On July 29 at 7:15 p.m. deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to 4600 block of N. Highway 101 in Lincoln Beach where a resident reported observing someone rummaging through their personal vehicle in their driveway.
The resident confronted the subject who then presented a machete and attempted to strike the resident with it. The resident was uninjured, and subject fled from the scene in a vehicle.
The vehicle information, including the license plate, and suspect description were provided to the responding deputies. Deputies located the vehicle and suspect in the community and suspect was detained and identified as Noah M. Zeimetz, 22, of Depoe Bay.
Deputies applied for a search warrant, which was granted through the Lincoln County Circuit Court. A search of Noah’s vehicle and home resulted in locating evidence in this incident. Zeimetz was transported to the Lincoln County Jail and lodged on charges of Robbery in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, Unlawful Entry into Motor Vehicle, Unlawful Use of Weapon and Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree.
