Five Arrested For Hitching a Ride on a Boxcar

(WOODBURN) - Woodburn Police arrested five individuals riding in a boxcar on a train headed toward Woodburn around 1:45 AM Wednesday morning.

Police received a complaint from Union Pacific about unauthorized individuals on a train.

Police made arrangement’s with the train’s conductor to apprehend the trespassers.

As the train passed through Woodburn it stopped and officers from the Woodburn and Hubbard approached the boxcar and arrested 22-year-old Arthur Ludwick, of Medford, 24-year-old Emma Williams, of Portland, 20-year-old Luke Norris, of Ohio, 19-year-old Samson Schoenbrunn, of New Jersey, and 23-year-old Damian Witt, of Virginia.

All five suspects were arrested and cited for criminal trespass without incident.

Ludwick and Williams had warrants for their arrests and were subsequently transported and booked into the Marion County Jail.

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Anonymous May 4, 2010 5:00 pm (Pacific time)

ha. i was on that ..

Shove it jerkwad, your stupid rant is flushed. Take your 'f' word and pack it where the sun don't shine. Calling us names? How stupid!

Dad September 2, 2008 12:50 pm (Pacific time)

The last time I heard anything he was in Courtland Ohio . That was July 14 2008

anonymus May 12, 2007 9:14 am (Pacific time)

Hey, Samson is my friend. They weren't hurting anyone by riding that train, they were just trying to bypass the monopoly of transporation by buisinesses. In ancient times,nomadism was rampant. Now, it's impossible to travel without getting into a dangerous vehicle and risking your life. These guys were messing with the system. Good for them. Let them go, you fascists!

Anonymous November 4, 2006 4:05 pm (Pacific time)

Hippies just keep getting lazier and lazier. In my day, they would use their feet to walk across the country! uphill! In several directions simultaneously! And who in the hell hops trains with five people? that's not being homeless and revolutionary, that's a bloody family vacation! I just hope the youngins had time to collect their cellphones and mp3 players before submitting to the man...

Anonymous October 29, 2006 7:45 pm (Pacific time)

what happened to the other guys? I mean, isn't that a rite of passage?

billy... October 27, 2006 11:32 am (Pacific time)

if anyone knows where Arthur Ludwick is, tell him to contact nikki, after he went to jail we couldnt find him again... we miss him!

Albert Marnell September 10, 2006 5:39 am (Pacific time)

Whatever happened to talking to people to tell them your perception of what they should or should not do? In this case, leave the young men alone. This is one of the adventures of many young males and they know that if they are hurt it is their fault. They would rather live life than live life in a cloistered environment.

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