Sheriff's Office News

Check out the WCSO Updates for April. Learn more about WCSO's efforts to locate fentanyl, upcoming community events, child abuse prevention, and more.

Early this morning, deputies stopped a car that ran a red light. Shortly after, they located three guns, ammunition, and fentanyl in the car and on the driver.

Late yesterday, a community member saw the photo of the bank robber on a local news story and informed deputies that he was staying at a hotel in Forest Grove. Deputies contacted the person at the hotel and arrested him.

Members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Crash Analysis Reconstruction Team (CART) arrest the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a pedestrian.

Washington County’s WIN Team Seizes More Than 150,000 Fentanyl Pills and 3 Kilograms of Powder Fentanyl

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Our latest WCSO Updates are ready – just in time to review spring break safety, cold case investigations, 2023 K9 Trials, some great career opportunities, and more.

On Friday, March 10, 2023, at 00:29 a.m., a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy observed a white 2003 Honda Pilot on Highway 47 southbound, entering the city of Gaston at 118mph in a 30mph zone.

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, details of the 1988 murder were presented to a Washington County grand jury. After hearing all the evidence, the grand jury indicted Mr. Atrops for one count of murder in the second degree.

On January 2, 1983, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 17300 block of SW Rivendell Drive in the Durham neighborhood. Randal “Randy” McEvers called 911, stating his wife, 28-year-old Nancy McEvers, had committed suicide.