BEND, Ore. – Surveillance video led to a raid on a southwest Bend apartment Thursday night and the resident’s arrest in a traffic stop for a string of recent shoplifting thefts at local stores and the theft of over $5,000 worth of items from a vehicle at the apartment complex.

Authorities said It was his second arrest in less than a week, and involved crimes allegedly committed after his first arrest on a shoplifting charge and release from jail.

Bend Police were notified last Tuesday of the theft from a vehicle at The Current Apartments on Southwest Emkay Drive, Patrol Lieutenant Aaron Wells said in a news release Saturday.

Based on the video surveillance, investigators identified an apartment at the complex as a possible “residence of interest” in the theft from the vehicle, Wells said. Officers identified the occupant and subsequent suspect as Michael Cole Demayo, 27.

Wells said Demayo also was identified as being the suspect in thefts from Fred Meyer on Sept. 18 and Sept. 22 and the Bend Petco on Sept. 23.

A search warrant was granted and executed on Thursday on Demayo’s apartment, where Wells said “a significant amount of stolen property” was recovered, including items from an additional theft at Big 5 Sporting Goods.

“Due to the nature of the crimes, and out of an abundance of caution, there was a large police presence during the service of the search warrant,” the lieutenant explained.

Wells told the Bugle that Demayo was not home when the raid was to begin, which led to nearby residents hearing a series of loudspeaker hails, as Central Oregon Daily News reported. Wells said officers hailed Demayo because they did not know he was not home at the time.

Instead, Demayo was found and arrested on a traffic stop, Wells said. He was booked into the Deschutes County Jail on five initial charges: two counts of first-degree theft, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, second-degree criminal mischief and offensive littering.

Wells said officers are continuing to work on identifying stolen items in their ongoing investigation, and ‘additional charges are expected.”

Court records show Demayo was arraigned by video from jail Friday afternoon on a total of eight charges filed by the district attorney’s office, including one Class C felony charge of first-degree theft.

The rest were Class A or C misdemeanors: two counts each of second- and third-degree theft, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, second-degree criminal mischief and offensive littering.

All but one charge involved crimes allegedly committed on Sept. 22 and 23; the eighth occurred on or about Sept. 18 at Fred Meyer. The second-degree theft charges involve shoplifting merchandise worth $100 or more, and the third-degree thefts involve items worth less than $100. The criminal mischief charge alleges more than $500 in damage to the victim's vehicle.

Circuit Judge Alison Emerson set Demayo's bail at $10,000 and ordered that if released he have no contact with the victims, which along with the mentioned stores and the theft from vehicle victim included Bend Family Dentistry.

A jail sergeant said Demayo posted the required 10% of his bail and was released Friday. The sergeant said Demayo was first arrested on Saturday, Sept. 19 on a third-degree theft charge in a shoplifting case. At that time, he did not have to post bail and was granted conditional release, pending a Nov. 9 arraignment.

Oregon court records indicate no previous criminal charges involving Demayo.