Canyonville
CRIME & SAFETY
Missing Days Creek man found safe after intensive search near I-5
Canyonville, Ore — Douglas County Search and Rescue were on the hunt early May 18 searching for a missing Days Creek man. Law enforcement received a report that 45-year-old Floyd Russell Riach of Days Creek had not arrived home. Riach had last been seen at milepost 110 on Interstate 5 when he refused medical transport and exited an ambulance. Riach had indicated he would be walking to Canyonville.
Oregon man accused of killing 18,000 pre-smolt salmon fails to make court appearance
Douglas County authorities have issued a warrant for the suspect in last month’s destruction of 18,000 juvenile salmon at a Reedsport hatchery. 20-year-old Joshua Alexander Heckathorn of Gardiner was a no-show at court on Monday. He had been scheduled for his first court appearance on May 16, but told officials he had transportation issues and couldn’t make it.
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