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The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Newport Police, Toledo Police, Oregon State Police, and Lincoln City Police will be conducting active shooter response training exercises March 26-28, 2024 to better prepare officers to respond to an active shooter type event should one occur in our cities. These training exercises will be taking place at the Newport Middle School and Taft High

On March 12, at 9:27 p.m. the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 400 block of E. Logsden Road in Siletz on a report of a man stating his mother was deceased. Deputies arrived in the area and located a deceased elderly female near a motor vehicle who had injuries consistent with homicidal violence. Deputies detained the man who

On March 3, the Newport Police Department, assisted by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, served a narcotics-related search warrant at a residence located at 140 NE 60th Street in Newport. Officers had received information that ANDRES GARCIA GARCIA, 39, AND AMANDA HOUCHENS, 40, both of Newport, were selling narcotics from this residence to others in the Newport and Lincoln County area.

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 2, 2024, the Lincoln City Police Department received a call from a concerned citizen regarding suspicious activity at the Lincoln City Outlets. The caller noticed several occupants of a minivan making multiple trips into the Lincoln City Outlets with empty retail bags and returning with full bags over a short period of time, as

On Feb. 29, Newport police were dispatched to Sam Case Elementary School on the report of an attempted stranger abduction. Officers learned that between 7 and  7:45 a.m. a student at Sam Case Elementary was walking to school when they were approached by a woman in a white van on Northeast Ninth Street between Grant Street and Fogarty Street. The

About 2:55 p.m. Jan. 24, Newport officers were dispatched to the 300 block of SW Coast Hwy on the report of a physical fight. It was reported that an employee from Newport Pawn was fighting with a male customer in front of the business, and the customer was armed with a knife. Newport officers were advised it was being reported

The City of Newport continues to clean up debris from the recent winter storm event. This event remains one of the most impactful winter storms in recent memory for Newport. City staff and contracted crews continue to put in long hours removing debris in various locations around the community, but unfortunately cannot be everywhere at once. The efforts to address

About 1:45 a.m. January 15, 2024 Newport Officers responded to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into the entrance of McKays Market located at 107 N Coast Hwy. Officers arrived on scene and contacted the driver of the involved vehicle, identified as Juan Jose Torres Juarez, 32 years old of Newport. Officers interviewed Juarez who told them he

Lincoln City Police are pleased to announce that a subject has been arrested for the armed robbery that occurred at the Lincoln City branch of TLC Fibre Federal Credit Union on June 15, 2023. The arrest comes after several months of intensive investigation that involved multiple law enforcement agencies. Arrested for the armed robbery was 20-year-old Micah James Wilson of

The Lincoln City Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying potential victims who may have had fraudulent charges placed on their credit cards. On November 17, 2023, the police began an investigation into a credit card fraud scheme that occurred at the north Chevron gas station where persons using their credit cards to purchase fuel had an additional