Month: August 2023

  • One in custody following pursuit

    Cody Trace Hamlin is in custody following a pursuit through La Grande and ending on the interstate. At 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Hamlin was arrested on a felony warrant charging first-degree kidnapping, Second-degree assault, Second-degree robbery, and Third-degree assault. He was also charged with attempt to elude on foot, attempt to elude in a vehicle…

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  • Human Skeletal Remains Found outside of La Grande

    Weathered human skeletal remains were found outside of La Grande on Sunday. The Major Crimes Team was called out to investigate. The remains are unidentifiable and incomplete but are being collected by the Oregon State Crime Lab. They will work on identifying the remains or finding the gender and age of the remains. This is…

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  • One man is dead after UTV accident

    One man is dead after an accident between a UTV and a vehicle on Hunter Road and Booth Lane outside of La Grande. On Sunday at 7 p.m., dispatch was notified of an injury accident. When the Union County Sheriff Deputy arrived on scene, he learned the victim had been driving his UTV near the…

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  • UCSO receives grant for new drone program

    The Union County Sheriff’s Office received a grant from the Wildhorse Foundation for $14,409. The grant is funding the Sheriff’s Office new drone program. A drone is a small, unmanned aircraft guided by a remote control. The drone operator is required to get a Remote Pilot Certificate from the Federal Aviation ­­­Administration. There are rules…

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  • UCSO assists OSP in pursuit

    The Union County Sheriff’s Office assisted Oregon State Police Tuesday morning in apprehending 24-year-old Quintin Collett, out of Middleton, Idaho. OSP requested assistance after Collett eluded Troopers in multiple counties on the interstate. He was traveling at 100+ MPH through the construction zone in Union County where he exited the interstate and drove on private…

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  • UCSOOregon.gov

    We will soon be replacing the address of UnionCountySheriff.us with UCSOOregon.gov for the official Union County Sheriff website. Visiting a .gov website gives assurance that the site is an official government website registered in the United States.  Only official government entities can register a .gov domain. This change will affect the official website only.  Email addresses…

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  • School Resource Officer presents BEST program

    School Resource Officer Justin Hernandez presented the “Work to be the BEST Version of You” program to the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators last week. Union County Sheriff’s Deputy Hernandez completed his second successful year of the drug education curriculum. It was a collaborative effort created by the Sheriff’s Office and the La Grande School…

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  • Community comes together to clean

    The Union County Sheriff’s Office requested a ‘no host’ clean up day last Friday off Forest Road 3120 after individuals caused major damage to the area. “We did not realize the amount of trash and damage that had been done to the area until we arrived that day,” said Sheriff Cody Bowen. “It was the…

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  • Two charged after search warrant served

    Feb. 1, 2024 Yesterday afternoon, the Union County Drug Taskforce served a search warrant at 2705 ½ Birch St in La Grande. Through the information gathered, as well as a traffic stop conducted by Oregon State Police, law enforcement was able to get approval from a Union County Circuit Court Judge to obtain a signed…

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  • Body recovered from fatal accident

    September 1, 2023 In the early afternoon of Saturday, August 26th, 2023, a family stopped at the Rock Springs overlook on the USFS 62 Road northeast of Cove, OR, found a crashed vehicle in the bushes below the cliff. They immediately contacted the Union County 911 dispatch to report the vehicle, and based on the…

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    One in custody following pursuit

    Cody Trace Hamlin is in custody following a pursuit through La Grande and ending on the interstate. At 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Hamlin was arrested on a felony warrant charging first-degree kidnapping, Second-degree assault, Second-degree robbery, and Third-degree assault. He was also charged with attempt to elude on foot, attempt to elude in a vehicle…

  • Human Skeletal Remains Found outside of La Grande

    Weathered human skeletal remains were found outside of La Grande on Sunday. The Major Crimes Team was called out to investigate. The remains are unidentifiable and incomplete but are being collected by the Oregon State Crime Lab. They will work on identifying the remains or finding the gender and age of the remains. This is…

  • One man is dead after UTV accident

    One man is dead after an accident between a UTV and a vehicle on Hunter Road and Booth Lane outside of La Grande. On Sunday at 7 p.m., dispatch was notified of an injury accident. When the Union County Sheriff Deputy arrived on scene, he learned the victim had been driving his UTV near the…

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