Shoplifting suspect swims for it

In a still from a surveillance video, a woman with an armload of stolen clothes heads for the exit of a Ross store. Police suspect an organized shoplifting ring is behind the rash of thefts in Oregon and Washington.

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Story Published: Oct 31, 2008 at 9:17 AM PDT

By KVAL Web Staff

EUGENE, Ore. -- Call it a criminal triathlon: a shoplifting suspect at Macy's ran from security guards and jumped into the Willamette River Thursday night.

The man was last seen around 8:58 p.m., more than 20 minutes after jumping from the boat ramp behind the Vallery River Center, where Macy's is located.

The man's identity and whereabouts are unknown.

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