The community was violated again with a house robbery in Rhododendron.
Kristin Roberts, 59, had her home invaded during the daytime hours of Oct.
12.

“I came home about 3 p.m. and found my front door kicked in,” Roberts said.
“I was panicked. I started shaking. It was terrible.”

When Roberts entered her Pinewood Lane home — 1 1/2 miles off Lolo Pass —
the place was ransacked.

“I said, ‘I’ve been robbed’,” she said. “They had thrown everything on the
floor. I was worried for my cats as well. I have four of them and they are not
allowed outside.”

After searching through the debris Roberts discovered all her cats were safe.
Missing items included keys to her rentals, two TV sets, $3,000 in diamonds, a
camera, a sound system and her social security card.

“They also stole a credit card,” Roberts said. “And they tried to use it.”
Roberts’ credit card company notified her of the attempt by someone in
Colorado.

“These guys aren’t very bright,” she said. “They have a friend in Colorado. I
want everyone to know this is going on. There’s never been anything like this
in this neighborhood before.”

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene 30 minutes
later.

Roberts said she had insurance, “But of course they reassess everything. But I
guess it’s better than nothing.”

Roberts believes the break-in had to have been planned by someone local.

“I certainly don’t know who did this, but it has to be someone who has been
here before,” she said. “It had to have been planned, like knowing when I
wasn’t going to be here and when my neighbors weren’t going to be home.”

This is the first reported break-in since 2008 when a spate of robberies took
place in the Elk Park Road neighborhood. Four houses were hit in a six-day
period from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12. Losses in these incidents included a $10,000
ransacking of Steve and Lisa Siegfried’s residence.

No suspects have been turned up by the sheriff’s department investigation.