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Reckless Driver Sparks Pursuit, Damages Three EPD Vehicles and Injures Officer

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EUGENE, Ore. — On Friday, November 14, at about 3:05 p.m., a Eugene Police officer tried to pull over a Ford F-150 driven recklessly near Valley River Center. The driver refused to stop, putting the public at risk and triggering a multi-unit chase. Two patrol cars were damaged near Club Road and Cedarwood Drive during the pursuit. One officer suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. The truck headed east toward Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard into heavy Game Day traffic. A passenger jumped from the moving vehicle and ran; officers chased and detained him on foot while others followed the truck with lights and sirens to alert pedestrians and drivers. At around 3:13 p.m., officers performed a forcible stop, pinning the vehicle near MLK Boulevard and Garden Way. A third patrol car was damaged in the process. The 46-year-old male driver, James Allen Thomson , and a second passenger, Leslie Daryl Ray Beebe , were taken into custody. The driver was transported...
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Andrew Capps Wanted on Bench Warrant After No-Show in Felony Driving Case

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Eugene, Ore. – November 14, 2025 – A bench warrant was issued November 14, 2025, for Andrew Dayton Capps, 31, of Eugene, after he failed to appear for a November 12 trial in Lane County Circuit Court on a felony charge of driving while suspended or revoked. Capps was arrested in March 2025 for operating a vehicle despite a lifetime driver’s license revocation imposed following his 2020 conviction for criminally negligent homicide in the death of Mack Wallace Carothers, 24. On December 30, 2017, Capps was driving on Bailey Hill Road in Eugene when his vehicle left the roadway and crashed. Carothers, a passenger, was ejected and died at the scene from blunt force trauma. Capps fled on foot. Capps was arrested the same day and charged with first-degree manslaughter, DUII, reckless driving, and failure to perform the duties of a driver. A Lane County jury convicted him on all counts in October 2019. In 2018, while awaiting trial on charges of first-degree manslaughter and DUII stemming fr...
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EPD Busts Major Meth Haul: 73 Pounds Seized on I-5

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EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police Department (EPD) officers, with assistance from the Oregon State Police (OSP) Drug Interdiction Team, arrested two local residents on November 11, 2025, after intercepting approximately 73 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated $50,000 wholesale on Interstate 5 near Cottage Grove. Alejandra Diaz Alcantar , 45, and Juan Alberto Alvarado Gonzalez , 41, both of Eugene, were under investigation by the EPD Street Crimes Unit (SCU) for allegedly transporting 50 to 80 pounds of drugs from California. Officers learned the pair had traveled south from their residence in the 1400 block of Railroad Boulevard, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirming their presence in California based on a vehicle description. As the suspects returned north on I-5, SCU—supported by EPD Investigations and OSP's Drug K9 Interdiction Team—stopped their vehicle. An OSP K9 alerted to the presence of drugs, prompting a search warrant. The search uncovered the mas...
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Eugene Police Shoot Armed Man Wielding Shotgun

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EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police officers shot and wounded a 40-year-old man armed with a shotgun after he was reported menacing people in the 1400 block of Railroad Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon. The incident began at 12:32 p.m. when 911 callers alerted authorities to the armed suspect. Additional reports described him threatening others with the weapon. Officers arrived in emergency response mode, and at 12:50 p.m., shots were fired, leaving the suspect down at 160 Madison St.  Police provided immediate medical aid, and Eugene Springfield Fire personnel responded once the scene was secured.  The man, whose injuries appear non-life-threatening, was transported to a local hospital. A shotgun was recovered at the scene. The Lane County Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) has taken over the probe into the officer-involved shooting. Under Oregon's Senate Bill 111, enacted in 2007 and adopted locally in 2008, such investigations are handled by independent agencies t...
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Fatal Head-On Crash on Hwy 126 West Shuts Down Road for 8 Hours

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EUGENE, Ore. – A deadly three-vehicle collision on Highway 126 West just west of KR Neilsen Road in Lane County claimed one life and left another driver seriously injured Friday afternoon, November 7, 2025. Oregon State Police responded around 3:15 p.m. to reports of the crash. The preliminary investigation indicated a westbound Honda Accord, operated by Russell Fredrick Moncrief (52) of Eugene, braked suddenly and was struck in the rear by a westbound Chevrolet Silverado, operated by Scott Allen Zipprich (52) of Elmira. The collision caused the Chevrolet to enter the eastbound lane and strike an eastbound Dodge Stratus, operated by Vincent George Canham (84) of Eugene, head-on. The operator of the Honda (Moncrief) was reportedly uninjured. The operator of the Chevrolet (Zipprich) was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries. The operator of the Dodge (Canham) was declared deceased after being transported to an area hospital. A passenger in the Dodge, Rolf Bertel Johansson...
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