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Comments to
Eric Dolson, Publisher

Sisters Sheriff's calls

• Deputies assisted search and rescue personnel in locating a missing camper from Lava Lakes Campground.

• A deputy was unable to track down a driver who took the opportunity of being stuck in traffic to dump out his ashtray on the street.
  
  
• A deputy stopped a driver who was reportedly throwing beer cans from his car. The driver earned a citation for having an open container.
  
  
• An Arabian gelding was found wandering in Crossroads. He was rounded up and taken to pasture elsewhere until his owner could be located.
  
  
• A woman reported some credit cards stolen from a vehicle parked in Sisters.
  
  
• A man chased down a driver who had pulled into his driveway. A deputy tracked them down and found that the driver had merely used the driveway for a turnaround while looking for a party.

The property owner settled for telling the young driver not to come onto his property again.

• A driver signed a citizen's citation on another driver who had allegedly nearly run her off the road twice between Black Butte Ranch and Cloverdale Road.
  
  
• Two chainsaws were reported stolen from the Oregon Department of Forestry.
  
  
• A woman reported cash stolen from her purse at a Sisters business.
  
  
• Three horses got loose and ran at large on Camp Polk Road. A deputy arranged with the owner to get them rounded up and secured.
  
  
• A deputy cited a transient for trespassing at a Sisters business.
  
  
• A BLM geologist found a suspicious package and reported it to police. A deputy determined it was a 25-year-old can of Red Dot shotgun powder. It was turned over to Sisters firefighters, who will destroy it as part of a training exercise.

Information in "Sisters sheriff's calls" is taken from log entries and reports of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office.

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