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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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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Updated Information on Human Remains Found East of Sweet Home

Linn County Undersheriff Paul Timm reports that his Detectives and the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office have continued to investigate the human remains found near Gordon Road on April 3, 2020.  Detectives and the Medical Examiner’s Office have tentatively identified …
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HUMAN REMAINS FOUND EAST OF SWEET HOME

Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon reports his Office received a call on Friday April 3, 2020, at 1:37 p.m., regarding possible found human remains on US Forest Service road 417.  This area is approximately five miles up Gordon Road and …
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