Three people were arrested after a car was stolen from a motel parking lot in Bend last week. Bend Police say Russel W. Hendrickson, 32, from Bend, Leslie A. Hudson, 40, from Redmond and Kenneth J. Sommerset, 34, also from Redmond were taken into custody on a list of charges. According to the Bend Police news release:
Police received a call from an employee at The Sugarloaf Mountain Motel at 62980 N. Highway 97, where they left their vehicle unlocked and warming up prior to them getting off of their shift. Another employee was coming into work and saw the vehicle leaving the parking lot with a silver Infinity SUV, trailing behind. The employee called law enforcement and filed a stolen vehicle report. The officers were able to look at video surveillance from the motel and look for suspect information.
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 4:37 p.m. a dispute was reported at the Sugarloaf Mountain Motel. The victim of the car theft saw the same silver Infinity SUV in the parking lot of the motel. The victim confronted the occupants of the SUV, who denied stealing the vehicle. The victim was able to take several photographs of the occupants of the silver Infinity SUV.
Once Bend Police saw the photographs of the occupants, one of the occupants was recognized as Hendrickson. The officer was able to contact his probation officer, who stated he is on GPS monitoring. The officer was able to obtain Hendrickson’s whereabouts during the time of the vehicle theft on February 14, 2021 and could see he was at the Sugarloaf Mountain Motel during the vehicle theft. Bend Police were also able to follow his GPS locations and determined an area where he discarded items from the vehicle, which included a baby stroller and the license plates.
On February 17, 2021 in the evening, the probation officer for Hendrickson was able to notify Bend Police of his whereabouts according to his GPS. Officers contacted him at Motel West. He was arrested without incident and taken to the Deschutes County Adult Jail.
Through investigation, Bend Police were able to identify Hudson and Sommerset as suspects who assisted Hendrickson in the theft of the vehicle. It was learned that the stolen vehicle was at an address on Faugarwee Circle in Deschutes River Woods.
Later in the night, Bend Officers were able to make contact with an occupant of the home on Faugarwee Circle at the end of the road. He did not deny the stolen vehicle was at the residence. A short time later Hudson drove the vehicle out to the Bend Police Officers. She was taken into custody without incident. Sommerset’s location was unknown at the time officers arrested Hudson.
On February 23, 2021 at 5:57 p.m. officers were on routine patrol and contacted Sommerset on a traffic stop. He was found in possession of methamphetamine and he was arrested on multiple charges, including Possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, Delivery of a controlled substance, methamphetamine
Hendrickson was charged with Probation/Parole Violation-Felony, UUMV, Theft I, Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Mischief II. Hudson was charged with UUMV, Theft I, Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Mischief II, Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.
