Albany Men Arrested for Stealing Electric Power

Jedediah Lee Tate and Trent Andrew Lawson of Albany, Oregon faces several charges relating to the theft of electricity.

Jedediah Lee Tate and Trent Andrew Lawson of Albany, Oregon faces several charges relating to the theft of electricity. Photo: Linn County Sheriff

(ALBANY, Ore.) - Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller reports that his Detectives have made arrests as the result of an ongoing investigation regarding

Detectives have made arrests over thefts of wire from Consumer Power, Pacific Power and Light and their substations, as well as from several local area farmers’ irrigation wiring systems in Linn County. Sheriff Tim Mueller says one of the thefts resulted in a power outage in the Lebanon and Sweet Home area.

He says two Albany men were arrested and charged in connection to those thefts. The investigation is continuing and further arrests are expected.

27-year old Jedediah Lee Tate and Trent Andrew Lawson, both of Albany, were charged with Aggravated Theft, four counts of first-degree Theft, four counts of first-degree Criminal Mischief and one count of Theft II.

Tate was arrested at the Linn County Jail where he was being held on an unrelated Albany Municipal Court warrant for Criminal Trespass I and Theft II.

Lawson was arrested at the Linn County Court House after a court appearance on an unrelated criminal case.

Both subjects were lodged in Linn County Jail, Mueller said.

Anyone who has information regarding these cases is encouraged to contact the Linn County Sheriff’s Office at 541-967-3911.