An alleged home invasion in Bend that turned deadly last March went months without an update from law enforcement.
That changed on Aug. 4 when authorities arrested Jacob Charles Teeter in Prineville. Police suspect Teeter was an accomplice involved in the fatal event in the Awbrey Glen neighborhood on March 12. The Bend Police Department has characterized the incident as a home invasion in which another Bend resident and suspected intruder Zachary Douglas died.
Teeter, 37, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary, fourth-degree assault, tampering with physical evidence and criminal conspiracy. He was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail the same day.
After Teeter’s arrest, detectives executed a search warrant at Teeter’s home in the 60900 block of Targee Drive in Bend, according to court records.
Teeter is facing two felonies and two misdemeanors for allegedly conspiring with Zachary Douglas to unlawfully and knowingly enter or stay in a dwelling with the intent to commit assault (whether caused, threatened or attempted) and burglary in the first degree of an occupied home. The charges include assault and tampering with physical evidence — which allegedly includes the concealment and removal of a vehicle, a firearm and gloves.
In an incident they say was targeted, detectives with Bend PD have said a key part of their investigation is looking into the relationship between the suspect and the victim.
Teeter has retained attorney Erick Ward after having qualified for and declined a public defender, according to court records. The defendant’s security was set at $100,000 — 10% of which is required to post bail. As of Aug. 10, Teeter was not listed as an inmate at the Deschutes County Adult Jail.
The March 12 alleged home invasion struck many in Bend as unexpected, given that its residence is in Awbrey Glen, the sleepy, gated community on Awbrey Butte’s north side.
Homes in Awbrey Glen, nestling an 18-hole golf course, are often priced above $1 million, according to listings on Zillow.
Awbrey Glen’s streets are gated from public access, yet homes are accessible by a number of bike paths or walking through the nearby links, many of which border residents’ unfenced yards.
As the Source reported on March 16, Zachary Douglas, 36 at the time and a Bend resident, allegedly tried to break into the home around 11:45 pm.
That’s when a resident, who was home, reported the break-in to 911. The resident, whom The Source isn’t naming because they haven’t been accused of a crime, allegedly struggled with Teeter and Douglas; the latter of whom subsequently fell from the home’s balcony and fled on foot into the links.
Responding police officers searched the area. They found Douglas lying on the golf course owned by Awbrey Glen Golf Club with life-threatening injuries. Police administered emergency medical care, but Douglas died at the scene, according to Bend PD.
Bend PD detectives are investigating the intent of the invasion and whether the two parties knew each other. Detectives have yet to receive autopsy results. Bend PD Communications Manager Sheila Miller told the Source in March that details about any other weapons or burglary tools found on Douglas were not available, owing to the open investigation.
Bend Fire and Rescue transported the resident with non-life threatening to St. Charles Bend, where the victim was treated and released.
In July 2015, Douglas pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, according to court records. Later in October of that year, charges of speeding and criminal driving while suspended were dismissed.
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