Author Archives: Micah Smith

Sign up today for the Spring 2016 Citizens Academy!!

Sheriff Bruce Riley personally invites the public to sign up for his upcoming 2016 Citizens Academy. The eleven-week Citizens Academy is open to any qualified and interested Linn County citizen. The Citizens Academy offers a unique and detailed look into …
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Linn Deputies Investigate Suspicious Fire

Fairview Fire

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports on February 12, 2016, at approximately 1:01 p.m., the Linn County 9-1-1 Dispatch Center received several calls reporting a fire at the Fairview Mennonite School located at 35100 Goltra Road, Albany. Dispatchers learned that school was still in session and children were being safely evacuated.
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Lebanon Man Arrested for Drugs

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports that on February 11, 2016, at 8:23 p.m., detectives arrested Michael Allyn Jung, 36, of Lebanon as a result of a narcotics investigation.
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Linn SWAT Serves Search Warrant in Sweet Home

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports the Linn County Regional SWAT Team served a search warrant today at 39636 Mountain Home Drive, Sweet Home, at approximately 7:45 a.m. Several adults and children, including Allen Maurice Diggs 73- years- old of …
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Deputies Search for Missing Mushroom Picker

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports his deputies are currently searching for a missing person, 38-year-old Jason Lee Key from Lebanon. Key was reported picking mushrooms near the Whitcomb Creek 700 line off of Quartzville Road, approximately 9.5 miles northeast …
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