Editor’s note: The Law Enforcement report is based on information submitted by the Philomath Police Department, Benton County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police. All calls for service may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. Locations are approximate. Individuals are identified in the log only if arrested on felony charges. Juveniles are not identified. People arrested or suspected of crimes are considered innocent until proven otherwise.
Philomath Police Department
DAILY REPORTS
FRIDAY, JAN. 5
• No calls of significance were reported.
Other calls: Police responses included a suspicious vehicle at 11:10 a.m. (Industrial Way and Summerton Way) and a disabled vehicle at 3:36 p.m. (North 19th Street and West Hills Road). In addition, police assisted the Benton County Sheriff’s Office on a call at 8:47 a.m. (Southwest Plymouth Drive, Corvallis). PPD reported three traffic stops.
SATURDAY, JAN. 6
• 11:51 a.m. — Police responded to a domestic disturbance on South 17th Street. No other details were made available other than a report was taken and assigned a case number.
Other calls: Police responses included a report of a prowler at 3:47 p.m. (Applegate Street), suspicious circumstance at 7:43 p.m. (North Ninth Street), private property tow at 8:14 p.m. (College Street) and a civil dispute at 11:37 p.m. (North Ninth Street). PPD reported two traffic stops.
SUNDAY, JAN. 7
• No calls of significance were reported.
Other calls: Police responses included a dog barking at 11:21 a.m. (Timothy Street). PPD reported eight traffic stops.
MONDAY, JAN. 8
• 1:38 p.m. — Police responded to a report of first-degree theft in the 600 block of McCall Way. No other details were made available other than a report was taken and assigned a case number.
Other calls: Police responses included an abandoned vehicle at 8:04 a.m. (North 12th Street), domestic disturbance at 12:54 p.m. (South 17th Street), reckless driving at 1:38 p.m. (Main Street and North 19th Street) and trespassing at 8:56 p.m. (Main Street). In addition, police assisted the Corvallis Police Department on a call at 9:46 p.m. (Southwest Fourth Street and Southwest Philomath Boulevard, Corvallis). PPD reported one traffic stop.
TUESDAY, JAN. 9
• No calls of significance were reported.
Other calls: Police responses included a traffic hazard at 12:57 a.m. (North Seventh Street and Main Street) and a suspicious vehicle at 4:02 p.m. (South 23rd Street). PPD reported two traffic stops.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10
• 1:18 p.m. — Police responded to a report of identity theft in the 600 block of Main Street. Police reported it was a civil issue and took a report.
• 3:09 p.m. — Police assisted with a fraud attempt involving an individual on Old Peak Road. The individual had no financial loss with a decision to inquire at the Philomath Police Department before sending any money.
Other calls: Police responses included a noise disturbance at 12:40 a.m. (North 13th Street and Pioneer Street), unsecured premises at 3:08 a.m. (College Street), abandoned vehicle at 3:52 p.m. (McCall Way) and a noise disturbance at 11:39 p.m. (North 13th Street). PPD reported 12 traffic stops.
THURSDAY, JAN. 11
• 10 a.m. — Police arrested a 56-year-old Corvallis man at College Street and North 15th Street on a warrant for contempt of court.
• 10:59 a.m. — Police took possession for safekeeping a bicycle recovered at a location near Main Street and Newton Street.
Other calls: Police responses included assisting a person at 3:54 p.m. (Main Street), dog at large at 6:40 p.m. (Main Street and North Seventh Street) and contact with a citizen at 9:10 p.m. (Main Street).
FOLLOW-UP REPORTS
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3
• 6:08 a.m. — Police responded to a report of criminal mischief in the 200 block of South 13th Street involving a residential mailbox stand that had been damaged in the middle of the night.
THURSDAY, JAN. 4
• 6:11 p.m. — Police arrested a 27-year-old Philomath woman at a North Ninth Street residence on misdemeanor charges of second-degree child neglect and improper use of 911. The woman was transported to Benton County Jail in Corvallis.
