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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
KIDNAPPING:pKidnapped
couple were released
at a Sisters gas station
Degraw allegedly entered
their room uninvited and
accused them of stealing
from Bryden. Degraw began
assaulting Westover with a
leather sap. Law enforce-
ment reports that Bryden and
Degraw were also armed with
handguns. Bryden grabbed
Westover by the hair and
dragged her from the room.
Degraw then began hitting
Patteeuw with the sap.
After Westover and
Patteeuw were assaulted,
their hands and feet were
bound with plastic zip-ties
and Bryden and Degraw
allegedly continued to
assault them for over an
hour. Following the assault,
Westover and Paateeuw
were loaded into the Ford
Expedition at gunpoint,
where they were threatened
with death several times.
Bryden’s nine-year-old
daughter was present and
witnessed these events.
Lt. Davis reports that
“Westover and Patteeuw
were driven in the vehicle,
where they were terrorized
and threatened to be killed
if they did not provide re-
payment for items they
were accused of stealing
from Bryden. Additionally,
Degraw used a folding
knife to cut off portions of
Westover’s hair to further
threaten her. Westover and
Patteeuw were ordered to
contact friends and relatives
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The victims provided a sus-
pect vehicle description of a
2002 gold Ford Expedition.
The suspect vehicle was
reported seen heading east-
bound on Highway 20 from
the area.
An Oregon State Police
trooper located the suspect
vehicle on Highway 20 in
Tumalo, and with the assis-
tance of deputies conducted
a high-risk traffic stop on
O.B. Riley Road near Hardy
Lane. Jeremiah Degraw,
37, of Modesto, California,
and Alisha Bryden, 36,
of Crooked River Ranch,
and Bryden’s 9-year-old
daughter were removed
from the vehicle without
incident.
The investigation deter-
mined that Bryden, Westover
and Patteeuw all knew each
other prior to this incident;
they were all living together
at 12581 SW Cinder Dr. in
Crooked River Ranch, in
Jefferson County. Degraw
was unknown to Westover
and Patteeuw.
On January 26 at approxi-
mately 9 p.m., Westover and
Patteeuw were in their bed-
room, which they rent from
Bryden, when Bryden and
Superior
Escrow
Execution
Ultimate
Service
to wire-order money for the
re-payment.”
Eventually, the sus-
pects drove Westover and
Patteeuw to Sisters, where
they rented a room at Sisters
Motor Lodge. Their zip ties
were removed from their feet
so they could walk into the
room; their hands remained
bound. According to police,
the victims were warned
not to flee or they would be
harmed further.
They all stayed one night
at Sisters Motor Lodge
and the following morning
they began to drive toward
Eugene, until the suspects
determined they had no tire
chains and would be unable
to cross the pass without
them. At approximately 3:40
p.m. on Friday, January 27,
Bryden and Degraw, unable
to extract money from them,
decided to release Westover
and Patteeuw, Lt. Davis
reports.
B ry d en an d Deg raw
were allegedly ordered to
go into the Sisters Mainline
Station and create a scene,
as though they were having
an argument, so Bryden and
Degraw could get away.
Once inside the store,
Patteeuw was able to call
911 and report they had been
kidnapped. Westover and
Patteeuw were contacted by
deputies and later transported
to St. Charles Medical Center
in Bend by Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire medics for
their injuries. Westover and
Patteeuw were treated for
non-life-threatening injuries
and they were later released.
Westover and Patteeuw
were ordered to contact
friends and relatives
to wire-order money
for the re-payment.
— Lt. Chad Davis
Detectives from the
Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office Detective Division
conducted interviews with all
of the mentioned parties and
executed search warrants at
the SW Cinder Drive address
and Sisters Motor Lodge,
where evidence of the crimes
were located. Detectives
from the Oregon State Police
and the Central Oregon
Drug Enforcement Team
assisted in the investigation.
Deputies from the Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office and
OSP troopers assisted in the
search of the S.W. Cinder
Drive residence.
As a result of the investi-
gation, Bryden and Degraw
were arrested on charges of
kidnapping, assault, coer-
cion, menacing, unlawful
use of a weapon and con-
spiracy and lodged at the
Deschutes County Adult Jail,
each with a bail of $710,000.
Bryden’s daughter was taken
into protective custody by
the Oregon Department of
Human Services.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office is request-
ing any witnesses to this
incident to contact the non-
emergency dispatch number
at 541-693-6911, to provide a
statement.
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