Roseburg
CRIME & SAFETY
Crews respond to fire on Reservoir Hill in Roseburg
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Around 2 p.m. Tuesday (July 2), Roseburg Fire Department personnel responded to a reported natural cover fire on Reservoir Hill. The caller reported seeing both smoke and flames on the hillside. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a natural cover fire that was determined to be...
ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL WOMAN AFTER DUII CRASH
Roseburg Police jailed a woman after a DUII crash on Monday. An RPD report said at 12:00 p.m. officers responded to a crash on the Washington Street Bridge in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue. A sedan rear-ended an SUV, which struck a second SUV. The 58-year-old driver who caused the accident was transported to CHI Mercy Medical Center. Officers contacted the woman at the hospital. The woman said she fell asleep while driving because had just taken Methadone and it usually makes her drowsy.
Two fire departments merge to create Central Douglas Fire and Rescue
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – Two Douglas County fire departments are merging to expand protection for multiple communities. Douglas County Fire District No. 2 and the Winston-Dillard Fire District have combined as of July 1. The result is a new agency now known as Central Douglas Fire and Rescue (CDFR).
Man arrested near Tenmile after allegedly demanding car keys at gunpoint
TENMILE, Ore. – A man is facing more than a dozen criminal charges after allegedly going door-to-door and demanding gas and car keys from people at gunpoint, court documents say. According to court documents, In the afternoon of June 29 a Tenmile resident answered his door to find a...
MEMBER OF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION SENTENCED TO PRISON
A Springfield member of an international drug trafficking organization operating in Lane County was sentenced to federal prison on Friday. A release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office-District of Oregon said 38-year-old Rodolfo-Arroyo-Segoviano was sentenced to 145 months in federal prison and three year’s supervised release. According to court...
ROSEBURG POLICE CITE MEN FOR THEFT DUE TO SHOPPING CARTS
Roseburg Police cited two men for theft for incidents involving shopping carts on Monday. An RPD report said at 9:30 a.m. a 54-year-old was contacted at his camp at the intersection of Northeast Diamond Lake Boulevard and Northeast Fulton Street. The camp had trash scattered all around it and there were two shopping carts there. An officer had previously warned the man that he would be cited for theft, if he was contacted with a cart. He was cited for second-degree theft and offensive littering and was released on the scene. The carts were released to the store that owned them.
Reedsport hatchery 'disappointed' with sentence of man behind mass deaths of juvenile Chinook
An Oregon man convicted of killing 18,000 pre-smolt salmon with bleach is now out of jail. On April 21, the Gardiner Reedsport Winchester Bay Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) hatchery was broken into. The next morning, a hatchery worker found thousands of dead fish settled on the bottom of a holding tank.
JACKSONVILLE WOMAN JAILED AFTER DUII INCIDENT SUNDAY AT WILDLIFE SAFARI
A Jacksonville woman was jailed after a DUII incident at Wildlife Safari on Sunday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said shortly before 3:30 p.m. the 56-year-old was called in for allegedly driving erratically in the drive through of the game park. A deputy located the vehicle at the drive through exit and initiated a traffic stop.
DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK
A driver was taken to the hospital following a single vehicle wreck on Sunday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said just before 1:40 p.m. an 86-year-old man was driving eastbound on Old Melrose Road heading towards Roseburg when his pickup left the right side of the roadway and went into the ditch. The ditch is deep in that area and the vehicle traveled about one hundred feet before striking a driveway culvert.
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