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ODOT: SW Oregon UNION CREEK - Oregon 230 is closed due to hazardous trees leaning over the highway, creating hazardous conditions. This closure is from Oregon 138 near Diamond Lake to the Oregon 230/62 intersection near Union Creek. Drivers should use alternate routes and be prepared for winter driving conditions. There's no estimated time for reopening. Attached photos were taken late this afternoon by ODOT crews.

Jackson Co. Sheriff's Office UPDATE -01-11-20 JCSO Case #20-612 BUTTE FALLS, Ore.  On 011020 at 0747 hours the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a deceased person near the roadside on Cobleigh Road about two miles west of Butte Falls Highway. The deceased has been identified as: Cody Joseph Baize, 28 years old, of Grants Pass, Oregon. He previously was a resident of Kentucky.  Further details are not being released at this time as the investigation is an on-going active investigation by the Jackson County Major Assault Death Investigation Unit. BUTTE FALLS, Ore.  On 011020 at 0747 hours the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a deceased person near the roadside on Cobleigh Road about two miles west of Butte Falls Highway. The deceased is a male adult. The circumstances of the death are being treated as suspicious. JCSO initiated a Major Assault Death Investigation Unit call out.  MADIU members investigatin

Oregon State Police  The adult male and father of the two children is being identified as Jeremy Stiles (47) from Portland. The officer that entered the ocean is from the Manzanita Police Department and is requesting no media interviews at this time. On Saturday, January 11, 2020, at approximately 12:38 P.M., Emergency Services responded to the Falcon Cove area, near the county line of Clatsop County and Tillamook County, for three people that had been swept into the ocean. Preliminary investigation revealed a adult male was holding two children, a 7 year old female and a 4 year old male, on the shore and they were all swept into the ocean by a wave. A police officer arrived to find an adult male struggling to get out of the ocean and a juvenile female further out in the ocean.  The officer went into the ocean and was able to get the juvenile female and bring her to shore.  She was transported by Medix Ambulance to Providence Seaside Hospital (PSH).  The adult male was als

Jackson Co. Sheriff's Office UPDATE -01-11-20 JCSO Case #20-612 BUTTE FALLS, Ore.  On 011020 at 0747 hours the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a deceased person near the roadside on Cobleigh Road about two miles west of Butte Falls Highway. The deceased has been identified as: Cody Joseph Baize, 28 years old, of Grants Pass, Oregon. He previously was a resident of Kentucky.  Further details are not being released at this time as the investigation is an on-going active investigation by the Jackson County Major Assault Death Investigation Unit. BUTTE FALLS, Ore.  On 011020 at 0747 hours the Jackson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a deceased person near the roadside on Cobleigh Road about two miles west of Butte Falls Highway. The deceased is a male adult. The circumstances of the death are being treated as suspicious. JCSO initiated a Major Assault Death Investigation Unit call out.  MADIU members investigati

Douglas Co. Sheriff's Office IDLEYLD PARK, Ore.  - On Thursday, January 9, 2020, at 11:01 am, 9-1-1 dispatchers received a report of a child who was reportedly not breathing at 7 Cedarwood Lane in Idleyld Park.  Dispatchers initiated telephone CPR until deputies arrived, who attempted lifesaving efforts. The child, identified as 1 year-old Ember Alice McBride, was transported by ambulance to Mercy Medical Center where she was pronounced deceased upon arrival. Detectives and the Douglas County Medical Examiner began an investigation into the death. On Friday, January 10, 2020, a forensic pathologist determined Ember's death was the result of blunt force trauma and ruled it a homicide. The Douglas County Major Crimes Team was activated at that time.  On Friday, January 10, 2020, Detectives arrested 21 year-old Aaron J. Toole in conjunction with Ember's death. Toole was known to the child and her mother. He was transported to the Douglas County Jail where he was lod

Portland Police Bureau A wanted felon was arrested on gun crimes and firearms were seized from a home in the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood. Officers from East Precinct's Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) learned that a felon with an outstanding warrant had guns in a house in the 6900 block of Southeast Yamhill Street. On Thursday, January 9, 2020, officers with NRT and the East Precinct Street Crimes Unit arrested Richard D. Bond, 33. During the arrest, Bond tried to escape out of a back window but was confronted by officers. Officers seized two rifles, one handgun, and ammunition (photo). Bond was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on three counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and a warrant out of Washington County.

Hillsboro Police Dept. Yesterday officers responded to reports of shots fired at Quatama Crossing Apartments, 650 Northeast Autumn creek Drive. 9-1-1 callers reported a man fired several shots from a pistol into a parked car before driving away in a Subaru Outback. An officer responding to the call found a car matching this description and stopped it westbound on East Main Street west of Southeast Borwick Street. As the officer got out of his patrol car, the Subaru accelerated away. The Subaru lost control at the intersection with Northeast Century Boulevard and crashed into the driver’s side of a Toyota 4Runner waiting to turn left at the intersection. The Toyota’s driver, a woman, and a passenger in the Subaru, a man, were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Subaru’s driver and its three other passengers were uninjured. Officers arrested the Subaru’s driver, a 19-year-old man, and recovered a pistol from the car. He was determined to be the

Portland Police Bureau On Thursday, January 9, 2020, at 4:30 p.m., Portland Police officers, with the assistance of the Hillsboro Police Department, took 22-year-old Luis Silva Echeverria-Navarrete into custody relating to a probable cause arrest. This arrest was the culmination of a two-year, fatal hit and run investigation by PPB's Traffic Investigations Unit. On November 26, 2017, at 9:56 p.m., Daniel Gene Ramsey III was struck and instantly killed by a speeding driver at the intersection of North Fessenden Street and North Alma Avenue while crossing the street in an unmarked crosswalk. Thanks to tips from community members, investigators were able to identify Mr. Echeverria-Navarrete as the driver of the vehicle. PPB officers subsequently located and arrested Mr. Echeverria-Navarrete in Hillsboro, Oregon on Thursday. He was then transported and lodged into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges relating to: manslaughter, failure to perform the duties of a driver (

Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Office On January 9th, 2020 at 8:24 AM, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a welfare check on a suspicious person at the Cape Perpetua Visitor’s Center.  The caller reported the subject’s name as Chris Gardner.  Earlier in the shift, deputies were made aware of a state-wide bulletin regarding 32 year-old military deserter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington named Christopher Lee Gardner.  Gardner was considered armed and dangerous by the US Army.  The description and details surrounding Gardner’s suspicious activity provided by the caller matched the information provided in the US Army bulletin. Members of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by two Oregon State Police Troopers, closed off access to the Cape Perpetua Visitor’s Center and evacuated the area.  Deputies observed Gardner and confirmed he was the subject of the bulletin.  Deputies and troopers formed an arrest team and were able successfully take Gardner into c

Grants Pass Dept. of Public Safety UPDATE: Suspect has been identified in the hit and run crash. Please see the attached bulletin for more information. The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety is investigating an injury hit and run crash which occurred on Rogue River Hwy near Cloverlawn Drive on January 6, 2020, at approximately 5:45PM.  The crash involved a vehicle striking a pedestrian who received serious injuries.  The suspect vehicle fled the area eastbound on Rogue River Hwy.  The pedestrian was transported to an out of area hospital for treatment. The suspect vehicle is described as a silver colored 2 door, 90’s to 2000’s smaller sedan.  There may be damage to the front and/or hood of the vehicle from striking the pedestrian.  See attached photo. The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect vehicle and driver.  Please contact Ofc. Shali Marshall at 541-450-6260 if you have any information related to this cra