VENETA – On Jan. 29 at 7 a.m., a Lane County Sheriff’s sergeant assigned to Veneta stopped a pickup truck towing a box trailer in the area of Territorial Highway and Jeans Road for a traffic violation. Deputies discovered that the trailer contained stolen property, including several firearms. Deputies cited the driver, Brian Joseph Mitzel, 52, of Veneta, and seized the trailer for follow-up investigation. Deputies later learned the trailer had been stolen from a…
Traffic violation leads to arrest in Veneta
