Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports today at about 2:31 p.m., her deputies responded to a suspicious person in the 39000 block of Crawfordsville Dr., Crawfordsville. The person was thought to be Tyler Bruce Lanz, 37, from Sweet Home who had outstanding felony warrants. Deputies and other law enforcement agencies attempted to locate and arrest Lanz on February 12th near Holley after he had fled from Sweet Home Police Department officers, however, he was not found.
Today, as deputies and troopers from the Oregon State Police were setting up a perimeter, a motorcycle coming from the location drove by at a high rate of speed and crashed.
Lanz was identified as the motorcycle rider. Lanz suffered what is to be thought to be non-life-threatening injuries but was transported to the Lebanon Hospital, then transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital. Lanz was accompanied by deputies in the ambulance to the hospital. Deputies will remain with Lanz until he can be lodged in jail. Lanz will be arrested on felony warrants for Parole Violation, with an original charge Assault II and Fail to Appear. Additional charges will be pending.
Linn County Deputies were assisted by the Oregon State Police and the Sweet Home Fire Department.