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Corvallis Man Arrested for Fatal March Crash in Santiam Pass

The man who died, 57-year old Ju Feng was a Chinese national visiting the United States.

(CORVALLIS) - Oregon State Police troopers say they arrested a Corvallis man Friday on charges stemming from a March 2006 fatal motor vehicle crash on the Santiam Pass. 34-year old Pengcheng Wu of Corvallis will face charges for Criminally Negligent Homicide.

Police say Wu was the driver of a 1998 Chevrolet Prism four-door sedan that was westbound on Highway 20 near milepost 79 on March 18th 2006, at approximately 8:10 PM, when the vehicle apparently crossed the centerline and collided with an eastbound 2006 GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle, driven by 65-year old Robert L. Morris of Bend.

A passenger in the Honda, 57-year old Ju Feng died at the scene. Feng was a Chinese national and was visiting the United States at the time of the collision.

Tangent Man Charged With Sex Abuse and Child Pornography

(TANGENT) - A Linn County man is in custody on $350k bail following his arrest for sex abuse and child pornography charges.

Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says Linn County deputies took a report of possible sex abuse as well as internet child pornography at a residence in Tangent on the afternoon of July 5th.

Mueller says that based on the initial report and statements from witnesses, deputies executed a search warrant at the residence of 41-year-old Matthew Reece Sanders.

After analyzing physical evidence located in the home, pursuant to the search warrant, the Linn County Sheriff?s Office charged Matthew Sanders with 35 separate counts of...

Body of Missing Teen Recovered From Walter Wirth Lake

13-year-old Maria Martinez was last seen Saturday while swimming with a friend at the popular swimming spot at Cascade Gateway Park

(SALEM) - Linn County Sheriff`s Office divers recovered the body of 13-year-old Maria Martinez Sunday just before 2:00 PM in about 25-feet of water.

An Oregon Army National Guard Helicopter from Salem on it`s way back from a training mission helped in locating the teens body.

Maria Martinez was reported missing...

Parents Charged With Murder in Son`s Death

(ALBANY) - A Linn County Grand Jury has indicted the parents of an autistic 19-year-old boy who died in an Albany apartment fire last month with murder.

Lebanon Woman Arrested for Animal Neglect

Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller reports that a Lebanon woman has been arrested for multiple counts of animal neglect.

(ALBANY) - A Lebanon woman faces 19 counts of animal neglect stemming from an investigation on her property at 39627 Mount Hope Road in Lebanon.

46-year old Cheryl Ann Hainz-Justice was arrested and taken to the Linn County Jail for 19 counts of Animal Neglect I.

Hainz-Justice was arrested by deputies who began their investigation after a report was turned into the Sheriff's Office on January 27th...

Second Suspect Arrested in Connection to Oregon Murder of Melissa Bauer

Melissa Bauer`s body was discovered on the morning of December 20th at Larwood Park, east of Scio.

(Albany) - 35-year old Tonya Lynn Neal-Strawn of Lebanon was arrested Friday by Linn County Sheriff`s Detectives on Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Hindering Prosecution. She is lodged in the Linn County Jail and bail is set at $306,000.

Sheriff`s Detectives believe that Neal-Strawn was present at the time of the murder and also took part in destroying evidence related to the crime.