Benton County Sheriff’s Office
RECENT CALLS
SUNDAY, DEC. 31
• 11:23 p.m. — Deputies arrested a 66-year-old Philomath woman on misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving during a traffic stop for driving 82 mph in a 55-mph zone near Highway 20 and Kings Valley Highway.
TUESDAY, JAN. 2
• 1:20 p.m. — Deputies arrested a 61-year-old Brownsville woman on a misdemeanor charge of driving while suspended during a traffic stop on Highway 20 about 3 miles east of Blodgett. The woman was cited and released.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3
• 2:44 p.m. — Deputies responded to a crash at the intersection of Highway 20 and Priest Road involving a semi-truck off the road. The driver, a 45-year-old Surrey man, reported that a pickup had forced him to swerve and crash. A weight limit sign for Priest Road was damaged. The truck and trailer were driveable.
THURSDAY, JAN. 4
• 6:55 p.m. — Deputies responded to a report of a vehicle off the road on Kings Valley Highway near Cardwell Hill Drive. According to a report, a 28-year-old Corvallis woman driving a Volkswagen Bug was headed north on the highway and was attempting to turn right onto Cardwell Hill Drive but missed the road and drove down into a ditch. The driver attributed the crash to poor headlights on her vehicle.
FRIDAY, JAN. 5
• 7:01 p.m. — Deputies arrested a 24-year-old woman (city of residence not reported) on a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving after she was observed driving 78 mph in a 55-mph zone on Highway 20 about 3 miles west of Blodgett. Two other motorists had called in reports of a reckless driver on the highway. The driver was cited and released.
• 7:59 p.m. — Deputies arrested a 35-year-old Gleneden Beach woman on a warrant out of Idaho for probation violation at Ellmaker State Park near Burnt Woods. The woman was transported to Benton County Jail.
SATURDAY, JAN. 6
• 3:05 p.m. —Deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 20 about 4 miles west of Blodgett involving a Honda sedan driven by a 20-year-old Springfield woman. The vehicle was unoccupied and after later contacting the driver, deputies were told that the vehicle hydroplaned in heavy rain, crossed the center line and crashed into a tree about 30 yards from the south side of the roadway. The vehicle also went through a Starker Forests field fence.
MONDAY, JAN. 8
• 7:47 a.m. — Deputies responded to Highway 20 in Blodgett for a report of a hit-and-run. A 30-year-old woman reported that she had been stopped for traffic waiting to turn left across traffic on Highway 20 when a Toyota Tacoma passed, hit and damaged her vehicle. The Toyota continued driving west on Highway 20. The damage estimated exceeded $2,500.
• 9:45 p.m. — Deputies arrested a 35-year-old Philomath man on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants (blood alcohol content of .25) and reckless driving during a traffic stop at Main Street and 24th Street.
Oregon State Police
FATAL CRASHES
FRIDAY, JAN. 5
• 8:59 p.m. — Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash just off the westbound Interstate 84 exit 62 in Hood River that took the life of Miranda Kaylyn Archer, 36, of Goldendale, Washington. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that a Chevrolet Colorado driven by Archer was headed west on I-84 and while taking the Exit 62 off-ramp crashed over the guardrail and down an embankment, coming to rest on its roof in the parking lot of a hotel. Archer was declared deceased at the scene. A 13-year-old boy was transported via Life Flight to an area hospital. Troopers suspect speed as a contributing factor to the crash.
THURSDAY, JAN. 11
• 5:14 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 101 near Yachts that took the life of Kelsey Rose Seibel, 25, of Waldport. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that an ambulance was responding to a call with emergency lights activated when it attempted to turn southbound onto Highway 101 from a driveway. A northbound Kia Soul, driven by Seibel, collided with the driver’s side of the ambulance. Seibel was declared deceased at the scene. A passenger in the Kia, a 16-year-old boy, suffered critical injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Neither occupant of the Kia was properly restrained and airbags failed to deploy, troopers reported. The ambulance driver and a passenger were not injured. There was no patient in the ambulance at the time of the crash.