Gresham homicide suspect, also wanted in Lake Oswego, Canby bank heists, arrested in Portland

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The FBI posted its Wanted notice for Teddy Stivahtis Jr. on a Washington County billboard on the south side of U.S. 26. Stivahtis was arrested Thursday in Portland.

(Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)

Teddy Stivahtis Jr.

Teddy Stivahtis Jr., a 36-year-old man identified as a suspect in a Gresham homicide as well as bank robberies in Canby and Lake Oswego, has been taken into custody, Gresham police said.

Portland police officers took Stivahtis into custody without incident after contacting him at Burlingame Fred Meyer, 7555 S.W. Barbur Blvd., around 3:45 p.m. Thursday.

Stivahtis is suspected of stabbing his 70-year-old aunt, Deanna Stivahtis, who was found dead on Oct. 11, Gresham police said. Stivahtis was seen driving his aunt' s dark green van away from her mobile home at Bellacres Mobile Estates off Southeast Division Street before her body was discovered.

A few days later, on Oct. 13, he was caught on video surveillance passing a demand note to a teller at the Chase Bank branch at a Canby Fred Meyer at 1401 S.E. First Ave., authorities said. He ran off with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

Lake Oswego police also identified Stivahtis as a suspect in an Oct. 18 bank robbery at the Key Bank, 16210 Bryant Road. Police said Stivahtis used a note to obtain an undisclosed amount of cash, then fled.

On Tuesday a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Stivahtis, accusing him of stealing $6,419 from the Canby bank and $1,356 from the Lake Oswego bank.

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