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Lincoln City Police Crime Log Jan. 11-17

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The Lincoln City Police Dispatch Daily Desk Log is a public record of police calls. Homepage will run the log every Friday. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

NOTE: Blue text indicates clickable link to Homepage article

Friday, Jan. 11

Welfare Check – Chinook Winds Casino Parking Lot – Report of a man threatening to harm himself. Man contacted and sent to SNLH for mental evaluation.

Burglary – 3:53 a.m. – Sea Gypsy, 145 NW Inlet Ave., #10 – A potential burglar tried to open a bedroom door of a condo with a key. When the caller pushed the door closed, the subject ran away.

Car Clout – 12:28 p.m. – Safeway – Theft of cans and bottles, a ski jacket and a mostly empty bottle of bleach.

Extra Patrol Request – NW 21st Street Beach Access – Subjects camping on the cliffside north of Nordic Inn leaving a bunch of trash behind.

DOA – 5:52 p.m. – 1880 NE 14th St. – Justin A. Milo (4/30/88) was found unresponsive upon attempting to wake him. Pacific View responded.

Assault – 8:02 p.m. – 1519 SE 3rd St. – Woman assaulted by her boyfriend.  Woman was transported to SNLH via ambulance for injuries. Taylor J Hulburt (11/1/94) suspected of domestic assault.

Overdose – 10:19 p.m. – 1711 NE 18th Pl., Apartment 8 – Female overdosed on anxiety medication intentionally. Transported to SNLH and placed on mental evaluation hold.

Theft – 10:43 p.m. – Safeway – Two females in Safeway put merchandise into a purse. Amanda R. Hoffman (12/7/88) cited and released for third degree theft and trespassed from store.

Saturday, Jan. 12

Crash – 1:08 p.m. – NW 14th St. & Highway 101 – Vehicle vs. pedestrian. Child transported to SNLH for injuries. Shawn Miller (9/25/78) cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian.

Hit and Run – 1:04 p.m. – Safeway – Two vehicles hit in parking lot by gray 2005 Toyota Tacoma (384DLB) suspect vehicle. Report taken.

Found Property – 2:13 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino Resort – Casino security found a baggie of white crystal-like powder in one of the resort rooms.

Arrest – 10:10 p.m. – 3522 NE Quay Ave. – Taylor Hulburt taken into custody for fourth degree domestic assault and transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Sunday, Jan. 13

Found Property – 12:31 a.m. – Safeway – Found inmate ID belonging to Nathan Opperud. Property retained, report taken.

Assisting Other Agency – Chinook Winds Casino – Taj M. Greenman (2/5/84) was taken into custody after being observed walking into casino for a probation violation warrant out of Lincoln County. Greenman was cited and released.

Found Property – 12:11 p.m. – NW Logan Road & Highway 101 – Weed eater found. Report taken.

Car Clout – 12:35 p.m. – 615 SE Inlet Ave. – Vehicle broken into while parked at residence. Registration stolen. Report taken.

Monday, Jan. 14

Warrant Service – Edward Patrick Biggar (3/23/65) was taken into custody on Lincoln County warrant for stalking. Biggar was transported to Lincoln County jail.

Disturbance – 12:33 p.m. – North Shell – Earl Dwayne Henson (6/29/65) was taken into custody for disorderly conduct after a report of transients were involved in a disturbance.

DOA – 12:29 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino Resort – Yong Hui Nollette (7/26/45).

Found Property – 4:03 p.m. – Caller was given a wallet found on the beach by a tourist. Wallet brought to PD. Elizabeth Byrd is the owner.

Crash – 5:33 p.m. – 2150 SE Highway 101 – Unlawful U-turn and reckless driving caused a two car crash. One transported to SNLH.

Theft – 6:03 p.m. – 2158 NE Mast Ave. – Theft of packages. Video of suspect shows a white male adult in a dark gray hoodie wearing black pants and carrying a backpack. Report taken.

Menacing – 6:30 p.m. – 5229 NW Keel Ave. – Allen Arthur Lane (12/16/75) taken into custody after a report of an intoxicated male threatening his wife with a gun. Lane was transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Tuesday, Jan. 15

Recovered Stolen Vehicle – 2:31 a.m. – Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office recovered a stolen vehicle on a traffic stop at Cherry Hill Mobile Home Park. One plate still outstanding. Stolen vehicle cleared LEDS/NCIC. LCPD units assisted as cover.

Warrant Service – Natividad Roldan (12/25/59) cited and released on Lincoln County warrant for DUII.

Fraud – 4:47 p.m. – 608 SE Reef Ave. – Possible debit card fraud.

Warrant Arrest – Chinook Winds Casino – Jessica A. Bennett (2/14/75) taken into custody for misdemeanor warrant out of Linn County for failure to appear on DUII charge. Bennett transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Found Property – 7:47 p.m. – 955 SW 51st St. – Found purse by Mo’s. Property seized for safekeeping.

Wednesday, Jan. 16 

FOund Property – 9:10 a.m. – Regatta Park – Found smartphone.

Disturbance – 10:21 a.m. – 1745 SW Highway 101 – Former employee throwing things and creating a disturbance after being fired.

Burglary – 4:39 p.m. – 4800 NE Logan Road – Shed in back of property broken into and items taken.

Thursday, Jan. 17 

Assisting Other Agency – 1:27 a.m. – 2600 Block NW Inlet Ave. – Samuel Fajardo-Landa (8/11/90) taken into custody for Oregon Parole Board warrant for parole violation. Transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Theft – 9:56 a.m. – 1140 SE Galley Ct. – Theft of a garbage can.

MIP Tobacco – Taft High School – Juvenile mip for tobacco.

Ordinance Violation – 3:37 p.m. – NE Oar Ave. & NE 21st St. – Abandoned blue ford pickup towed.

Warrant service – 5 p.m. – 801 SW Highway 101 – Benjamin Walter Pasciyo (1/25/90) cited and released on Lincoln County warrant for third degree theft.

Can Thompson deliver the Oregon Lottery trifecta?

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Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson, left, and the lucky winner

US Food Market in Taft was the scene of a Lincoln City man winning a $250,000 jackpot last month on an Oregon Lottery scratch-it ticket sold by convenience store clerk Patrick Thompson, who is developing a habit of giving out top prize tickets.

The 25-year-old Lincoln City native has done it again, doling out another jackpot scratch-it winner Friday for $500, making it two jackpots in two months.

lincoln city jackpotAccording to Thompson, the winner of the $500 Frenzy scratch-it jackpot prize was screaming “wooooooo!” and immediately proceeded to “buy a bunch of beer.” Thompson said the winner, a male in his early 20s, was “stoked” and said he would be “heading to Chinook Winds Casino to win more.”

“The dude didn’t even scratch off the entire ticket,” Thompson recalls. “He just scratched off the bar code and had me scan it. He started going nuts when he saw he won, and I did too,”

If Thompson can sell another jackpot scratch-it ticket in February, it will make three jackpots sold in three months and complete the trifecta.

Gomberg shares shutdown details for Coast Guard, NOAA

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Gomberg Report
Photo illustration by Justin Werner

As the Federal shutdown enters a fourth week, 1,135 active duty Coast Guard members and 138 Coast Guard reservists on the Oregon coast remain on the job, but unpaid. Essential employees at the federal prison in Sheridan have been unpaid for nearly a month. NOAA and its vital weather services are closed, affecting marine safety.

State Representative David Gomberg (D-Central Coast) spent much of the week in Salem looking for support options. “These men and women are risking their lives each and every day. That they show up to work without compensation is a credit to their bravery and professional commitment. But it is also a shocking reflection of how our Federal Government has let them down. We need to do better than GoFundMe accounts and garage sales.”

With the support and encouragement of the Governor’s office and coastal legislators, local banks and credit unions are now working together to provide short term relief and financial support. This can include:

  • Zero interest or low interest short term emergency loans;
  • Loan modifications;
  • Deferred loan payments or Skip-a-Payment programs;
  • Work stoppage loans to fill unemployment gaps; and
  • Financial counseling to determine where members might be able to save money.

“It’s important that furloughed and unpaid Federal Government workers contact their bank or credit unions to let them know they’re impacted by the shutdown,” Gomberg explained. “Our financial institutions are taking special steps and often have infrastructure already in place to quickly help clients through situations such as natural disasters, government shutdowns, plant closings, and personal emergencies.”

Coast Guard and NOAA members are the only uniformed services not getting paid during the closure. Coast Guard is on duty but unfunded under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security. Other military branches are under the Department of Defense and have funding approved.

This month already, Coast Guard crews stationed on the Central Coast have assisted five disabled boats, escorted in numerous vessels when seas have turned dangerously rough and risked their own lives trying to save the crew of the Mary B II.

Across Oregon, nearly 10,000 federal employees are missing their paychecks and struggling to make everyday payments. That includes the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks, US Fish and Wildlife, IRS, and airport TSA.

More than 2,700 federal workers living in Oregon have filed for unemployment benefits through the state since the partial government shutdown began. Last year that number was only 561.

But not all federal workers qualify. Those deemed important enough to work without pay are not eligible. Under state and federal law, if you are working full time, even if you’re not being paid, you’re not considered unemployed.

“I’m encouraged by the news of these zero-interest loans being offered,” said Gomberg. “Now more than ever, our financial institutions should be assisting our friends and neighbors in the federal workforce as they weather the longest government shutdown in US history.”

website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gomberg

Get paid ‘Pronto’ with Otis Pizzeria eating contests

Otis Eating Contests
Otis Pizzeria owners Gary Fromm, left, Randy Helton, Matt Moreno, Jennifer McKeefry and Nicole Cook

Otis Pizzeria’s owners are putting on a series of charity eating contests of corn dogs, pizza and Philly cheesesteaks over the next two months with cash and gift certificate prizes, the first of which is set for 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 27.

Pronto PupsPronto Pups is a familiar name in Otis, seeing as how the business featuring the famous corn dogs has been around since 1946 in the same 1252 Salmon River Highway location in the heart of the small Oregon town. Recently, the business was rebranded Otis Pizzeria with online ordering and local delivery to Otis and Lincoln City, increasing its customer base.

Gary Fromm, who owns the town and is co-owner of Otis Pizzeria with four others, has invited the public to attend the first of three planned “Annual Otis Eating Contests,” offering $100 to the person who eats the most Pronto Pups in five minutes. Second- and third-place contestants will receive $100 and $50 gift certificates, respectively.

The cost for entering the contest is a $5 donation with all proceeds going to Pick of the Litter Thrift Store in Newport, which supports the Lincoln County Animal Shelter and other animal efforts in Lincoln County.

Otis Pizzeria

otis PizzaA pizza eating contest is scheduled for 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 10. The winner will take home $100 with second and third place getting gift certificates to Otis Pizzeria in the amounts of $100 and $50.

On the menu for 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 24, will be the Philly Cheesesteak Eating Contest, where — you guessed it, the person who eats the most Philly cheesesteaks in five minutes will earn the same cash rewards as the other two contests as well as unique bragging rights until next year.

All contestants must be over 18 and fill out an entry and waiver form that acknowledges “eating large amounts of food in a short time is potentially hazardous and is an uncomfortable activity.”

For more information and a complete set of rules go to otispizzeria.com.

Ethics Commission investigation supports Homepage as news outlet

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Oregon Government Ethics Commission

OGEC report finds website illegally barred from Council meeting

An Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC) investigation has found that Lincoln City Homepage is a legitimate news media outlet that was banned from a Lincoln City City Council meeting in violation of state law.

“There is a preponderance of evidence that a representative of the news media [Lincoln City Homepage Publisher Justin Werner] was excluded from attending an executive session held by the Lincoln City City Council in violation of ORS 192.660(4),” OGEC Compliance and Education Coordinator Diane Gould concluded in her findings.

The OGEC’s conclusion follows a five-month investigation of potential violation of state ethics law and will be placed on the agenda for OGEC’s next meeting Friday, Jan. 25, in Salem.

According to Executive Director Ronald A. Bersin, the Commission will either conclude there is not an appearance of a violation and dismiss the matter, or conclude there is an appearance of a violation and order it to a contested-case hearing.

In an email to Homepage, Investigator Gould shared Bersin’s Jan. 17 cover letter and copies of 30-page investigation reports issued Jan. 16 to Mayor Don Williams and City Councilors Dick Anderson, Judy Casper, Diana Hinton, Riley Hoagland and Susan Wahlke (see links below).

ANDERSON  CASPER  HINTON  HOAGLAND  WAHLKE  WILLIAMS

Lincoln City ethics commissionThe findings counter City claims that Homepage does not meet screening criteria as a representative of the news media and needed to gain approval or give advance notice for attendance at a June 14, 2018, executive session of the Council.

“Based on the evidence, there is no indication that the Council was relying upon any of the three permitted exceptions to exclude the complainant from the executive session,” the investigation revealed.

Homepage maintained it was illegally excluded from attendance under Oregon Public Meetings Law because it regularly attends and covers City Council meetings and local government and corresponds regularly with City officials to report the news.

“It appears that Lincoln City Homepage formally organized for the purpose of gathering and disseminating news,” Gould wrote. “The publication regularly covers local government, entertainment, events, sports and includes letters to the editors.

“The site has several advertisers and at least two staff members [Publisher/Editor Werner and Executive Editor Jim Fossum]. Anyone may access the site on the Internet to see the articles published during the first five months of 2018 concerning local government.”

The report states that the Oregon School Activities Association recognizes Homepage as news media, issued it a press pass and hosts the entity’s news feed. The Oregon Secretary of State’s Business Registry represents Homepage as “institutionalized news media,” meaning an entity formally organized for dissemination of the news.

While a monetary penalty of up to $1,000 will not be imposed upon Councilors since the public body acted upon the advice of counsel, imposition of non-monetary sanctions and public meeting law education could be ordered if the preliminary findings are upheld.

Homepage honors passing of loved ones with free obituary section

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Obituaries can be found by clicking the “Obits” button and under “Local News” in the main menu

Lincoln City Homepage is pleased to announce the addition of a free obituary section based on your submissions regarding the passing of your loved ones.

Just click on the “Obits” button on our website’s homepage shown above to find the listings and to write and submit an obituary.

In addition to photos (limit of three), the obituary may include any of the following:

  •  NAME/ANNOUNCEMENT
    • Full name of the deceased, including nickname, if any
    • Age at death
    • Residence (for example, the name of the city) at death
    • Day and date of death (remember to include the year)
    • Place of death
    • Cause of death
  •  LIFE
    • Date of birth 
    • Place of birth
    • Names of parents
    • Childhood: siblings, stories, schools, friends
    • Marriage(s): date of, place, name of spouse
    • Education: school, college, university and other
    • Designations, awards, and other recognition
    • Employment: jobs, activities, stories, colleagues, satisfactions, promotions, union activities, frustrations
    • Military service
    • Places of residence
    • Hobbies, sports, interests, activities, and other enjoyment
    • Charitable, religious, fraternal, political, and other affiliations; positions held
    • Achievements
    • Disappointments
    • Unusual attributes, humor, other stories
  •  FAMILY
    • Survived by (and place of residence):
      • Spouse
      • Children (in order of date of birth, and their spouses)
      • Grandchildren
      • Great-grandchildren
      • Great-great-grandchildren
      • Parents
      • Grandparents
      • Siblings (in order of date of birth)
      • Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
      • Friends
      • Pets (if appropriate)
    • Predeceased by (and date of death):
      • Spouse
      • Children (in order of date of birth)
      • Grandchildren
      • Siblings (in order of date of birth)
      • Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
      • Pets (if appropriate)
  • SERVICE
    • Day, date, time, place
    • Name of officiant, pallbearers, honorary pallbearers, other information
    • Visitation information if applicable: day, date, time, place
    • Reception information if applicable: day, date, time, place
    • Other memorial, vigil, or graveside services if applicable: day, date, time, place
    • Place of interment
    • Name of funeral home in charge of arrangements
    • Where to call for more information (even if no service planned)
  •  SUMMARY
    • Memorial funds established
    • Memorial donation suggestions, including addresses
    • Thank you to people, groups, or institutions
    • Quotation or poem 
    • Three words that sum up the life

