ARREST OF SUSPECT IN LITTLE CAESAR'S ROBBERY-SHOOTING FROM 5-22-10 CASE 10-15484
Posted: July 20th, 2010 4:36 PM
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Arrest of suspect in Little Caesar's Robbery-Shooting from 5-22-10 Case 10-15484
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Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
2223 South Kaen Road
Oregon City, OR 97045
PIO pager # 503-237-2643
Lt. Paul Steigleder II
On 7-20-10 at about 10:15 am Central Time, Detectives from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit, working with Detectives from the Carrollton, Texas Police Crimes Against Person's Unit arrested Michael Ray Ledbetter, age 19, for the May 22nd, 2010 Robbery and Shooting that occurred at Little Caesar's Pizza on S.E. McLoughlin Blvd. This arrest concluded a nearly 2 month investigation.
Mr. Ledbetter was lodged, as a fugitive, into the Carrollton City Jail. Mr. Ledbetter has agreed to waive extradition and should be returning to Oregon shortly.
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Press release from: Clackamas Co. Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office investigates shooting at Clackamas County restaurant; tips sought
Posted: May 22-23, 2010
Please refer to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Case #10-15484
At 1:17 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2010 , Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to a reported shooting at the Little Caesars Pizza restaurant located at 17038 SE McLoughlin Blvd in unincorporated Clackamas County. This business is located between the cities of Milwaukie and Gladstone.
Deputies arriving at the scene found a Little Caesars employee inside the restaurant with apparent gunshot wounds.
Witnesses reported to deputies seeing a suspect fleeing the scene immediately after hearing gunshots.
The employee/victim was transported to OHSU for treatment.
The Sheriff's Office summoned its Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit detectives and Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) to the scene.
The suspect is described as follows:
• White male
• 5'10" to 5'11 inches in height
• Slender build
• Wearing a dark-grey or black zipper-front hooded sweatshirt, red shirt, light-blue baggy jeans
• Black bandanna across his face
• Armed with a black handgun
The victim of this shooting is 25-year-old Charles Lee Kopp. Mr. Kopp underwent surgery for a gunshot wound to the torso. He is in serious/stable condition at OHSU. The Sheriff's Office has a team of detectives from the Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit continuing with this investigation.
ADDITIONAL TIPS SOUGHT
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office urges anyone with information concerning this crime or the above-described suspect to contact the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office's confidential Tip Line -- by phone at 503-723-4949 or by using the online e-mail form. Please reference Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Case #10-15484.
The public can also submit crime-tip text messages to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office from a cell phone. All users have to do is send a text message toCRIMES (274637 on your phone keypad) -- with the keyword CCSO as the first word in the message body. Important reminder: Please do not send emergency messages using the text-messaging system -- in case of an emergency, call 911.
Again, please reference Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Case #10-15484
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Contact Info:
Lieutenant Chuck Slaney
Captain Kevin Layng
Acting Public Information Officers
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