Sheriff's Office News

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has received complaints from the public concerning a warrant, jury duty or unpaid fees. The scammer asks for a<br />payoff to avoid arresting the person that supposedly has a warrant, missed jury duty or had other financial issues.

This week is National Traffic Incident Response Week. Local law enforcement agencies will be on the roads with an emphasis to educate drivers of the Move-Over law. This law was created to help keep emergency personnel safer while on the roadways.

Washington County 911 dispatchers have been receiving dozens of calls in recent days regarding coyote sightings in urban areas. While a coyote sighting in your local neighborhood can be alarming, the Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to refrain<br />from calling 911 and tying up emergency resources to report a sighting.

Third Annual Cornelius Community Dinner for those in need

Deputies were responding to check the welfare of two men when it was determined that the men had been involved in two commercial burglaries in the area.

Bomb Threat Closes Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus

Deputies Search for Lucky Dog Deli Robbery Suspect

Washington County Sheriff’s detectives have been looking for Ms. Hooper over the last two days. At this point they have good reason to believe that she has gone missing on her own volition. Ms. Hooper is an adult and has the right not to contact the police or her family until she chooses to. For these reasons we are suspending the investigation into her whereabouts at this time.

Sheriff’s Deputies are still seeking assistance in locating a missing Aloha man. Dane Davis has not been seen since October 17, 2016 and efforts to locate him have been unsuccessful. To date there have been no reported sightings of Mr. Davis.

A Cedar Hills man crashed his car into a house in the community of Bethany. No one was hurt in the incident, but the man was arrested for DUII and other charges.