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More than $6,000 in tools were stolen from Bremmer's Pit in Rock Island last Wednesday. Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal says the deputies responded to a call around 1:00 p.m. to the business on SE Vantage Drive where thieves had broken into a steel work box to take the tools...

The race to replace Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal has another entrant. East Wenatchee Police Officer Leeon Leyde has announced he is running as a Republican for the top spot among Douglas County Law Enforcement. Leyde has spent 32 years in law enforcement, including 25 with the Washington State Patrol...

On 10/17/17 at approximately 8:43 PM a Douglas County Deputy learned that a vehicle he had observed had an associated warrant out of LaSalle County, Illinois.  The warrant was for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child.  The Deputy followed the vehicle to a residence and was able to contact the driver and person named on the arrest warrant, 35 year old Victor Guerrero of East Wenatchee.  He

From a press release - On 08/07/17 at approximately 9:00 AM Douglas County Deputies responded to an assault call in Orondo.  A Deputy located  the suspect in a fruit warehouse.  He fled as the Deputy attempted to talk to him and ran into a nearby house.  Another Depu...

A man was shot in Bridgeport Friday night and admitted to a Brewster hospital. Douglas County Sheriffs Deputies are investigating the case. They say the incident occurred on the 800 block of Fairview and the victim was an adult male. The victim was flown to Confluence Hospital and is reported to be in stable condition...

Douglas County Sheriffs are looking for information on gas thefts that occurred on Rock Island Road last week. One took place at the U-Haul dealer at 423 Rock Island and the other just down the street at the Liquor and Cannabis Control Board office...

A Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad was called out to an orchard in Orondo when the owners found 30 sticks of high-explosive dynamite, detonation cord and a box of blasting caps. Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal says this is not uncommon, "I wouldn't say it's frequent, but it's often enough that the deputies know what to do." ...