Days Creek
CRIME & SAFETY
All evacuation notices lifted for fast-moving grass fire near Days Creek
DAYS CREEK, Ore. – Officials have issued an evacuation order for a road near the community of Days Creek as a fast-moving grass fire burns in the area. The Douglas County Sheriff’s office issued a Level One (Be Ready) evacuation order for all homes on Michaels Ranch Lane near Days Creek in the afternoon of July 19 in response to a fast-moving grass fire. Residents in the area should prepare to leave if the danger increases, and may want to leave the area now. A Level One evacuation notice means that danger is nearby, and residents should keep an eye on it in case conditions worsen.
Multiple agencies assist Douglas County with ending a vehicle chase near Myrtle Point
On July 15th, 2024, at 10:53 p.m., the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office entered Coos County on Hwy 42 at mile marker 45 in active pursuit of a Toyota Camry. Douglas County requested assistance from the Coos County Sheriff’s Office as the pursuit continued westbound towards Myrtle Point. Sgt. S. Moore and Deputy Z. Smith immediately responded to assist while Officer George from the Myrtle Point Police Department set up stop sticks near Bridge. Coquille Police Officer Rowe and Oregon State Police Sgt. Hill and Trooper...
Douglas County Sheriff calls Roseburg’s 32-hour work week “reckless”
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – “I believe this is a reckless policy change on behalf of the City of Roseburg.” That’s the message from Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin in a statement he released Friday expressing his concerns with a 32-hour work week. A policy he says was recently adopted by the City of Roseburg in regards to a 3-year union contract for the city’s police department.
WOMAN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING TWO-VEHICLE CRASH
A Roseburg woman was hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash on Thursday. A Roseburg Police report said just after 2:00 p.m. a 20-year-old driver was head. ed east on Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard. The woman admitted to driving through a red light at the intersection with Northwest Mulholland Drive. The second driver, an 89-year-old woman, had a flashing yellow light as she attempted to turn left from the freeway off-ramp onto Garden Valley. The two vehicles collided and both sustained front end damage.
YONCALLA MAN CITED FOR HIT AND RUN
A Yoncalla man was cited after a hit and run incident on Wednesday afternoon. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 4:15 p.m. a vehicle drove off the roadway in the 500 block of Melrose Road, at the former Kruse Farms location. It sideswiped a telephone pole causing it to sheer off from the bottom. The male driver then left the location.
Police: Roseburg woman steals puppies from vehicle, cited after taking them to shelter
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A woman who reportedly took two puppies from a vehicle was cited for theft, according to a Roseburg Police Department report. Roseburg Police officers took a report of a theft of two Rottweiler puppies from a vehicle on Monday, July 15. On Wednesday, July 17, officers...
Police: Roseburg man shoots at neighbors with pellet gun
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A 70-year-old Roseburg man was arrested Thursday after police say he reportedly shot a pellet gun at neighbors on Bertha Avenue, a Roseburg Police Department report said. According to the report, a 61-year-old Roseburg woman and several others reported a neighbor, identified as Douglas Dee Morris,...
LAKESIDE MAN JAILED FOR ELUDING IN A STOLEN VEHICLE
A Lakeside man was jailed for eluding police in a stolen vehicle on Wednesday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said just after 7:20 a.m. a deputy received information about a pickup stolen from Florence. It was found about nine miles south of the intersection with Highway 126. The deputy advised other law enforcement regarding the vehicle’s location and attempted to stop it about four miles north of the intersection with Highway 38.
ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL MAN FOLLOWING ALLEGED PRIOR STRANGULATION INCIDENT
Roseburg Police jailed a man Wednesday for an alleged prior strangulation incident. An RPD report said on July 12th 45-year-old Matthew Shields and a woman known to him were allegedly involved in a physical altercation in the roadway on Southeast Eastwood Street. Shields reportedly strangled the victim to the point that she almost passed out.
TENMILE MAN JAILED AFTER PURSUIT INCIDENT MONDAY NIGHT
A Tenmile man was jailed after a pursuit incident late Monday night. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 10:40 p.m. a deputy attempted to stop a sedan for violations in the 3000 block Strickland Canyon Road. The driver, 22-year-old Jered Thompson, proceeded west onto Highway 42 and continued with speeds between 60 and 100 miles per hour clear into Coos County before being spiked near Bridge by a Coos County deputy.
ROSEBURG MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN GREEN
A Roseburg man was hospitalized after a two-vehicle accident in Green Tuesday afternoon. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said just after 12:40 p.m. the 83-year-old was traveling west near the intersection of Happy Valley Road and Little Valley Road. His pickup drifted across lanes into oncoming traffic and struck a second pickup which was headed east, though that driver was attempting to avoid contact. The vehicle hit was also towing a utility trailer which swung around due to the impact and struck a parked vehicle, causing damage.
BOTH VEHICLES LIKELY A TOTAL LOSS IN TWO-CAR ACCIDENT
Both vehicles were likely a total loss following a two-car accident in Roseburg on Tuesday afternoon. A Roseburg Police report said at 2:45 p.m. a 44-year-old woman was traveling west on Northeast Alameda Street and entered the intersection with Northeast Stephens Street with the intention of continuing straight onto Northwest Stewart Parkway. An 81-year-old woman was traveling north on Stephens Street and thought she had the green light. The second vehicle collided with the rear driver’s side of the first vehicle. Neither party was injured.
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