The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office continues to receive many reports of different types of scams being conducted in our community. Because it is tax time, the tax scam callers are in full…
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Tips for Tillamook County Residents to Reduce Crime
by Laura Swanson, editor North Tillamook County residents in the Bayside Gardens area are being proactive about protecting their neighborhood. Over recent months, there have been multiple thefts that has the neighborhood…
Tax Scam Calls Abound This Tax Season
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Because it is tax time and the tax scam callers are in full swing I thought I would remind everyone to take extra caution about…
Alaska Earthquake, Tsunami Scare Jan. 23 Raises LOTS of Questions
By Lt. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Director The recent tsunami scare has raised awareness but also raised some questions and concerns. I will try to address those that I have…
Diver rescued from Tillamook Bay by local law enforcement officers during marine patrol
Tillamook Bay-On January 22, 2018 around 1:09pm, a Marine Deputy from the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and an OSP Fish and Game Trooper were conducting a routine marine patrol in the Crab…
Tillamook County Animal Aid Fills Need for More Shelter Space, 24-hour Access for Law Enforcement
By Laura Swanson Tillamook County’s newest animal shelter, established in July of 2017, Tillamook County Animal Aid (TCAA) has hit the ground running – a facility with eight kennels and now a…
Hunter Struck in Leg by Target Shooter Off Hwy. 6
On Friday, October 13, 2017 at approximately 6:00pm, Tillamook 911 received a call from a subject advising he had been shot in the leg in an area about 5 miles up Kansas…
Search and Rescue operations continue for missing mushroom picker in the Tillamook State Forest
For Immediate Release-September 26, 2017 On September 25, 2017 around 4:30pm, Michael Scott Lund age 49 was reported missing by a friend after he failed to return after picking mushrooms in the…
Missing Person Investigation Ongoing – Eric “Rick” Prueitt
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a missing/endangered person complaint filed the evening of August 8th, 2017, involving Eric Daniel Prueitt, age 41, from the Tillamook area. Mr. Prueitt is…