Springfield Police ■ MONDAY, MAY 5 (69 calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (11), Theft (6), Dispute (4) 3:18 am: Theft, 5250 High Banks Rd. 6:25 am: Theft, 1243 Rainbow Dr. 9:46 am: Animal complaint, 1550 Q St. 1:10 pm: Criminal trespass, 1250 18th St. 1:52 pm: Theft, 622 Cloverleaf Lp.[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD – Lane County Sheriff Cliff Harrold has announced his retirement, effective May 16, as he prepares to embark on a new career in public safety. Sheriff Harrold has dedicated 35 years to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, having been appointed sheriff in 2019 and subsequently elected in 2020 and[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD – As the clock struck 3 p.m. at the Springfield Justice Center, community members squeezed in and flooded out of the already packed Emergency Operations Center.  Judge James Tierney initiated the city’s first graduation ceremony of the Springfield Municipal Adult Recovery and Treatment (SMART) Court. The graduation ceremony follows[Read More…]

Springfield Police ■ MONDAY, APRIL 14 (80 total calls)  Top calls: Traffic stop (13), Dispute (7), Abandoned vehicle (6) 12:37 am: Assist outside agency, 269 16th St. 2:58 am: DUII, 2259 5th St. 6:47 am: Hit & run, 663 Fairview Dr. 8:39 am: Abandoned vehicle, 475 Lindale Dr. 9:30 am:[Read More…]

On April 17, 2025, following a 16 day trial, a Lane County Circuit Court jury convicted Matthew Allen Drake, DOB February 12, 1979, of the crimes of Rape in the First Degree (four counts) Sodomy in the First Degree (two counts), Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct[Read More…]

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Child Welfare Director is sharing details of a broad effort underway to improve safety for children in foster care and children who come to the attention of Child Welfare through a call to the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline. “The safety of children is[Read More…]

EUGENE — Two companies responsible for the operation of the J.H. Baxter wood treatment facility in Eugene, Oregon, and their president, were sentenced Tuesday for hazardous waste and Clean Air Act violations. Collectively, they were ordered to pay a total of $1.5 million in criminal fines. In addition, the court ordered[Read More…]

On April 16th, a Lane County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to the McKenzie Patrol District spotted Jared Lee Moe, 35, of Oakridge, several miles up Horse Creek Road, southeast of McKenzie Bridge. Moe has a felony warrant, and Oakridge Police are also looking for Moe after he fled a traffic stop[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD – Brandon Dewayne Love, 41, pled guilty on April 8, 2025, to unlawfully being in a location where children regularly congregate, a Class A misdemeanor.  In May 2024, he was investigated by the Springfield Police Department after frequenting Splash! At Lively Park on Thurston Road, prompting community concerns about[Read More…]

EUGENE – Donald Wayne Johnson was sentenced to 75 months in prison with no possibility of early release after being found guilty of kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, and assault in the fourth degree. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Kamala H. Shugar issued the[Read More…]