A man who robbed a Happy Valley restaurant at gunpoint was apprehended three days later when investigators identified him from surveillance footage.
Douglas Wayne Kelsey, 33, of Aloha, was arrested Thursday, July 31, in connection with an early-morning robbery at Denny’s, situated at 12101 S.E. 82nd Avenue.
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The robbery occurred shortly after 1:38 a.m. on Monday, July 28, at a restaurant in unincorporated Clackamas County near Happy Valley. The culprit, later identified as Kelsey, held an employee at gunpoint and stole a black bag holding an unknown quantity of money.
He departed the scene in a blue vehicle with unknown plates before deputies from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office arrived.
Detectives used video surveillance from the eatery to identify Kelsey. They executed an arrest warrant at a residence in the 7700 block of Southeast Lamphier Street in unincorporated Clackamas County, near Milwaukie. Kelsey was detained shortly after 2 p.m. by the Clackamas County Interagency SWAT team. He was sent to a local hospital for treatment of injuries acquired during the arrest.
Kelsey was booked into the Clackamas County Jail without bond. He is charged with first- and second-degree robbery, unauthorized use of a weapon, first-degree theft, and menacing.
