(Portland, OR) -- A Multnomah County employee has been arrested for theft. Portland Police responded to a hardware store on Hayden Island where employees had detained the suspect. 55-year-old Leonel Sandoval, of Scappoose, was in uniform when he allegedly took 785 dollars' worth of flooring product out of the store without paying and then tried to return it. Sandoval was arrested and charged with theft.