Carol McAlice Currie

Statesman Journal

The Marion County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for a suspect in a residential burglary.

Sgt. Chris Baldridge, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said residents of a home near Seminole and Mustang roads NE, in rural Marion County near Silverton, interrupted the burglary of their home about 3 p.m. Monday.

The suspect, an adult white male in his 40s with shaggy hair, black pants and no shirt fled the scene in an old truck that had been reported stolen. It did not belong to the home's residents, Baldridge said.

The truck was spotted a short time later in the 2500 block of Drift Creek Road NE, and was chased by deputies into a neighboring Christmas tree farm. The male driver abandoned the truck and fled on foot. Deputies believe the man had a shotgun with him.

Baldridge said due to the rural nature of the location, deputies were not tracking the suspect. The department asks that if residents spot the suspect, they avoid approaching him, and instead call 911 immediately.