Man Shot in Mill City Update

    Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports deputies have identified the man involved in an early morning shooting as Karl Wayne Wise Jr., 40, of Grants Pass, Oregon. Wise Jr. is being treated at the Santiam Memorial Hospital in …
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Linn Deputies Investigate Shooting

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports his deputies are investigating the shooting of a Lebanon man. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Center received a call yesterday at 9:10 p.m. of a disturbance with gunshots fired. Deputies responded to the …
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***Update*** Linn Deputies Respond to Shooting Report

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley gives the following update to the previous press release: Linn County Sheriff’s Office investigators learned Zack Davis, 27-years-old, went hunting this morning with his three kids, (ages 2, 4, 6) and father, Bob Davis, 54-years-old, …
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Linn Deputies Respond to Shooting Report

Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley reports today at 8:04 a.m., 911 dispatchers received a cell phone call from a male hunter. The male told dispatchers he was hunting in the area of Green Peter Dam near the M& M Mainline, …
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Veterans Enjoy Day at Range with Sheriff’s Office

Military Veteran residents from the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home recently joined Linn County Sheriff Bruce Riley and his staff for afternoons of target shooting at the Albany Rifle and Pistol Club, while also swapping stories about police and military life.  This …
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