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  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...

Fatal Hit and Run under investigation UPDATED MAY 8, 2024 The victim’s family has been notified so we are able to release his name: Frank William Seaman , age 46.   Eugene Or. - Eugene Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run at W. 4th and Polk that occurred on April 15 around 9:10 p.m.  Daylen Amir Austin , age 19, has initially been charged with felony Hit and Run. This is a complex investigation and EPD is still gathering information to be submitted to the Lane County District Attorney’s Office for a final charging decision.  The victim is a 46-year-old male.  Case 24-05379 Information from EPD Please help keep independent journalism alive with a donation to my Venmo: @Michael-Weber-379 (last 4 of my phone number is: 0825