Police arrested three people during a bike theft sting operation at the Beaverton Transit Center during the weekend.

The operation was conducted Saturday by the department's neighborhood response team, who placed a bicycle at the transit center on Southwest Lombard Avenue and waited to see if anyone took it, said Officer Mike Rowe, a Beaverton police spokesman.

The sting was conducted after two bikes were reported stolen from the transit center recently, Rowe said. The transit center has a bike-and-ride facility that has parking spaces for 100 bicycles.

The department conducted one sting in 2013 and no arrests were made, Rowe said.

Officers arrested Kayla Marlow, 20, Marcelo Navarrete-Isabel, 35 and Ryan Denton, 19 on charges of theft. Denton also faced a possession of methamphetamine charge.

Denton pleaded guilty to his charges in Washington County Circuit Court on Monday, court records show.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.