ln, CCSO release – Powers – On the morning of April 10th, 2019 Coos County Deputies and Officers from the Myrtle Point Police Department were notified of a burglary in progress in a barn on a property located at 95467 Baker Creek Lane in Powers. Responding Officers and Deputies were notified while enroute multiple suspects had fled the scene in two separate vehicles. Both vehicles were described as Jeep SUV’s, one silver, the other blue. The vehicles were driving toward Myrtle Point on Highway 242. The vehicles were located, and four individuals: 54 year old Todd Flowers, 55 year old Robert Harris, 22 year old Donavan Martinez, and 46 year old Cathlene Blanton were detained while the investigation was conducted. Deputies at the barn discovered the group had arrived late the night prior and entered the barn through an unlocked door. The group set up camp chairs, and spent the night in the barn. There was also a travel trailer moved into the barn, which the suspects claimed belonged to a fifth individual authorities have not been able to locate. Robert Harris, one of the suspects, claimed he’d been giving permission to enter the barn by a man he met at the hollering place in Coos Bay. This man reportedly told Robert Harris there was a “cabin” around mile post 14 on Highway 242, and he was allowed to stay inside. The owner of the barn, a 74 year old woman out of Powers, told Deputies she’d given no one permission to be in the barn, and wished to press charges against the group. Upon completing the investigation, Coos County Deputies took the four suspects into custody. They were transported to the Coos County Jail where they were lodged for Burglary in the second degree, Criminal Trespass in the second degree, and Criminal Mischief in the second degree.