******UPDATE***** Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports today, Kris Fiala appeared for a plea and sentencing hearing regarding the murder of his mother, Gladys Fiala. Kris Fiala pled guilty to Murder, in the Second Degree, for his mother’s death …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports yesterday morning at 8:49 a.m., dispatch received call of a death on Willoway Drive, west of Albany. Deputies found Charles Thomas Mooney, 38, deceased. Linn County Detectives are investigating Mooney’s death as a homicide. …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports Brandon Dale Morgan, 45, from Lyons, was sentenced today after being found guilty in a jury trial on May 15, 2021, of three counts of sex abuse-related crimes. Linn County Detectives investigated the case …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports that today his detectives arrested a 17-year-old male juvenile in connection to a drive-by shooting that occurred in Millersburg on February 27, 2021. The juvenile was taken to the Linn-Benton Juvenile Detention Facility and …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports on March 16, 2021, his detectives served a child exploitation search warrant at a residence on Fern Ridge Road in Sweet Home. The search warrant was the culmination of an investigation into the distribution …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports that on January 19, 2021, his Detectives arrested Angela Renee Adams, 48, in connection to an embezzlement investigation of the Linn County Planning and Building Department. In March of 2020, a Linn County employee …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports on Wednesday, November 18, at 9:48 a.m., dispatch received the report of a stabbing in the 3900 block of Highway 226 near Scio. The caller reported seeing blood coming out of a door and …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports last night his deputies investigated a report of shots being fired at a residence on Sommerville Loop in Harrisburg. At 9:43 p.m., the caller called the Linn County 911 Center reporting hearing gunshots outside …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports yesterday, May 13, his Detectives served a series of search warrants in Linn and Marion Counties related to a cybercrime investigation of online child exploitation offenses. The investigation began in April when investigators from …
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Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon asks for help from the public to identify human remains that were found on April 3, 2020, near Gordon Road. This area is within the Willamette National Forest east of Sweet Home. Detectives and the …
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