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Update: Officer involved shooting from Feb. 14, 2023

Update March 1, 2023: Grand jury finds use of force by deputies justified and lawful and indicts suspects

Just prior to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, Deputies from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a deadly physical force incident after an armed suspect opened fire on deputies during an attempt to stop a stolen motor vehicle in the City of Wilsonville.

Estacada man indicted in domestic disturbance

A Clackamas County grand jury has indicted Jason Lee Savage, age 53 of Estacada on three counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Firearm), two counts of Coercion and Felon in Possession of a Firearm stemming from a domestic disturbance on Dec. 22, 2022. 

The grand jury also found that the use of deadly physical force by Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaac Baily was justified and lawful when responding to Savage’s pointing a firearm towards the deputy.

Three former ODOT employees and spouse sentenced for theft, computer crime and official misconduct

The Honorable Michael Wetzel, Judge of the Clackamas County Circuit Court sentenced three former Oregon Department of Transportation workers and one of their spouses today on multiple charges stemming from a theft and reselling scheme spanning from approximately 2004 to 2020 that has estimated to cost taxpayers $5-6 million.

The former ODOT employees abused their official positions to purchase equipment using ODOT vendor accounts, created fraudulent invoices, stockpiled the fraudulently purchased equipment and resold the items for personal profit. 

Portland man sentenced to 15 years for aggravated identify theft and other charges

William Nelson Barnes of Portland, Ore was sentenced to 15 years in state prison for multiple counts of Aggravated Identity Theft, Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument and Obliteration of Identification Numbers on Firearms.

Investigators found that Barnes identity theft activities affected 9,000 people. He used data from a stolen hard drive from a title and mortgage company and stolen U.S. Mail to gather personal data of his victims.