Men arrested for possession of stolen items and pipe bombs
SUTHERLIN, Ore. -- Police have arrested two Sutherlin men, after they say they found them with stolen property and eight active pipe bombs.
The Douglas County Sheriff's office said that on Saturday, a Ford F-250 pickup truck was found abandoned in the 1000 block of Paradise Creek Road. The vehicle was found by Paul Dailey, who owns Dailey Wood Products.
Dailey's company has been logging in the Paradise Creek Ridge area and has had property stolen from the site three times since December 24th.
Deputies responded and a search warrant was executed on the truck.
Some of the property found in the vehicle was reported stolen from Dailey's company.
Police say that items located in the vehicle also led them to Kevin Scott Lowell, 29, of Sutherlin.
Deputies went to Lowell's residence, and police say he told them that he and Dylan Russell Peden, 21, also of Sutherlin, had been in the Paradise Creek area and their vehicle had broke down.
Police say the men denied knowing anything about the stolen property in the vehicle.
During a search of Lowell's residence in Sutherlin, items reported as stolen by Dailey Wood Products were recovered.
Deputies also located eight active pipe bombs.
The OSP Bomb Squad responded to the residence and took possession of the explosives.
Lowell and Peden were lodged at the Douglas County Jail.
Lowell was charged with eight counts of Unlawful Possession of an Explosive Device, eight counts of Unlawful Manufacture of an Explosive Device, Theft I, Theft II and Criminal Trespass II.
Peden was charged with eight counts of Unlawful Possession of Explosive Device, Theft II and Criminal Trespass II.
