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Creswell Pair Arrested on Multiple Sex Crime Charges Involving Juvenile

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  Creswell, Ore. — Lane County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a man and a woman Thursday after serving a search warrant in connection with a month-long investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a juvenile victim. Deputies and detectives executed the warrant in the 82900 block of Scott Lane in Creswell on June 25. Aubry Siobhan Blaylock , 28, of Creswell, was arrested in LCSO Case 26-2521 on the following charges: Five counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree Six counts of Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the Second Degree Four counts of Sodomy in the Second Degree Using a Child in Display of Sexual Conduct Erik Michael Maynes , 32, of Creswell, was arrested in LCSO Case 26-2857 on the following charges: Rape in the First Degree Sex Abuse in the First Degree Two counts of Rape in the Second Degree Two counts of Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the Second Degree Sodomy in the Second Degree Using a Child in Display of Sexual Conduct Oregon's Ballot Measure 11 imposes mandatory m...
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Lane County DA May Retry 35-Year-Old Murder Case After Bite Mark Conviction Vacated

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  EUGENE, Ore. — Court records appear to indicate that Lane County prosecutors are moving forward with a retrial of Robert Wallace Lyons , the Pendleton man whose 1990 aggravated murder conviction was vacated earlier this month over now-discredited bite mark evidence. Lyons, 61, was arraigned in Lane County Circuit Court on June 25, 2026. He pleaded not guilty to all charges, was appointed counsel, and a pre-trial conference hearing has been scheduled for July 16, 2026, at 2:30 p.m., according to court records. Neither Lane County District Attorney Christopher Parosa nor his office has issued a statement regarding the case as of yet. A Marion County post-conviction court vacated Lyons’ conviction on June 16, marking the first successful challenge under Oregon’s new Senate Bill 1515, which recognizes bite mark analysis as unreliable “junk science.” “Mr. Lyons was wrongfully convicted based almost entirely on junk science,” said Byron Lichstein, one of his attorneys from the Forensi...
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