Police nabbed an Oregon man suspected of burglarizing multiple bottle drop machines throughout the state, including two in Washington County.

Brett McQuiston, 34, pocketed at least $30,000 in cash from the series of alleged heists that began in April, according to police and court records.

The suspected bandit even purchased a Hummer H3 with the ill-gotten greenbacks before his arrest on Sept. 5, said Officer Jeremy Shaw, a Beaverton police spokesman.

Shaw said McQuiston’s lucrative crime spree came to end when an on-duty security guard at the bottle drop in the 9300 block of Southwest Beaverton Hillsdale Highway spotted him late at night wearing a ski mask and clutching a crowbar.

Brett McQuiston, suspected bottle drop bandit.

Police arrived and detained McQuiston. He later admitted to previously burglarizing the bottle drop in Beaverton and locations in Tigard, Redmond and Corvallis, Shaw said.

In addition to buying a Hummer, McQuiston also said he blew most of the stolen money gambling at the ilani Casino Resort in Ridgefield, according to Shaw.

A Washington County grand jury on Monday indicted him on three counts of first-degree burglary and three counts of first-degree aggravated theft.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh; 503-294-7632

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