An off-duty police officer noticed the suspects
as he ate outside the University bookstore
An off-duty police officer stopped two suspected shoplifters Monday as they were leaving the University Bookstore on Monday.
The Eugene Police Department officer was having a sandwich outside the bookstore about noon when two people came running from the store’s security. He stopped the pair and detained them until another officer arrived, EPD spokesperson Pam Alejandre said.
EPD called a probation officer when they discovered one of the pair had an outstanding parole violation, Alejandre said.
Alejandre said the official report had not been filed yet and she had no other information on the crime.
— Marty Toohey
