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Sisters Sheriff's calls

• A drunk driver ran over a couple of mailboxes, then went into seizures and stopped breathing while being taken to jail. Medics were summoned and they took the man to the hospital.
  
  He was treated and released to face driving under the influence charges and charges for giving false information to a police officer; driving while suspended; failure to perform the duties of a driver after his accident and an outstanding Jefferson County warrant.

• A man reported that someone stole his log splitter. Turned out a friend had borrowed it without bothering to ask first.
  
  
• Deputies handled a harassment problem among some Sisters students.
  
  
• A man called in to say he was "crazy" and needed to be picked up. The responding deputy determined that the elderly man and his wife were going through some hard times and need some counseling. The couple agreed to meet with their minister for help.
  
  
• A visitor was reported missing after he failed to return to his lodgings after going for a hike.
  
  The man got lost in Dry Canyon and hiked to Cloverdale Fire Station where he got a lift back to his accommodations. He decided to go looking for his car the next day.

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

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