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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Sweet Home Resident Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges

Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports on April 9, 2021, his detectives arrested Gary Coomer, 48, of Sweet Home, for multiple sexual abuse crimes. Detectives started this investigation in August 2020, when an 8-year-old female child and a 4-year-old female …
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