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Tillamook County criminal convictions
On August 19, Lee Alan Matthews, 62, pled guilty to one count of criminal trespass in the second degree, a class C misdemeanor, committed on or about September 15, 2023. Matthews was sentenced to 15 days in jail. On August 20, Chad Michael Haderly, 38, pled no contest to one count of assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about August 7. Haderly was sentenced to ten days in jail and two years’ probation, and his driver’s...
12 AEDs donated to local law enforcement agencies
When Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue’s Division Chief of Training, Jesse Walsh, returned from training at the Resuscitation Academy in Seattle earlier this year, he came back with a class project and a mission: To reduce the number of deaths in Tillamook County from cardiac arrests outside the hospital setting. Jesse’s goal was to put an automated external defibrillator (AED) in every police car in Tillamook County. Jesse, also an Oregon certified Paramedic, recognized that Tillamook County’s three local police agencies can have personnel patrolling...
Burn pile ignites 4-acre field fire in Gales Creek
A burn pile sparked the first major blaze of the month for Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, shredding through four acres in Gales Creek. Crews were dispatched around 1:41 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, to a reported brush fire in the 10000 block of Northwest Shearer Hill Road where firefighters found a blaze burning in a cut wheat field. Flames began to spread into dense vegetation, prompting responders to upgrade the...
Law enforcement clears homeless camps in Warrenton
WARRENTON — For the last two months, Tia Howard has called a camp in the woods home. In that time, she’s created a haven of sorts: a DIY shower in one corner of trees, a kitchen area with a camp stove and dishes in another. But when Howard returned to the forested area off S.E. Jetty Avenue from an errand on Friday, pieces of home were missing. Homeless camps A shopping cart lays overturned in ...