Roseburg Man Arrested After Armed Robbery Outside Sherm’s

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg man was arrested Wednesday after police said a woman was robbed at gunpoint outside Sherm’s earlier this week.

According to the Roseburg Police Department logs, Black was arrested at 9:22 a.m. Wednesday, May 6. Police radio traffic reviewed by The Roseburg Receiver indicated the reported robbery happened the evening of Monday, May 4, at Sherm’s Thunderbird Market, 2553 NW Stewart Parkway.

Police said a 25-year-old Roseburg woman had just finished work and was sitting in her vehicle while it warmed up when a man approached the driver’s side window with a handgun. The man demanded the vehicle, and after the woman got out, police said he also demanded her phone before driving away.

The vehicle was later seen heading toward NW Renann Avenue and NW Edenbower Boulevard. Police said the victim’s phone later pinged in the area near the Jersey Lilly, leading officers and deputies to search the area, though the vehicle was not found at that time. The phone was later located in the One Champion Plaza area.

Police initially described the suspect as a young male wearing a dark hoodie, jacket, and sunglasses.

On Tuesday, May 5, officers located the stolen vehicle, unoccupied, at 511 SE Rose Street. Police said the vehicle was processed for evidence and removed from the Law Enforcement Data System as stolen.

Investigators later reviewed surveillance footage from multiple locations and identified the suspect as 32-year-old Dylan Conner Black of Roseburg, according to police.

On Wednesday, May 6, officers detained Black as he left his residence. Police said a search of the residence was conducted and evidence connected to the robbery was found inside.

Black was lodged at Corrections on the following charges, police said:

• First-degree robbery
• Unauthorized use of a vehicle
• Menacing
• Unlawful use of a weapon
• Unlawful entry into a motor vehicle
• First-degree theft