Neil Zawicki
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Lebanon detectives find guns and narcotics in Albany
Lebanon Police Department detectives on Friday served a search warrant in the 35000 block of Riverside Drive in Albany as part of a stolen property investigation. → Read More
Former Linn County deputy dies while logging
Linn County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a death investigation call Thursday morning learned that the victim was a former deputy who had since found work in the logging industry. → Read More
Tunnel-damaged tree removed in Simpson Park
Buena Vista Arbor Care on Friday removed a 150-year-old Fir tree in Simpson Park that was damaged after transients tunneled beneath it. A second tree, a maple approximately the same → Read More
Lebanon raid yields guns, drugs and money
Linn County Sheriff deputies on August 4 arrested a Lebanon man accused of trafficking drugs, illegal firearm possession, and fraudulent activity. → Read More
Felony traffic stop leads to unrelated foot pursuit
An otherwise routine traffic stop Wednesday afternoon led to a high-risk felony takedown arrest and a secondary pursuit of another fugitive in Albany. → Read More
Formby-Carter sentenced to 25 months for bottle assault
A court case lasting almost a year ended Tuesday with a prison sentence of just over two years for defendant Andrew Formby-Carter. → Read More
Mid-valley neighborhoods get set for National Night Out
For the third year in a row, North Albany residents Kim Brown and Michelle Chaffins on Monday, Aug. 2, will host a Night Out gathering in their neighborhood, one of → Read More
Police arrest suspect in machete attack
A man who allegedly attacked another with a machete during a Sunday morning bar fight is in custody after an early Tuesday morning traffic stop in Albany. → Read More
30 years on for Stand By Me
Animated-film director Don Bluth ("All Dogs Go to Heaven," "An American Tail") once said about the power of movies: "There's a transformation that happens when people go into a theater. → Read More
Meet the new Linn County Sheriff drug dog
Finn, a cocker spaniel born in Ireland, doesn't have the classic look of a police dog, but he's a highly qualified drug-sniffing dog and the latest addition to the Linn → Read More
Albany Police seek suspect in attempted child abduction
An Albany teenager is safe after keeping his wits about him when a suspect allegedly tried to lure him into his vehicle Wednesday night. → Read More
Suspect charged in bat attack
Shawn Kenneth Oard, 34, was arraigned Wednesday in Linn County Circuit Court after he was arrested Tuesday on allegations he beat his grandmother with a bat and then drove to → Read More
Albany man arrested for attempted murder
Shawn Kenneth Oard, 34, of Albany, is in jail on several charges after attacking his 79-year-old grandmother with a baseball bat and then driving to his father's house, where he → Read More
Recruits endure brutal SAR Academy training
Twenty-five kids, boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 16, stood in line outside the Linn County Sheriff’s Office on June 17, each with bags packed and awaiting → Read More
Hundreds gather for Linn County fair livestock auction
The reporter responsible for this story came dangerously close to paying $225 for a chicken at the Youth Livestock Auction Saturday at the Linn County Fair. And it might have → Read More
First time in a century
Doris Bierly has had a plane ride, so she does't need to take another one. → Read More
Who says a Chihuahua isn't a good watchdog?
A Chihuahua named Pixie managed to alert her Albany family that an intruder had entered the house Friday morning. → Read More
West Albany High teacher arrested on sex abuse charges
Albany Police Detectives on Friday arrested 28-year-old West Albany High School teacher James Walter Myrick at his home in NW in Albany. The arrest is the result of a six → Read More
Public Safety Log
Burglary — Tuesday, July 5, 4:10 p.m., 1800 block of Crocker Lane. A homeowner reported someone had entered his shop over the weekend through an open window. Several tools, pieces of camping equipment and other items were taken. Recovered vehicle — Tuesday, July 5, 8:28 a.m., 3400 block of earl avenue. A jet ski trailer that was traded for other items and then offered for sale on Craigslist was… → Read More
Addiction Emergency: The fight to turn the tide on prescription drug abuse
Health care professionals and law enforcement personnel in the mid-valley are working to reverse the tide of a declared national epidemic in prescription drug abuse and addiction. → Read More