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EUGENE, Ore. — Mark D. Baker, 63, a member of the prominent Baker family that owned The Register-Guard newspaper for 91 years, was arrested* October 09, 2025**, following a confrontation over dog waste that allegedly escalated into assault and property damage. Police say the incident occurred while Baker was walking his dog near Churchill Estates at 1919 Bailey Hill Road . When two residents confronted him about failing to pick up after the animal defecated on the lawn of Churchill Estates, Baker allegedly became physical: punching one person and damaging property. Baker, whose family shaped Eugene’s media and civic landscape for nearly a century, was booked on three municipal charges: Assault, Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree, and Harassment (offensive physical contact). The Baker family’s legacy in Eugene dates to 1927, when Alton F. Baker Sr. purchased the Eugene Guard. In 1930 he merged it with the Eugene Register to form The Register-Guard, which the family owned and operate...

EUGENE, Ore. — Actor Zachery Ty Bryan , best known for playing Brad Taylor on the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement, was arrested late Saturday as was his girlfriend Johnnie Faye Cartwright following an alleged incident in Lane County. Lane County Sheriff’s Deputies, on Nov. 29th, 2025, took both individuals into custody. Bryan, 44, was booked on a probation violation stemming from a 2023 felony assault conviction involving Cartwright in the same jurisdiction. He is being held without bail and has a scheduled release date of December 3rd. Cartwright, 32, faces significantly more serious charges: * Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) * Three counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person (due to their 3 children possibly being present in the vehicle) * Attempted Assault in the First Degree (a Class A felony in Oregon, often charged when a person allegedly attempts to cause serious physical injury with a dangerous or deadly weapon, such as a vehicle) Authorities have released...

EUGENE, Ore. — A 26-year-old Springfield man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday to a federal hate crime charge for nearly beating a gay man to death with a tire thumper after meeting him on the dating app Grindr. Daniel Andrew McGee admitted to one count of a Hate Crime Act Involving an Attempt to Kill in connection with the July 5, 2021, assault that left the victim with life-threatening head injuries. Court documents reveal McGee spent at least a month planning the attack, searching online for violent anti-gay content, researching ways to “get away with murder,” and purchasing the wooden tire thumper and other materials on Amazon. Prosecutors say McGee targeted the victim because of his sexual orientation. The two had connected on Grindr, an app primarily used by gay and bisexual men, and arranged to meet at the victim’s apartment, where the prolonged assault took place. McGee was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2021. Under the plea agreement, he has agreed ...

  Eugene, Oregon – November 21, 2025 Andrew Edmund Goble , age 72, a longtime professor in the Department of History at the University of Oregon, was booked into the Lane County Jail on November 21, 2025, facing 10 counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and 10 counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree . On November 20, 2025, at approximately 7 a.m., Lane County Sheriff’s detectives executed a search warrant at a residence of Goble's in the 1900 block of Dogwood Drive in Eugene.  This search warrant stemmed from an investigation by the Lane County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, focusing on child exploitation. The charges, which are felonies under Oregon law, typically involve the possession, duplication, or distribution of materials depicting the sexual abuse of children.  Goble , a specialist in pre-modern Japanese history with a focus on medieval Japan, has been a faculty member at the University of Oregon s...