Portland Police Bureau Investigation Report 05131

Case number 08-093047 Burg FE Residence
Reported: 09/20/08 @ 2011
Occurred: 09/20/08 1230-2000

PERSONS

• Victim CARTER, Catherine L.  Female White
  [DOB, home address and phone number redacted]
• Suspect BOWMAN, Rory,  Male White

PROPERTY

• Damaged: Entry door, $200
• Stolen: Full box of personal checks, Washington Mutual Bank, $10.
• Stolen: Laptop Computer, Apple MacBook Pro 17: $2000
• Stolen: External Hard Drive, Lacie 250 GB, $80
• Stolen: Silver Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera, $100
• Stolen: Antique pearl necklace, 24″ Mikimoto pearls w platinum clasp. 5mm pearl attached to clasp, $5000
• Stolen: Small women’s Seiko watch, 3/4″ face in 14K gold w a brown band, $200
• Stolen: Antique Chinese bracelet, discs of 28kt gold, $1000
• Stolen: Loose polished opals in a small bag, various sizes, $800
• Stolen: Ring, gold band with teardrop cut opal, 4 small diamonds, $400
• Stolen: Work identification: Adidas swipe key, $25
• Stolen: Rolled quarters, $20

NARRATIVE

#8) Radio call of a burglary to the listed address. Upon arrive (VI) Carter was waiting outside. She lives in a secure apartment building. The apartments are above first floor restaurants and businesses. There are three ways into the apartments that are on the second and third floor. Each floor has three key accessed doors. I checked all three and none appear to have been forced.

(VI) Carter lives on the third floor fo the most rear apartment. We cleared the apartment to make sure no suspects were inside. Upon arriving at the door to the apartment, the deadbolt and door handle lock had been forced. They were pried by multiple strikes against each one. Entry and exit can only be made through this door. There was one of (VI) Carter’s shirts on the floor outside the apartment door.

After clearing the apartment I had (VI) Carter come inside and begin to locate missing property and where items were moved or misplaced. I called Identification Division at 2035 hours to process the residence for prints.

There are three floors to this apartment. After entering the apartment there is a room that is her work space. In this room a box of personal checks were taken from a desk. Other items were moved, but no other items appeared to be taken. Up the stairs from this room is the main living area on the second floor. All other items listed were taken from this room. The third floor is a loft style bedroom. (VI) Carter stated nothing was disturbed in the bedroom. The shirt left outside was from the second floor.

(VI) Carter makes clothing and dress accessories. She uses jewelry to include loose gem stones in her work. One item taken was a bag of several loose opals. Two unique items are the string of pearls and the Chinese bracelet. The string of pearls is described in the property area. The Chinese bracelet is several discs of 28 kt gold, approximately each disc with one of four different patterns. The first pattern is of grass, the second is of a cherry blossom, the third is a maple leaf, the fourth pattern could not be remembered by (VI) Carter. Both the necklace and the bracelet are antiques that belonged to her mother.

I gave (VI) Carter my business card with the case number for this incident. I gave her both the red sheet and the white tri-fold pamphlet about crime prevention and information to burglary victims. Last, I gave and explained a Special Report for additional items found taken from the location. As I was finishing, the criminalist arrived to process the location. I knocked at the three neighboring apartments and had no response. There is no suspect at this time.

It should be noted that (VI) Carter has been stocked [sic] by a boyfriend she broke up with approximately 10 years ago. His name is (SB) Bowman. She has a permanent stalking order out of Multnomah County on him. The order number is 0603-03051. (VI) Carter felt he was not involved. (SB) Bowman has not been in this residence and his fingers should not be found there. Over the past few months (SB) Bowman has been trying to remove the order.

Fulitano DPSST 35225

Identification Division Special Report 08-093047

I responded to the listed location regarding a burglary investigation. When I arrived I contacted (CO) Carter. Carter showed me the point of entry and items the suspect/s may have touched. The suspect/s gained entry by prying open the front door.

I processed the point of entry, a plastic tray, a glass jar, the top of the printer, several pieces of paper, a plastic binder, the glass from a display case and two containers.

I found no latents of value.

Schleich A, DPSST 36817

Portland Police Bureau Special Report Supplemental 08-093047

Date This Report: 09/22/08 2037

[Contact info for Carter, Bowman, Balmer redacted]

8. R/C to listed location regarding a follow up to a previously reported residential burglary. Upon arrival I contacted (VI) Carter who was visibly shaken and upset. Ms CARTER told me that she has a Stalking Protection Order agianst (SB) BOWMAN. About a month ago BOWMAN’s attorney forwarded a letter authored by BOWMAN to Ms. CARTER’S attorney. The gist of the letter is that BOWMAN wants the Stalking Order vacated and that if it wasn’t, “things would start happening, including legal action.”

Tonight, Ms. CARTER got an email from (SB) Balmer who is a former boyfriend. BALMER has an online blog on the web site people.tribe.net. BALMER informed Ms. CARTER that BOWMAN had posted a comment on his (BALMER’S) blog on 09/21/08 at 1140 hours. The comment reads “You have nine days to save approximately $10,000. Please do so.” BOWMAN’s photo and user name is posted next to the comment. Ms. CARTER states the dollar value of the items stolen in the burglary to be in the $15,000 range, so she believes this posting is a reference to her property. The people.tribe.net web site is a members only site. BOWMAN is aware of this site and BALMER and CARTER’s prior relationship, and he has made postings on this site in the past as a means to contact CARTER.

BALMER e-mailed Ms. CARTER a screen shot of the blog comments and she provided me with a printed copy. BOWMAN’s comments do not fit in with the other posted comments. Ms. CARTER was unable to access the people.tribe.net site or BALMER’s blog to show me what was being commented on. Ms. CARTER said that BOWMAN is a computer (Mac) technician and very proficient with computers and technology and may have done something to the DSL router in her apartment, if he was the one who broke in.

Ms. CARTER said that BALMER is currently out of town but is available by phone and/or email and will cooperate with any further investigation regarding BOWMAN. I placed the copy of the blog comments into evidence, receipt #1125341.

A.E. Edgecomb, DPBSST 21339