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.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
• 10:48 p.m. — BCSO arrested a 23-year-old Philomath woman on a misdemeanor charge of criminal driving while license suspended during a traffic stop on North Ninth Street.
SUNDAY, OCT. 12
• 1:15 p.m. — BCSO arrested a 69-year-old Philomath woman at a Walden Lane residence on a charge of violating a restraining order. The incident involved the woman allegedly installing a camera that faced the victim’s property. The woman was transported to Benton County Jail.
FRIDAY, OCT. 17
• 1:49 p.m. — BCSO responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 20 just east of the Highway 34 junction involving a 78-year-old Cove man who went off the road to avoid hitting a school bus. According to an incident report, the man was heading east on the highway in a GMC Sierra towing a camper trailer when he failed to notice a school bus stopped at the railroad tracks. The driver swerved to the right and went into a ditch on the south side while crashing into a railroad warning sign and a chain-link fence. No injuries were reported.