According to police, D and H Logging reported a red Toyota pickup with two men inside had taken items from a vehicle parked at their logging site. The site foreman reported the vehicle had left. Police said the logging site was on Moore Mill Lumber Company property and the subjects had trespassed to commit the theft. A sheriff’s deputy officer from Myrtle Point Police Dept. responded and located the vehicle near milepost 1 on Catching Creek with the two men inside. Police arrested 30-year-old Cody L. Johnson and 35-year-old Beau Stemen, both of Coos Bay. The initial report by the logging crew stated a can full can of gas and some rope were taken out of the vehicle. During the investigation with the two men, police said the can of gas was recovered, which turned out to be coolant, as well as the rope. In addition, police said a firearm was seized due to an obliterated serial number and short barrel. Investigation into the firearms issue is ongoing, police said. Johnson was arrested for Criminal Trespass in the 2nd Degree and Theft in the 3rd Degree. Beau Stemen was arrested on a probation violation. Both were lodged at the Coos County Jail with Johnson being released on his own recognizance. Stemen was being held without bail.

WHEN: Jan. 4, 2017
WHERE: Moore mill tree farm
SUSPECT: Beau Thomas Stemen