Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports yesterday morning at 8:49 a.m., dispatch received call of a death on Willoway Drive, west of Albany. Deputies found Charles Thomas Mooney, 38, deceased. Linn County Detectives are investigating Mooney’s death as a homicide. …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports Brandon Dale Morgan, 45, from Lyons, was sentenced today after being found guilty in a jury trial on May 15, 2021, of three counts of sex abuse-related crimes. Linn County Detectives investigated the case …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports that today his detectives arrested a 17-year-old male juvenile in connection to a drive-by shooting that occurred in Millersburg on February 27, 2021. The juvenile was taken to the Linn-Benton Juvenile Detention Facility and …
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Linn County Undersheriff Paul Timm reports Chad Adam Cheever, 47, was sentenced to life, with eligibility of parole after 25 years, today after a jury found him guilty this week of Murder in the Second Degree by Abuse and Assault …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports the body found last weekend along the Santiam River in the Mill City area has been identified. The body was found at the river’s edge by someone walking in the area on Sunday, April …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports on April 9, 2021, his detectives arrested Gary Coomer, 48, of Sweet Home, for multiple sexual abuse crimes. Detectives started this investigation in August 2020, when an 8-year-old female child and a 4-year-old female …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports Michael Ray Long, 37, from Junction City, was sentenced today after being found guilty in a jury trial on February 5, 2021 of 22 counts of sex abuse-related crimes. He was convicted for sexually …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports his deputies responded to a report of a Missing Person from the Sweet Home area. Jacob Riggs, 28, from Sweet Home, was reported missing by his family yesterday at 1:17 p.m. He was …
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Linn County Undersheriff Paul Timm reports early this morning at 12:18 a.m., dispatch received the report from a concerned citizen regarding an open cargo trailer in the 6700 block …
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Linn County Undersheriff Paul Timm reports deputies responded to a residence in Lebanon early yesterday morning at 1:35 a.m., after receiving information that Klint Wise was at the location. Wise is from Mill City and was suspected of assaulting another …
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