High surf delivered as promised by National Weather Service

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Lincoln City High Surf
Nelscott Beach waves taken at noon today (Photos by Justin Werner)

A high surf warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) is in effect until 10 a.m. Friday and the waves are here in Lincoln City.

Nelscott Beach Justin Werner

A west-southwest swell combined with a south wind are producing waves above 20 feet along the Lincoln City coast. The surf zone is hazardous due to strong currents and the breaking waves. Very large waves have run up much higher than normal and breakers up to 30 feet are possible.

Lincoln City Waves Justin Werner

NWS urges caution on the beach as logs and debris can easily be moved by the powerful waves and sweep people off of jetties and exposed rocks.

Employer-provided benefits by industry, region and firm size

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Employment Oregon

Employer-Provided Benefits by Industry, Region and Firm Size in Oregon

Three-fourths of private employers in Oregon offered one or more health, retirement, leave, pay, or other benefits to employees. Benefit offerings differed across industries, regions, and employer size classes in Oregon. These findings are based on a survey of more than 12,000 private employers conducted between June and August 2018, and published in the new report Employer-Provided Benefits: Offerings, Enrollment, and Rising Costs.

Health Benefits

More than half (59%) of all private employers offered health benefits to employees. In the wholesale trade and information sectors, three-fourths of employers offered health benefits to full-time employees. Smaller shares of employers offered health benefits to part-time employees. Industries most likely to offer health benefits for part-time employees included employers in private education services (21%), health care and social assistance (18%), and professional and technical services (17%).

Employers providing health benefits reported an average monthly premium of $828 for individual plans, and an average of $1,291 for family medical insurance. Companies’ contributions averaged 88 percent of individual premiums, and 62 percent of family plan premiums. Almost three-fourths (73%) of employers with health benefits reported an increase in the total cost of their health plan over the past year. When asked how providing health benefits affected their business or workforce, two-thirds of employers with these offerings cited their high cost.

Retirement Offerings

Half of all private employers offered retirement benefits to full-time employees, while nearly one-fourth (23%) provided retirement benefits to part-time workers. Sectors with the largest share of employers extending health benefits included health care and social assistance, and professional and technical services. The most common retirement benefit offered by private employers was a defined contribution (401, 403, or 457) plan. Two out of three employers (68%) with these plans offered some type of contribution matching.

Many employers with retirement benefits (29%) reported little or no effect of their offerings on their business or workforce. Another 22 percent noted the positive recruitment and retention effects of their retirement benefits. One-fifth (21%) of employers with retirement benefits also cited the high cost.

Leave, Pay, Fringe, and Other Benefits

A variety of leave and pay options were among the most commonly offered benefits by employers for full-time workers. These included paid holidays (54%), annual pay raises (51%), and unpaid leave (50%). Unpaid leave and annual pay raises were also among the most broadly offered leave and pay benefits for part-time employees (36% for each). With the unemployment rate at or near a record low in Oregon for the past two years, many employers may be giving annual raises as another labor recruitment and retention strategy.

Employer Size and Location

Across the board, a larger share of the biggest employers (50+ employees in Oregon) provided health, retirement, and the most common pay and leave benefits. Nine out of 10 large employers offered health benefits, compared with one-third (33%) of the smallest firms (with 2 to 9 employees). More than three-fourths (77%) of large employers offered retirement benefits, while one-fourth (25%) of small employers did. Meanwhile, the share of mid-sized employers (10 to 49 employees) generally reflected the benefit offerings for all size categories combined.

