A woman was arrested Friday on
numerous theft-related charges in Columbia River Gorge public and private
parks during a seven-month period.
On May 11, Oregon State Police
troopers from The Dalles Area Command office arrested Sarah Ann Kroeskop,
27, of The Dalles.
Kroeskop is accused of stealing,
or attempting to steal, money from payment boxes in parks along Interstate
84 in the Columbia River Gorge. The thefts occurred in Hood River, Wasco
and Sherman counties between October 2006 and April 2007.
The parks included Wyeth Park,
which is a U.S. Forest Service facility, Deschutes River State Park, and
the privately owned Rufus R.V. Park.
Kroeskop was lodged at Northern
Oregon Regional Correctional Facility on the following charges:
