Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. All calls for service may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. Locations are approximate and may not be included if it could identify victims of certain crimes of a sensitive nature (sexual abuse, stalking, etc.). 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.
SATURDAY, JUNE 14
• 4:55 p.m. — BCSO arrested a 67-year-old Oregon City man on a warrant for failure to appear in court and several misdemeanor charges, which included resisting arrest/disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, reckless driving, eluding law enforcement in a vehicle and failure to register as a sex offender. A deputy attempted to pull over the man, who was driving a 2003 Subaru Legacy station wagon, on Highway 20 near Kings Valley Highway when the attempt to elude allegedly occurred. He was transported to Benton County Jail.
• 8:05 p.m. — BCSO responded to a report of a motorcycle crash on Fern Road near Powder House Road. Upon arrival, the deputy learned that the driver, a 21-year-old Molalla man, had crashed due to a large amount of gravel on the roadway. He denied medical attention and was able to ride the motorcycle from the scene.
FRIDAY, JUNE 20
• 4:32 p.m. — BCSO responded to a report of a hit-and-run that had occurred June 18 at a trailhead located at the end of Woods Creek Road. The caller, a 55-year-old Corvallis man, reported that someone had damaged his 2019 Volkswagen Atlas while it was parked at the trailhead.
• 6:03 p.m. — BCSO arrested a 57-year-old Blodgett man on two warrants for failure to appear in court during contact at a location along Blodgett Road. The man was issued a criminal citation in lieu of custody.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
• 5:35 p.m. — BCSO cited an 18-year-old Corvallis man on a misdemeanor charge of a person under 21 possessing marijuana while operating a motor vehicle following an incident that occurred in the 6000 block of Southwest Plymouth Drive just east of Philomath. According to a deputy’s report, he was dispatched to a report of a vehicle that went off the road and into a ditch while striking his mailbox and culvert. Philomath Police located the vehicle. The driver reported that he was driving west on Plymouth Drive when he failed to negotiate a left-hand curve and entered the north ditch, blaming the crash on wet roads and bald tires.