Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on November 26, 2025, Peter Lyle Strauhal, 49 of Salem, was arrested after a yearlong investigation into construction fraud. The investigation began on October 28, 2024, when a resident from Tangent called the …
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We would like to congratulate Deputies Shane Potter and Zachary Lemmon on their graduation from Basic Police Class #453 at DPSST in Salem today! These men spent the last 16 weeks training alongside other law enforcement officers learning much of …
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UPDATE: Sheriff Michelle Duncan is releasing additional information regarding Karandeep Singh, the 18-year-old male who went missing in the North Santiam River near the Mill City Bridge earlier this month. On October 24, 2025, just after 2:00 p.m., the Linn …
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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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On July 10, 2025, Linn County Search and Rescue (SAR) teams located the body of David Winter in the Snow Peak Area after the third continuous day of searching. David was located at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff where …
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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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