Sheriff's Office News

This week, members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office inter-agency Crisis Negotiation Unit participated in the 36th annual Hostage Negotiation Team Competition hosted by the Western States Hostage Negotiators' Association. Twelve negotiation teams from multiple states competed in a challenging full-day scenario in which every aspect of crisis negotiation was utilized and tested.

On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 6:03 a.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a church within the Enhanced Sheriff's Patrol District (ESPD), located at 12405 SW Butner Road. An observant neighbor called 911 after they heard power tools being used and believed someone was trying to steal a trailer parked on the property. When deputies arrived, a 2013 BMW sedan rammed one of the patrol cars as it was attempting to flee. The BMW was disabled after the crash, and the male driver and a male passenger got out of the vehicle and ran on foot in opposite directions. Deputies were able to catch both males after a short foot pursuit.

On Sunday, April 17, 2022, at approximately 1:30 a.m., 22-year-old Bryce Bybee was found unresponsive in his bed by a deputy doing a routine round at the Washington County Jail. Deputies and medical personnel attempted life-saving efforts but were unsuccessful. An autopsy was completed by the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office later in the day, but a cause of death has yet to be determined.

On April 15, 2022, around 10:00 a.m., Portland Police Bureau located Paul Sabatini. Sabatini was unharmed and is being reunited with his family.

In February of 2022, the Westside Interagency Narcotics (WIN) team initiated an investigation into a county-wide drug trafficking organization. As a part of that investigation, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Beaverton Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a related vehicle, resulting in the seizure of 54 pounds of methamphetamine and 3000 blue “M30” Oxycodone pills believed to be counterfeit pills pressed with Fentanyl. The primary suspect in the investigation was taken into custody for multiple commercial drug offenses, and the investigation is ongoing.

On Thursday, March 31, 2022, shortly before 10 a.m., the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police responded to a disturbance at Grumpy’s Towing, located at 53279 Columbia River Highway in Scappoose. Shortly after arriving, law enforcement officers from the Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police were involved in a shooting with 39-year-old Michael Stockton.

On March 31, 2022, officers from the Hillsboro Police Department located Jonathan Michael Laura and arrested him on unrelated crimes. On March 30, 2022, at 2:08 a.m., a Washington County Sheriff's Office sergeant contacted a vehicle parked on the side of SW Minter Bridge Road, near the Tualatin River. The woman told the sergeant the vehicle, a 1992 Nissan pickup, was out of gas, and her boyfriend was on his way to get more. The female told the sergeant they did not need any assistance.

On Friday, March 25, 2022 at 2:42 p.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a reported shooting in the area of NW Cornelius Pass Road and NW Germantown Road in unincorporated Washington County. Deputies arrived and learned that a man had been driving in the area when his vehicle windshield and side window were struck by gunfire. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Detectives believe there may be more victims of Jobee Rene McCann. She previously worked as an in-home care provider. If you have any information about further criminal activity involving Jobee Rene McCann, please contact the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at 503-629-0111.

On Sunday, March 6, 2022, at 7:56 a.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched along with Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue to a car fire in the parking lot of the Fred Meyer at 7700 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway. This is in the Raleigh Hills area, part of the Enhanced Sheriff’s Patrol District (ESPD).