Portland woman sentenced in ‘devastating’ metro burglary ring

A key member of the

prolific Portland burglary ring

linked to more than

100 break-ins across

the metro area has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

Courtney Carlile pleaded guilty Monday to

burglarizing 13 businesses

in 2024, including Bistro 23, Momiji, Flipside Bar & Carts, Old Town Brewing, Assembly Brewing, Black Bear Diner and Grassa, as well as the DV8 strip club and an Electric Lettuce marijuana retailer.

In court, Shelley Garrett of Artichoke Community Music, another target, said the theft of $8,000 in audio equipment was a “devastating” loss for the Southeast Powell Boulevard nonprofit.

Prosecutor Alex Garcia said the burglary ring had at least 10 members, who wore masks and carried portable electric saws during the planned hits of in-store safes. In March,

ringleader Joshua Lucero

was also sentenced to nine years in prison, and member Daniel Blew got 1½ years.

“Ms. Carlile’s actions have had a significant impact on our community,” Garcia said in court. “Our streets are lined with vacant spaces because people are not willing to risk opening.”

Carlile, 28, still has open ID theft cases in Washington and Clackamas counties, as well as five previous second-degree theft convictions dating back to 2008. She declined to speak during the hearing.

Noting the presence of her family in the courtroom gallery, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Christopher Marshall said Carlile had a better chance to turn her life around than many people sentenced for property crimes.

“You do have people who are here to support you, and that is unusual, unfortunately,” he said.

Shane M. McKeever, 23, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter during a hearing Mon., June 9, 2025.

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Man pleads guilty to intentionally running over Portland man in bike lane

Shane McKeever pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree manslaughter for

intentionally striking and killing

48-year-old David Bentley last year.

McKeever, 23, had gotten into a

dispute with several people

at a campsite on Southeast Belmont Street near Grand Avenue when he got into a stolen Chevy Malibu and ran over Bentley about 3 a.m. Feb. 25, 2024, according to court records.

Bentley was

sitting on his bicycle

in the bike lane at the time of the deadly crash.

Bentley, better known on the streets as “Dino,” died on the scene that night. McKeever wasn’t arrested for another five months.

A

sentencing

date has been set for Aug. 18.

Sherwood road rage shooter gets 30 days in Washington County Jail

A Ford F150 motorist who said he wanted to “scare” the driver of a Prius when he fired six times during a bout of road rage on June 2, 2023 has been sentenced.

Desmond Pitts, 29, of Tempe, Arizona, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted assault for the shooting as part of a plea deal approved by Washington County Circuit Judge Andrew Ervin.

Prosecutor Jeffrey MacLean said the operator of the Prius, Stephen Vaeth, had just emerged from a driveway on Southwest Murdoch Road when he “cut off” Pitts, who became enraged and started following Vaeth, even as he made several U-turns.

Pitts ultimately drove onto the sidewalk and fired six shots, two of which struck the Prius, as Vaeth made another turn-around.

Defense attorney Jason Short countered that Vaeth was driving toward Pitts in a “very fast, aggressive manner” when Pitts opened fire. Regardless, he will spend the next three years on probation and 30 days in jail.

“I’m just grateful no one was hurt,” Pitts said.

In brief

Beaverton resident

Stephanie Lozano-Rauch,

37, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison after pleading no contest to attempted assault in the stabbing of her ex-boyfriend at the Las Adelitas apartments in Portland on Aug. 10, 2024.

A Multnomah County jury convicted

Tyree Scott

, 30, of La Center, of second-degree assault for shooting Peter Gilmour in the hand outside The Lounge strip club on Northeast Columbia Boulevard in Portland on May 23, 2023. The jury acquitted Scott of attempted murder. He was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison.

A Multnomah County judge sentenced

Kelvin Pea Jr.,

32, to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted assault for wounding a bystander while shooting at his ex-girlfriend in Gresham on March 14, 2024.

—Zane Sparling covers breaking news and courts for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Reach him at 503-319-7083,


zsparling@oregonian.com


or


@pdxzane


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