Eugene Police say they’ve arrested seven people suspected of burglarizing an Asian American community member’s home in the Bethel area.

Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner said at a Friday press conference that his department is still investigating whether these suspects are linked to nearly two dozen similar burglaries targeting local Asian American business owners over the last year.

Those crimes, including roughly 17 burglaries in Eugene and Springfield in late 2024 and early 2025 and several more over the summer, targeted Asian businesses owners’ homes while they were at work.

“We honestly think it's the same kind of parent organization that’s perpetrating this crime and these are different actors within that,” Skinner said.

Asian American community leaders previously raised conc

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