Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports her Mountain Patrol deputies have made an arrest in connection with a wildfire that burned on United States Forest Service (USFS) land in July of 2024. Named the “Slate Fire,” this wildfire burned …
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SWAT Team Involved in Fatal Shooting After Armed Standoff Early this morning, at approximately 12:42 a.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in rural Linn County, near Scio. The …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on Sunday, September 1, dispatch was made aware of an injured backpacker at Duffy Lake. The patient was a 16-year-old male from Portland who sustained a broken leg. The patient’s mother …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on August 21, 2024, at 7:52 a.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center received a 911 call of an armed disturbance at the Pioneer Villa east of Halsey. The caller reported a male …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on August 14, 2024, Michael David DeChellis, 57, of Aumsville, was arrested after a six-month investigation. The investigation began on February 5, 2024, when a victim from Maryland, called the Linn County …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on August 11, 2024, at approximately 11:40 a.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received several calls reporting a male who shot a gun at another male in front of the Dollar …
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On July 31, 2024, at approximately 6:45 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Dispatch Center received a call about a suspicious vehicle parked near Richardson Gap Road and Griggs Drive, northeast of Lebanon. The caller reported that a …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports yesterday on July 23, 2024, at 8:20 p.m., deputies located Jacob Reginald Bliss, 49, transient of the Lebanon area, driving a silver Hyundai in Brownsville. Deputies had been looking for Bliss to arrest …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on July 2, 2024, her detectives arrested Christopher Michael Douglass, 42, of Sweet Home, in connection to a Luring of a Minor investigation. The investigation began in December of 2023 when the parents …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on June 27, 2024, at 2:43 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received several 911 calls regarding a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Seven Mile Lane and Tangent Drive. It …
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