Month: September 2024
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UCSO receives grant for new drone program
Read More: UCSO receives grant for new drone programThe 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
Read More: UCSO assists OSP in pursuitThe 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
Read More: UCSOOregon.govWe 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
Read More: School Resource Officer presents BEST programSchool 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
Read More: Community comes together to cleanThe 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
Read More: Two charged after search warrant servedFeb. 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
Read More: Body recovered from fatal accidentSeptember 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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Altercation leads to citation
Read More: Altercation leads to citationAugust 2, 2023 On July 8, 2023, at 12:48 AM, the Union County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a fight in progress at the Elgin Station, 52 N 8th St, Elgin. According to dispatch, there was a man who was unconscious, and the other party involved had left prior to the deputies arrival.Upon arrival, deputies…
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Pursuit ends in arrest
Read More: Pursuit ends in arrestOn Sunday, October 30th, 2022 at approximately 1225 hrs., a Union County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, attempted to contact Remington Pierre Miller (DOB-04/02/1987) at the Sinclair station in North Powder, OR. Mr. Miller, who had felony warrants for his arrest, fled in a vehicle and was pursued by the Union County Sheriff’s deputy, assisted by Oregon…
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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…