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Sisters Sheriff's calls

• A Sisters man was arrested for harassment in the wake of a dispute with his stepson.

  The man's probation officer also slapped a detainer on him for violating a no alcohol restriction from a previous legal situation.

• A couple of cars rolled on icy roads, but the occupants escaped injury.
  
  
• Deputies responded to a domestic violence report where a woman had allegedly punched her boyfriend a few times in the face.

The woman could not be located and the man did not want her to be found and arrested.

The man reportedly seemed proud of his lady's fighting abilities and told deputies he didn't mind when she punched on him.

• A man reported a paralyzed deer in his yard. A deputy responded and dispatched the deer with a gunshot.
  
  
• A local business woman reported that some patriotic kleptomaniac stole an American flag from her business.

Even thieves feel a new sense of pride and unity...

• A young Sisters man was refused an alcohol purchase at a local market because he appeared to have already taken on plenty.

The 21-year-old then went to a bar, where he allegedly told folks that he was thinking of robbing the place.

Just thinking about it. He made no direct threats and didn't show any weapons. But he was thinking about it.

When asked why, the young man allegedly told folks he was going to jail for something that night.

The man then wandered off and police were unable to track him down.

• A Sisters woman escaped serious injury in a head-on collision on an icy Highway 20 east of Sisters.

The collision occurred at relatively low speed.

• A man reported hearing rifle rounds go over his head while he was hiking at the south end of Sisters near the sewage treatment plant.

He didn't think anyone was actually shooting at him. Deputies searched but no shooters did they find.

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

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