At least half of all companies in Portland and the Willamette Valley offered health, retirement, and each of the most common leave and pay benefits in June 2018. Following them, the areas with employers most likely to offer benefits included Central Oregon and Southern Oregon. The Bend metropolitan area falls within Central Oregon, and Southern Oregon consists of the Medford and Grants Pass metros. Wholly non-metropolitan areas – the Columbia Gorge and Basin, the Oregon Coast, and Eastern Oregon – had the fewest employers offering the most common benefits.

Additional Information

More information about employer-provided benefits in Oregon – including interactive graphs, the full report, and a related podcast – can be found on the Benefits page at QualityInfo.org.

Taft boys, girls combine to down Astoria, Seaside in dual swim meet

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Taft High junior Degen Sawyer
Taft Coach Lissa Parker

The Taft boys defeated Seaside and Astoria in head-to-head competition, and the girls downed Astoria but fell to Seaside on Wednesday in high school swimming action.

Sophomore Brie LeBoeuf

Combined, Taft defeated both schools — 169-165 over Seaside and 191.5-141.5 over Astoria in the dual meet at Seaside.

“There were several good swims and top-three places for both boys and girls,” Taft Coach Lissa Parker said.

Taft defeated Seaside 99-68 and Astoria 100-66 in boys competition, while the girls downed the Fishermen 91.5-75.5, but fell to the Seagulls, 97-70.

The Tigers were down one girl and another swam less due to illness, Parker said, but the team benefited from the return of junior Hunter Lunstedt, who is rehabilitating a shoulder injury. Lundstedt won the 50 free in 24.81 in his first swim back after getting his feet wet by helping the Tigers to the 200-yard medley relay title to open the meet.

“Hunter was back in the swing of things doing the 50 free for a PR and in a couple of relays,” Parker said. “We’re hoping to have Tanner Landry back Saturday when we go to the Cheese Relays in Tillamook.”

Senior Joram Hoff won the 100-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle, freshman Sam Cortes won the 200-yard free and 100-yard backstroke, freshman Dylan Barrera won the 200-yard IM and sophomore Jose Segura won the 100-yard breaststroke for the boys.

Senior Lydia Prins won the 200-yard IM and Sammy Halferty the 100-yard back for the girls.

Freshmen Angel Moreno (200 IM) and Aubrey Sciarrotta (100 back), sophomore Napy Meyer (100 fly) and Segura (100 fly), Halferty (500 free) and Barrera (100 back) posted runner-up finishes for Taft.

Junior Micah McLeish (200 free, 500 free), freshman Brieanna LeBoeuf (50 free) and Moreno (100 fly) placed third for the Tigers.

Parker said the long bus ride and depth of just 3.3 feet at the shallow end of the Seaside pool make it difficult to post best times at the event.

“But overall everyone put out max effort,” she said. “We had some good relay results for the girls, and scored lots of points in the harder events like the 200 IM and 100 fly for the girls. [Senior boys] Ayden Woodard and Sam Anderson also dropped lots of time at this meet.”

Team Scores

Complete Results

Junior Napy Meyer
File photos by Lon French

Cold winter weather brings elk and deer migration

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The Central Oregon Coast is experiencing its seasonal cold weather. Although the weather slows down our daily commute, we are not nearly as affected as wildlife, specifically elk and deer.

Natural food sources are lean in the upper elevations in the coast range during the winter as snow falls, covering the ground. This time of year with snow accumulation in the coast range and freezing temperatures periodically down to sea level, elk and deer may move to even lower elevations to find adequate food.

These additional movements often mean that the animals are crossing major roads both day and night which creates hazards to motorists. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office would like motorists and spectators to be mindful of the animal movements. If you see one deer cross in front of you, chances are there is another one behind.

Please take into account that the animals are often stressed due to additional migration in search of food. When spectating please keep a minimum distance of 100 yards from wildlife. If the animals begin to move from your presence, don’t follow them. Oregon Revised Statute 498.006 does protect the chasing or harassing of wildlife.

For more information and tips, visit our web site at www.lincolncountysheriff.net and Like us on Facebook at Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – Oregon.