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Man Arrested After Collision With Pedestrian
On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at approximately 9:39 AM, the Lincoln City Police Department Dispatch Center received calls of a vehicle...

Kiera Morgan
Jan 101 min read


Crashes and DUII's
On December 27th Staste Police Trooper Gray responded to a single car non-injury crash at approximately 6:26 PM when the northbound...

Kiera Morgan
Jan 92 min read


Lincoln County Fire Crews Help With California Fires
Teams responding from Lincoln County include Central Coast fire, North Lincoln Fire, Depoe Bay Fire and Newport Fire. The Oregon...

Kiera Morgan
Jan 82 min read


Suspect Jailed For Abuse of Corpse In Connection With Missing Man
On Friday, December 27, 2024, at approximately 7:10 AM, a search warrant was executed on the 200 block of NW 7th Street, in Newport as an...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 311 min read


Man Pleads No Contest To Criminal Negligent Homicide
On Friday, December 13th, 2024, 51-year old Shelby Vantassel of Cloverdale, was convicted after pleading No Contest to the charges of...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 30, 20242 min read


Wanted Man Arrested In Shooting Investigation
On the afternoon of December 27th, Everett Scott Fuller turned himself in to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Fuller was arrested and...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 27, 20241 min read


Two Sentenced In Child Sex Abuse Cases
On Thursday, December 19th 2024, a 31-year-old Ryan R. L. Braddock, of Lincoln City, Oregon was sentenced to life in prison, without...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 27, 20242 min read


Death Investigation At The Lincoln County Jail
UPDATE: Sunday December 22nd, 2024 at approximately noon Newport Police responded to the Lincoln County jail on a report of an Adult in...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 23, 20241 min read


Two Arrested In Online Child Luring Investigation
In the past two weeks, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has conducted investigations related to online child luring using decoy social...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 21, 20241 min read


Grand Jury Finds Officer Involved Shooting Justified
On Friday, December 13, 2024, the Lincoln County Grand Jury found that Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Cloud was justified in his use...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 19, 20244 min read


DUII Enforcement Patrols in Lincoln City
The Lincoln City Police Department plans on using the first of their 2024-2025 DUII Enforcement Grant funds during the up-coming...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 11, 20241 min read


K9 Sly Tracks Down Theft Suspect
On December 9, 2024 at approximately 7:50 a.m., a suspicious vehicle was reported in the 5200 block of North Coast Highway. Officers...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 11, 20242 min read


Three Arrested In Child Luring Investigation
During the month of November 2024, Lincoln City Police Officers conducted several counter-child-luring operations on social media and...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Child Luring Investigation Leads To Arrest
A suspect has been arrested for attempting to lure a child, marking the second time this individual has faced such serious charges. From...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 3, 20241 min read


Man Charged With Murder After Confrotation
On Wednesday November 27 at about 8:50pm the Newport Police Department responded to a residence on NW 15th St. regarding a...

Kiera Morgan
Dec 1, 20241 min read


Grand Jury Finds Officer Involved Shooting Justified
On November 19, 2024, a Lincoln County Grand Jury found that Lincoln City Police Officers Cody Snidow, Jaylan King and Joshua Lane were...

Kiera Morgan
Nov 27, 20244 min read


Suspect Arrested After Harassing Security Officer
On Sunday, November 24, 2024, at about 9:20 pm the Newport Police Department responded to the Newport Senior Center on the report of a...

Kiera Morgan
Nov 25, 20241 min read


Fire Destroys Newport Home
Wednesday morning November 20, 2024 at 4:18 am Newport Fire responded to a 911 call of a house fire in the 7800 block of Highway 101...

Kiera Morgan
Nov 21, 20241 min read


Springfield Man Found Deceased In Yachats
On November 18, 2024, at approximately 1:45 PM, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a deceased body found near...

Kiera Morgan
Nov 20, 20241 min read


Name Released In Waldport Shooting
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, at approximately 7:40pm, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of shots fired from a...

Kiera Morgan
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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