Douglas County Sheriff
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IDLEYLD PARK, Ore. – After 17 nights in the wilderness, 69 year-old Harry Burleigh has been found alive and rescued by Search and Rescue crews who never gave up. On Sunday, May 23, 2021, Douglas County Search and Rescue conducted another mission in the area of Calf Creek after Burleigh’s fishing gear was found last […]
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – Beginning Monday, May 24, 2021 and extending through Sunday, June 6, 2021 the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement agencies throughout Oregon will use federally funded overtime to educate the public about safety belt and child seat laws including a law passed in 2017 increasing safety for children under age […]
REEDSPORT, Ore. – The Douglas County Major Crimes Team is continuing its investigation into the officer involved shooting incident which took place on Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 in Reedsport. The suspect in the incident has been identified as 30-year-old David Robert Ruozi Jr. Ruozi had been identified by Springfield Police Department as the suspect in […]
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – Several thousand dollars in stolen property was recovered by Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday during the execution of a search warrant and a subsequent investigation. Deputies began receiving reports of stolen property from businesses and residences in southern Douglas County. Deputies developed a case which lead to the application and […]
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – On Friday, February 26, 2021, Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office served search warrants in Elkton and Cottage Grove, Oregon, in regard to a five-month long investigation into a fraudulent non-profit organization ran by an individual using the alias of “John P Hope.” During the course of the investigation, “Hope” […]
Douglas County, Ore. – In the evening hours of Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021, the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) arrested two individuals involved in local and interstate drug trafficking crimes. DINT detectives and deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on Coos Bay Wagon Road near Reston Road, […]
ROSEBURG, Ore. – Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies have located 14 year-old Shena Horton, who, went missing around 4:00 am on Sunday, January 31, 2021. Deputies were able to locate Horton at approximately 11:40 PM on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at a residence in the Green District in the company of her biological non-custodial mother. […]
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. – A Portland man is in custody following a two hour slow speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle Thursday afternoon. On Thursday, December 17, 2020, around 12:00 pm, a deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a black 1991 Toyota Celica which was displaying the wrong license plate on Interstate 5 […]