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News brief: Chehalis UPS worker jailed following ongoing theft probe

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A part-time employee at the Chehalis distribution center for UPS was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing and re-selling thousands of dollars worth of cell phones and other merchandise.

Roland E. Camps, 40, from Winlock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after he went into the sheriff’s office for an interview, following an investigation that began early last week, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

Among the stolen goods were an unspecified number of Apple iphones and Samsung cell phones as well as video games and equipment, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. Rob Snaza

“We’re still in the process of seeing how much is missing,”  Snaza said this morning.

Snaza said Camps loaded trucks at the parcel delivery service’s location on the 100 block of Hamilton Road south of Chehalis.

According to Snaza, a security supervisor contacted the sheriff’s office after they figured out phones were missing from the Chehalis center.

“They were finding out some stolen phones had been activated,” he said.

Snaza said the losses at this point are estimated at between $50,000 and $100,000 and could go back as far as from Aug. 9.

Camps was arrested and booked for first-degree theft and first-degree trafficking in stolen property.