State v. Brown

In this criminal case, following a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of two counts of second-degree burglary, ORS 164.215, and three counts of first-degree theft, ORS 164.055. One of the burglary counts and two of the theft counts related to defendant’s burglary of Willamette Valley Books and Bullion, a shop in Oregon City. During the burglary, defendant stole a safe from the shop; the safe contained a gun belonging to the business’s owner, as well as other items, such as jewelry and coins, that people had brought into the business to sell on consignment. Defendant was charged with one…