Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery Monday morning at Rose Lodge Market in Otis, where a man attempting to steal batteries, brandished a black handgun and fled the scene in a vehicle.
A Grand Ronde Tribal Police sergeant spotted the vehicle travelling east on Highway 18 near Grand Ronde and Polk and Yamhill County Sheriff’s and Oregon State Police responded to assist.
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The vehicle was located at a Grand Ronde residence and 41-year-old Jared May, of Otis, was taken into custody for menacing and unlawful use of a weapon. May was transported to Lincoln County Jail and awaits pretrial arraignment with a bail set at $65,000.
A Lincoln County Sheriff investigation revealed the weapon to be a black pellet gun closely resembling a real semi-automatic handgun. It was also determined the man had hid the batteries in another part of the Rose Lodge Market.
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