UPDATE: The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is releasing further information regarding the homicide that occurred on Saturday, October 4th on Highway 34 and Peoria Road, east of Corvallis. When the Corvallis Fire Department arrived the morning of the incident, they …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on July 23, 2025, Linn County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a hidden camera in the public bathroom at McKercher Park near Crawfordsville on Highway 228. Deputies responded to the area and immediately …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan is removing the Level 1 evacuation status for the area near Rice Road. Evacuation levels were put in place after a field fire broke out endangering nearby homes. Yesterday, at 4:11 p.m., Linn County …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports this morning at 3:05 a.m., deputies responded to an Armed Robbery at the Trio Tavern located in Mill City. The victim, an employee at the tavern, reported as she left the tavern men with …
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102-Year Sentence for Child Molester In March 2025, Sergeant Caleb Riley and Detective Tracy White began investigating Chad Edward Kastle, 49, of Scio for sexually molesting a minor child over several years in Linn and Marion County. The minor was …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on June 23, at 9:06 a.m., Justin Tyler Lima, 36, of Scio, was arrested after a warrant for his arrest was issued stemming from an investigation into multiple sex offenses. The investigation began …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports today, June 16, 2025, at 11:09 a.m., Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a 911 call requesting help for a 17-year-old female who had fallen and was not breathing while hiking on the Soda …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports yesterday, June 12, 2025, at 7:32 p.m., Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a crash at the intersection of Lacomb Drive and Bond Road. An additional caller stated power …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on April 12, 2025, at 7:07 p.m., Linn County Dispatch received a 911 call where someone shot out from the window of a black Mustang at a deer in the area of Honey Sign …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on March 22, 2025, at 10:19 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary in progress in the 36000 block of Highway 228 near Brownsville. The caller reported two people going through …
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