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Suspected Drug Trafficker Re-Arrested On Theft Charges

SISTERS, OR -- A Sisters man, arrested last month for drug trafficking, is now a suspect in a series of construction and heavy equipment thefts  in the Portland metro area. Investigators believe 46-year-old Paul Weston stole dump trailers, a car trailer, side-by-side ATVs, a skid steer loader, bucket loader and a tractor from various locations in Portland and Vancouver over a two-month period. 

They say he then brought the equipment to his home on Peterson Ridge Road in Sisters, obliterated serial numbers and tried to sell it. 

When detectives re-arrested Weston Wednesday, they recovered equipment valued at about $225,000. Authorities were able to match all but three dump trailers and a skid steer loader to victims. Anyone with information about the unclaimed property is urged to contact Det. Jeff Pope at 541-388-6655, referencing case number 22-69589.

Detectives say they also seized a commercial quantity of fake pills made of fentanyl at the time of his arrest. Weston is charged with Aggravated Theft, Possession of Stolen Vehicle, Trafficking in Vehicles with Destroyed or Altered Identification Numbers, Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle and Unlawful Possession of Fentanyl.

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