This morning at 1:39 a.m., Eugene Police Patrol officers were called to the 1100 block of Jacobs Drive after the owner of a Honda Civic reported two men were in the process of stealing her vehicle and a third man was also present in a truck waiting nearby.
Upon arrival, officers contacted the three men. Two of the men, identified as Stephen Ray Friend, age 30, of Springfield, and Shawn Vincent Kanzulak-Wills, age 24, were found to have gotten into the Honda and attempted to hot-wire and then jump-pack charge it.
After an investigation, officers arrested all three:
- Friend was charged with Unlawful Use Vehicle, Unlawful Entry Motor Vehicle, Possession of Methamphetamine Prior Felony Conviction, Felon in Possession of a Restricted Weapon.
- Kanzulak-Wills was charged with Friend was charged with Unlawful Use Vehicle, Unlawful Entry Motor Vehicle.
- The third man, Jesse Ward Anderson, age 43, of Springfield, was charged with Possession of Burglary Tool or Theft Device, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine - felony (over 5 grams), and Felon in Possession of a Restricted Weapon (brass knuckles).
Case 21-00152