Man allegedly steals, wrecks five cars (in about an hour)

[Champ]

Perhaps the only thing that stopped a Bend man from stealing his sixth car in a little more than an hour Sunday morning was that there were no keys in the ignition.

According to police, Matthew Paul Forster, 25, managed to steal and wreck five cars Sunday between downtown Bend and an area near Tumalo. He allegedly started off the spree by stealing and crashing a patrol car from the Bend Police Department, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.

And when Forster was attempting to steal the sixth car, he allegedly tried to convince the car owner to give him the keys after waking her up at home, said Sgt. Shane Nelson of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office. The woman called the police.

"He kept going until finally someone was able to witness him committing a crime and he was finally able to be caught," said Sgt. Merlin Toney with the Sheriff's office.

http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=13601

[wyldwolf]

1. And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids!