INVESTIGATION CONTINUING FOLLOWING ARREST EAST OF BEND
Posted: March 18th, 2010 8:23 PM
Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers and detectives are working with Harney County Sheriff's Office and Lake County District Attorney's Office in an investigation related to an arrest Thursday afternoon of a 52-year old man east of Bend. The pngoing investigation involves an alleged crime in Lake County on a small section of Highway 20E, the contact of a victim in Harney County, and the subsequent arrest in Deschutes County. Some information is being released tonight and more may be provided by Friday afternoon.
Preliminary information indicates on March 18, 2010 at approximately 5:00 p.m. the Harney County Sheriff's Office notified OSP and Deschutes County Sheriff's Office that they were in contact with a female stopped in a vehicle on Highway 20E near Burns. The woman alleged she and her husband were traveling in separate vehicles when they stopped along a small section of Highway 20E in Lake County. She stated that as she was in the motor home that her husband drove, he shot at her with a shotgun while they were stopped along the highway. The woman was able to get to her vehicle and drove eastbound as he drove westbound. She further told deputies that he was intoxicated.
OSP troopers and Deschutes County deputies were looking for the 33-foot motor home when it was spotted by a trooper and subsequently stopped on Powell Butte Highway about 1/2 mile north of Highway 20E. Officers conducted felony stop procedures at gunpoint at 5:25 p.m. They advised the driver was in custody at 5:33 p.m.
ROY HILL, age 52, from Elkton, was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail for DUII. Other charges are anticipated based upon additional investigation.
No more information set for release tonight.
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