Deputies: 3 men planned to smoke meth, burglarize home
HILLSBORO, Ore. – Washington County sheriff’s deputies arrested three men who they said were planning to smoke methamphetamine and break into a woman’s house in Hillsboro Saturday night.
The three men had the woman’s license, credit cards and keys. Deputies learned the items were stolen from a parked car at Mt. Hood earlier in the day, according to Sgt. David Thompson.
A deputy stopped an SUV for changing lanes without a turn signal at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday and found the stolen items inside the vehicle. The driver, 43-year-old John Phillips of Portland, told the deputy that he and his two passengers found the credit cards, license and keys and were on their way to return them to the owner.
Deputies also spotted a glass pipe used for smoking meth in the SUV’s center console. They brought a drug dog to search the car and found about four grams of meth.
The three men later told deputies they were about the smoke meth and burglarize the woman’s home, Thompson said. Deputies found a baseball bat, a large kitchen knife and a crow bar in the SUV.
The traffic stop happened about one mile from the woman’s home, Thompson said. The woman was home at the time.
Deputies arrested Phillips and his two passengers, 27-year-old Nicholas Teegarden and 31-year-old Joseph M. Landers, on charges of conspiracy to commit burglary, attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools.
Phillips also faces drug charges and one count of driving with a revoked license.
All three men have previously been arrested numerous times for a wide range of charges, including burglary, assault, drug charges and weapons charges, Thompson said.
They even look like tweekers.
John Phillips looks a lot different from his Mamas and Papas days. I still see he's doing dope. Bunch of losers.
Baseball bat and knife? Oh, that's not even the half of it.... they were planning to do something a lot more horrible than burglarize this woman's home.
In these stories we often hear the phrase, "previously been arrested numerous times". If the pointy-headed liberals in charge of the courts can't figure out what the problem is, then the answer might be "Smith & Wesson".
theres always somthin' goin' on down in the trailerhood...
Nicholas Teegarden used to go to Sam Barlow high school. Such a dumb ass
A large dog and an owner with a 12 gauge shotgun: A Home Invader's Worst Nightmare. Pass it along, please.
what, no comments on racial stereotypes? If they were brown there would be no end to the racist drivel that usually spews out of the hateful.
@anit-racist american - I like stereotyping,it is a based on history and observation. The ugly are discriminated against we all know it because they are ugly. Pretty people get everything
 @anit-racist american You sound disappointed that they're white-or are you just surprised? And don't you mean 'anti-racist'?
Three-pack o' turds.
If you're stupid, ugly, and have the IQ of a rock, what options do you have in life? This is all that was open to these poor guys. Give 'em a break.
Which one is Moe?
The 3 Stodges..... You can't fix "Stupid....."
 @PDXtasy68 These three make the Stooges look like Einstein's lab assistants.
 @Old29  @PDXtasy68 Almost!Â
After all: "...they were about the smoke meth and burglarize the womanâs home..." Even the journalist was in on it. (Replace "the" with "to".)
Married gay people don't do such a thing. Weird huh?
 @geo liquor That is a troll comment if I ever saw one.
"All three men have previously been arrested numerous times for a wide range of charges, including burglary, assault, drug charges and weapons charges"
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Why do these stories almost always go down like this? Why does society let repeat offenders go? It sounds like these guys should have been executed or jailed for life long ago.
 @thunderchief Because they are looking for those murderous, soulless potheads to harass.
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Pot heads are so much more docile than Meth Heads. Remember the first rule of Policing: Officer Safety. The second rule of policing: Protect the Pension. The third rule of Policing: Officer Safety.
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Protect and Serve is just the slogan written on the sides of the free cars they drive to burn public fuel.
@randomdude. Pretty trollish.....
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They're probably potheads too, to take the edge off the meth.
I look way younger than all three of those Boy Scouts...and I'm retired.
Faces only their mother could love!!!!!!
 @samsloohouse Let's ask their mamas about that....
Yeah but can they bake a wedding cake?
PBBBBBBFT!
These guys make The Three Stooges look like GQ models. Wheweeeee....these boys are FUGLY.Â
Caning sounds appropriate here, doesn't it?
Wendy Teagarden your brother need some help!   (just kidding)
 @oodathunked Good One!   (just kidding)
GEEES! Are these guys related?
 @oodathunked  To what?
'Deputies found a baseball bat, a large kitchen knife and a crow bar in the SUV.'
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Phew! They didn't have an 'assault weapon' or a high-capacity magazine. For a minute there, I thought the homeowner might have been in trouble.Â
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"All three men have previously been arrested numerous times for a wide range of charges, including burglary, assault, drug charges and weapons charges, Thompson said."
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Until we decide to change the revolving door (in)justice system there will continue to idiots like these preying on the innocent. It is time we build a high security prison out in the middle of nowhere and warehouse these people that just can't seem to get it in a no frills, basic food and water existence.
Very well done, deputy..! Â You might well have saved that woman's life..! Â Â What a scary-looking trio of losers..!
I thought the Three Stooges were make-believe TV characters....
 @August100 ~  The Three Stooges were real... but they were a LOT better looking than these 3... a lot smarter, too..!   :-)
It's easy to install a drop bolt on each of your entry doors so that they CANNOT be opened quietly from the outside, once you're locked in.
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All you need is a few seconds to react, provided you hear the sounds of forced entry. And provided, of course, that you've prepared ahead of time to defend your home.
"The driver, 43-year-old John Phillips of Portland, told the deputy that he and his two passengers found the credit cards, license and keys and were on their way to return them to the owner."
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I have my doubts that the cop would have kept a straight face when he heard that.
 @Max Quinn return them and do what to the owner???
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 @Dr. Rawdog  ~  ...and all 3 of 'em have wonky brains..! Â
male meth models are so dumb
 @Phuzz  Meth hags are any smarter?
Lane change violation tripped them up. Sharp dudes! They will probably do a little jail time at taxpayers expense then be right back on the street. It's obvious that they will never contribute to society in a positive way.
OMG! Can you imagine what it would feel like to find out what was only a mile away from happening to you if not for a random (lucky) traffic stop?! Poor woman! Toss these assclowns UNDER the jail!
You mean these three guys aren't tax preparers?
@jpk I was thinking brain surgeon...
Don't you have to have one first? LOL
Creeps me out to think about what might have happened. Â Well done, deputy...!!!