A Canby teen was arrested Wednesday after he went to Newport and stole a Jeep he recently swapped for two other cars because he was unhappy with the deal, police say.

Matthew Dylan Knight, 18, was found sometime after 1:30 a.m. in Agate Beach and was pulled over along U.S. 101 while driving the 2002 Jeep Cherokee that no longer belonged to him, Newport police said. He was arrested along with Brody James Bjork, 22, of Gresham, and Jacob Allen Stanford Cutts, 23, of Damascus, who police said drove Knight to retrieve the Jeep and were following him in another car when he got pulled over.

According to a probable cause affidavit, the new Jeep owner reported to police that she saw Knight take the Jeep from her driveway. She claimed she traded him for it in October.

Knight told police that he wasn't happy with the condition of the cars he received and enlisted Bjork and Cutts to help him get the Jeep back, the affidavit said. He said he didn't contact the woman about his concerns and didn't bring the cars back to Newport, the court papers said. "He simply came to (take) the Jeep," according to the affidavit.

Knight was booked into Lincoln County Jail on suspicion of first-degree theft, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Bjork and Cutts were also booked into jail on accusations of conspiracy to commit first-degree theft, conspiracy to commit unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and conspiracy to commit unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com

503-221-8343; @EvertonBailey