MAN DIES IN CAR
Man sleeping in parked car dies from exhaust fumes
SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says a 39-year-old man who was a living in his car was found dead in the vehicle after he fell asleep with the engine running.
Investigators concluded Edward Carlton Fones died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The sheriff’s office says the car, parked on a street in Sisters, was surrounded by snow, causing the exhaust fumes to fill the car from the underside.
His body was discovered Saturday after a co-worker called the sheriff’s office asking for a welfare check for him.
Lt. Chad Davis told KTVZ that Fones had been running the car to provide warmth from the heater.
Fones, from the small Eastern Oregon town of Fossil, had been working at a Sisters business for several months. He was last seen on Thursday night.
MISSING MAN-SEARCH
Search for missing man focuses on area where truck found
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Searchers looking for a missing 69-year-old Prineville man are focusing on the area near Bend where his pickup truck was found.
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Sgt. Nathan Garibay says more than two dozen people were out looking in heavy snow for Lester Hyder on Sunday.
About 50 people searched by air and on the ground Saturday but were unable to find him. They found his silver Toyota Tundra near Bend Saturday afternoon.
Lester was last seen Tuesday on the day he ran out of gas in Crescent, about 48 miles south of Bend. His brother, Roy Hyder, helped him fill up the truck with gas. The two then headed in separate vehicles to Prineville but got separated.
Roy Hyder pulled over in La Pine and waited for his brother, who didn’t show up. Roy drove back to Crescent and couldn’t find him. He reported his brother missing that evening.
FATAL FIRE
Body found in Columbia River Gorge house fire
CORBETT, Ore. (AP) — Fire officials say they have found a body inside a garage after putting out a house fire in the Columbia River Gorge community of Corbett.
Crews found the garage of a single-story home fully engulfed in flames Sunday morning.
After getting the fire under control, firefighters found a body in the garage.
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
SEX TRAFFICKING ARRESTS
Undercover sex trafficking sting in Oregon nets 15 arrests
VALE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in southeast Oregon say 15 people have been arrested in connection with an undercover sex trafficking operation.
Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe said in a statement Saturday that the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in Oregon and Idaho conducted the operation within the past week.
Investigators posted online ads to known sex trafficking websites. People who contacted undercover officers and arranged payment for sexual acts were arrested at a hotel in the Ontario area.
Those arrested were from Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Most were charged with misdemeanor commercial sexual solicitation. They were booked into the Malheur County Jail.
PORTLAND 2014 KILLING-ARREST
Another arrest in 2014 fatal shooting of Portland woman
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have made another arrest in the fatal shooting a pregnant woman at her Southeast Portland apartment in 2014.
Police say 27-year-old Jeffery Sims Jr. was booked into the Multnomah County Jail Sunday after gang enforcement officers spotted his car earlier in the morning.
The car sped away but officers began searching near where the vehicle was abandoned. With the help of officers from multiple agencies, Sims was taken into custody and charged with murder.
Sims is one of several men accused of killing 21-year-old Ervaeua (er-VAY-uh) Herring on Aug. 17, 2014. Several gang members are awaiting trial for her murder.
FATAL I-5 CRASH
2 killed in I-5 crash near Woodburn are identified
WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say an SUV may have lost traction due to icy conditions when it collided with a semi-truck on Interstate 5 near Woodburn Saturday, killing the driver and another passenger.
Capt. Bill Fugate said in a news release Sunday that the crash killed the 36-year-old driver, Elman Gonzalez. A 23-year-old passenger Marlin Dias Hernandes died of her injuries at Salem Hospital. Two others in the Toyota 4Runner received minor injuries. All four are Springfield residents.
Fugate says the SUV was on the southbound Interstate 5 on-ramp Saturday afternoon when it lost control and slid across the southbound lanes of I-5 where it collided with a semi-trailer. The driver of the semi-trailer was not injured.
SHOOTING-DALLAS
Authorities identify man killed in shootout with police
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities on Saturday identified a man police say shot an officer in the leg before being shot and killed by police.
Oregon State Police in a statement say three Dallas police officers at about 5:30 p.m. Friday attempted to arrest 36-year-old Jeremiah N. Anderson in a Walmart parking lot on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Police say Anderson resisted and fired at least two rounds, striking Sgt. Rob Hatchell in the leg.
Police say Hatchell and officer Mike Fleming returned fire and struck Anderson, who died at the scene.
Fleming and officer Aaron Mollahan who was also present were not injured.
Authorities say Hatchell was treated and released at a hospital and is recovering.
All three officers have been placed on paid administrative leave.
WRONG WAY-FATAL
Beaverton woman dead in wrong-way driver crash
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a wrong-way driver died Saturday after colliding with three other vehicles on U.S. Highway 26 near Beaverton.
The Washington County sheriff’s office says 20-year-old Madeline Duncan of Beaverton died in the crash that occurred not long after 1 a.m.
Authorities say the driver and passenger in one of the other vehicles sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a local hospital.
Police say Duncan drove her 2008 Honda Civic eastbound in the westbound lanes, initially at a slow speed but then accelerating to possibly over 100 miles per hour.
Police say they set up spike strips but the crash occurred before Duncan got that far.
Authorities are continuing to investigate.
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