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 that this morning, June 14, 2025, at 1:00 a.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call for an injury accident that occurred on Middle Ridge Drive, Lebanon. First responders from the Linn …
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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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CORRECTION: The juvenile arrested in this case is 16 years old, not 17 as previously posted. Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports on April 29, 2025, deputies arrested a 16-year-old juvenile, from Scio, on charges related to threats of a …
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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 last night on, April 7, 2025, deputies arrested Burl Hilburn, 57, of Lebanon. Hilburn was taken into custody and lodged at the Linn County Jail for Online Sexual Corruption of a Child I (x2) …
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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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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports yesterday, February 20, 2025, at 3:07 p.m., Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a 911 call requesting help for an immediate rescue in a remote forested area off Canyon Creek Road, east of Sweet …
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Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports today at about 2:31 p.m., her deputies responded to a suspicious person in the 39000 block of Crawfordsville Dr., Crawfordsville. The person was thought to be Tyler Bruce Lanz, 37, from Sweet Home who …
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