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. 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.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3
• 10:19 a.m. — BCSO took a report of identity theft from a Blodgett-area business owner involving someone who used an employee’s name and a false tax identification number to open a cellphone company account and charge approximately $15,000 in phones and services.
• 3:38 p.m. — BCSO responded to a call from a woman who reported that her vehicle had been hit by another vehicle in the Blodgett vicinity. After being identified and contacted, the driver, a 44-year-old Blodgett man, returned a message and said he didn’t know he had hit another vehicle. The man was cited on misdemeanor charges of failure to perform the duties of a driver.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 14
• 11:49 p.m. — BCSO arrested a 34-year-old Lincoln City man on a misdemeanor charge of driving while suspended and a 41-year-old Lincoln City woman on a misdemeanor charge of possession of methamphetamine paraphernalia during a traffic stop on Main Street and 13th Street.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 21
• 9:18 a.m. — BCSO responded to a single-vehicle crash at Chapel Drive and Bellfountain Road with a 29-year-old Brownsville woman driving. The driver and two improperly seat-belted juveniles were transported to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. The vehicle was towed from the scene. The driver was cited for driving while suspended, failure to obey a traffic control device and reckless endangering.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 22
• 12:19 a.m. — BCSO responded to Skirvin Park off South 13th Street to a report of a fight that had occurred that left a female injured. While assisting the Philomath Police Department, BCSO arrested a 54-year-old Corvallis woman for interfering with a peace officer and parole-probation officer when she attempted to prevent Philomath Police from detaining her son.
• 11:56 p.m. — BCSO arrested a 50-year-old Philomath man on a misdemeanor charge of third-degree criminal mischief with crime damage following an incident that involved deflating a tire on the vehicle of his son’s girlfriend at a West Hills Road location. The man was transported to Benton County Jail, cited and released with a no-contact agreement.
MONDAY, SEPT. 23
• 2:38 p.m. — BCSO responded to a report of first-degree aggravated theft involving an 80-year-old Philomath woman who was scammed into depositing $24,200 into Bitcoin machines in Corvallis and Albany.