Driver in Fatal Crash from July Taken into Custody

Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports Tyler Lobdell, 18, was arrested yesterday on charges related to the fatal crash in July that killed the passenger of the car he was driving.  The Sweet Home Police Department arrested Lobdell after a …
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Linn County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Assault of Baby

Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports on Saturday, August 28, 10:17 p.m., dispatch received the report of a 3-month-old baby with injuries at the Lebanon Community Hospital. The baby was transported to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital where further examination confirmed broken …
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Man Sentenced to Life for the Murder of his Mother

  ******UPDATE***** Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports today, Kris Fiala appeared for a plea and sentencing hearing regarding the murder of his mother, Gladys Fiala.  Kris Fiala pled guilty to Murder, in the Second Degree, for his mother’s death …
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