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Oct-18-2009 18:00printcomments

Deputies Arrest Man after Reported Crime Spree

The suspect is in jail on $250,000 bail.

26-year-old Billy Gean Ryan
26-year-old Billy Gean Ryan was arrested for multiple crimes stemming from two attempted car jackings and several burglaries. Photo: Washington County Sheriff

(ALOHA, Ore.) - Deputies say a man ran through an Aloha neighborhood last night attempting to steal cars and enter people's houses. Billy Gean Ryan was arrested by deputies after an hour-long manhunt, according to Sgt. David Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Thompson says Sunday at 10:54 p.m., Washington County Sheriff's deputies arrested 26-year-old Billy Gean Ryan for multiple crimes stemming from two attempted car jackings and several burglaries.

"The 911 calls started at 7:49 p.m. when a woman called from her cell phone to report that a man tried to take her car. She reported that as he told her to get out of the car, he reached into his shirt like he had a gun."

He says the woman rolled up the window and drove away from the suspect. Deputies arrived and set up a perimeter while a K9 unit searched for the suspect.

Thompson continued, "At 8:06 p.m. a resident in the 700 block of SW Blackcourt Place, called 911 and reported that a man had just entered their house and threatened to shoot them if they didn't give him their car keys."

The caller reportedly said the man, later identified as 26-year-old Billy Gean Ryan, had come into their house while smoking a cigarette and asked about the car in the driveway.

"He then threatened to shoot them while reaching toward his armpit as if he had a gun. The resident told the Mr. Ryan to leave and he did," Thompson said.

"Just after Mr. Ryan left the house, he threatened to shoot another man on the street. Mr. Ryan told the man he would shoot him if he did not give Mr. Ryan his car keys. The man refused and Mr. Ryan walked down the street."

Then at 8:10 p.m. another 911 call was placed reporting that Mr. Ryan had entered an apartment at 674 SW 201st Avenue.

Thompson said, "The man in the apartment reported that Mr. Ryan came in and told him that he was being chased. Mr. Ryan offered the man $5,000 for his car. The man refused and told Mr. Ryan to leave which he did."

Thompson says the incidents continued, "At 8:17 p.m. a man walked out of his house located in the 800 bock of SW 198th Avenue. He saw Mr. Ryan standing next to his car holding a Gatorade and a cell phone. The man saw that his car door was open and he realized that Mr. Ryan had taken the Gatorade and cell phone out of his car."

"The man asked Mr. Ryan what he was doing. Ryan asked the man if he had "seen the man the police were looking for?" Ryan then gave him the cell phone, took a drink of the Gatorade, and took off running."

It continued according to Thompson, and the next call came in at 9:11 p.m.

"A woman called 911 from the 19000 block of SW Ashcroft Lane and reported that she found Mr. Ryan in her car parked in her garage. She said he told her he had fallen asleep in the car. The woman went into the house and locked the door. Mr. Ryan opened the garage door and left the residence."

Numerous deputies were combing the neighborhood for Mr. Ryan by this time. Just after the information was broadcast from the previous 911 call, a deputy spotted Mr. Ryan in the area of SW 198th Avenue and SW Brookfield Street. Thompson says Ryan ran from the deputy but was quickly apprehended after a brief foot chase.

After Mr. Ryan was positively identified by several victims, he was arrested on 4 counts of second-degree Robbery, 4 counts of Menacing, two counts of first-degree Burglary, two counts of Unauthorized Entry to a Motor Vehicle, and first-degree Criminal Trespass.

Billy Ryan is being held in the Washington County on a $250,000 bail. If you have any information about this series of crimes please call the Washington County Sheriff's Office at 503-846-2700.




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Daniel October 19, 2009 11:22 am (Pacific time)

The world of confusion !


Mike H. October 19, 2009 3:11 am (Pacific time)

I often wonder what sorts of worlds these sort of people live in...

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