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Comments to
Eric Dolson, Publisher

Sisters Sheriff's calls

• A cow and calf wandered onto residential property, no doubt looking for greener grass. The visit was a big surprise to the suburbanite sitting in his hot tub.

• Tollgate management requested extra patrols around the pool area. A sign on the pool gate advertises a $200 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of those responsible for chucking rocks into the pool and damaging the cover.
  
  
• A female transient passed out in someone's yard. She was roused and directed to the Village Green where her ride was to meet her.
  
  
• A local resident reported finding human feces and toilet paper on the ground. She noted that a local homeless man frequents the area. Deputies contacted him and he acknowledged defecating in the area and insisted that the toilet paper was biodegradable and not litter.

He was warned.

• An employee at a gas station found a vial containing methamphetamine.
  
  
• Deputies assisted Forest Service law enforcement in evicting some unruly campers at Three Creek Lake.
  
  
• Deputies found a Huffy bike and a helmet at the Village Green.
  
  
• A 10-speed bike was found in the woods.
  
  
• A citizen reported three suspicious men lurking around Sisters businesses. The reportedly fled when they spotted said citizen watching them.
  
  
• Two youths were cited for damaging a couple of vehicles with a BB gun.
  
  
• A traffic stop yielded a felony warrant arrest of a Madras man. In another stop, a Sisters man with multiple warrants found his way to the cooler.
  
  
• A woman complained that a young man kept hanging around, acting odd and making unwanted advances. The man said he was just trying to be neighborly. He won't try to be neighborly anymore.
  
  
• A resident complained about having to listen to the sweet sounds of gunfire from an organized shoot near her property.
  
  
• Deputies arrested a Sisters girl for hitting her great-grandmother in the wrist with a telephone. She had been talking to her mother. The great-grandparents have custody.

The girl was taken to juvenile detention.

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

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