On October 31st, 2011 the City of Bend Police Department responded to the Shell Stop and Go, located at 2699 NE Highway 20, for the report of a person using a stolen credit card to make a purchase. Officers were able to stop the individual and identified him as Travis Millar. During this investigation, several stolen items were located on Millar and within the vehicle he was operating. These items included checkbooks, credit cards, identification cards, tools and clothing. Millar was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on one count of Identity Theft and Possession of Stolen Property.
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Detectives with the Bend and Redmond Police Departments were able to identify this property as either being purchased fraudulently with stolen credit cards or property taken from previously reported thefts inside the City of Bend and the City of Redmond.
In the afternoon of December 13th, 2011, the Bend Police Department responded to a call from Macy’s, located at 3188 North Highway 97. Macy’s employees reported a suspicious male inside the store was using a stolen credit card for a purchase. This investigation revealed Millar was the person using the stolen credit card and stolen identification. Millar was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Deschutes County Jail, where he was lodged on multiple counts of Forgery II, Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card, Identity Theft, Theft II, Theft III, Computer Crime, Theft by Receiving, Attempted Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card and Attempted Identity Theft.
At the time of this release, the City of Bend Police Department, with the assistance of the Redmond Police Department, has been able to clear no less than six cases within the City of Bend and six cases from the City of Redmond. This investigation is on-going and has been referred to the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Officer for other charges, to include Aggravated Identity Theft.
Charges:
1. Forgery II x 7 counts
2. Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card x 24 counts
3. Identity Theft x 32 counts
4. Theft II x 11 counts
5. Theft III x 19 counts
6. Computer Crime x 24 counts
7. Theft by Receiving
8. Attempted Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card
Attempted Identity Theft
