EUGENE, Ore. — A local businesses celebrates its one year anniversary by wrapping up a gift for Eugene police officers. The Wrap City food cart has been in business on Kesey square for a year. Every month its owners chooses a local charity and donate 10 percent of the profits from the day. Tuesday its … Continue reading »
Crash Closes Beltline for Six Hours
EUGENE, Ore. — An early morning crash shut down the eastbound lanes of the Beltline Highway for nearly six hours Sunday. The crash happened near the River Road exit just before 5 a.m. Eugene Police said a Brian Andrew Bierce, 25 of Fresno, was travelling the wrong way on Beltline and hit another car head on … Continue reading »
New Video of Party Arrests Surfaces
EUGENE, Ore. — New video surfaced Tuesday showing the arrests made during a party that police say got out of control Saturday night. The video was posted on YouTube Tuesday by a person claiming to have attended the party. That person alleges the video shows officers acting inappropriately when arresting eight people that night. Eugene … Continue reading »
Eugene Police Arrest 8 at Party
EUGENE, Ore. — Police arrested eight people Saturday night after they say a party got out of control. Police initially responded to a noise complaint but ended up writing more than 20 citations and hauling several people to jail. Residents said they were mistreated by police, but the Eugene Police Department says their actions were … Continue reading »
Co-op Residents Upset About Arrests
EUGENE, Ore. — Residents of a west university house say that police illegally entered their home Friday night and arrested several people. Eugene Police responded to the house known as The Campbell Club because of a noise complaint. They say the house on the 1600 block of Alder Street has been on their radar for … Continue reading »
House Party Results in 23 Arrests
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police arrested 23 people after a house party got out of control. The arrests happened after officers responded to a noise complaint near the University of Oregon campus. Police arrived to the 1600 block of Alder Street to a house called “The Campbell Club” shortly after midnight Saturday. According to police … Continue reading »
Joint Efforts Lead to DUII Arrests
EUGENE, Ore. — Local police departments and state troopers collaborated during the weekend to crack down on drunk driving. The combined efforts of five different agencies led to 19 DUII arrests from Friday night into Saturday morning. There were also 28 citations for other offenses and more than 100 warnings. Officers pulled over any vehicles … Continue reading »
Crash Injures Bicyclist in South Eugene
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police says a cyclist injured in a collision with a car Tuesday morning wasn’t wearing a helmet. He went to the hospital, but his condition hasn’t been released. A KEZI 9 News viewer Mike Seager sent us pictures (above) of the scene. Officers say the car’s driver failed to yield to … Continue reading »
UO Student Assaulted near Campus
EUGENE, Ore — The University of Oregon Police Department is warning students to be on high alert, after a female student reported that she was grabbed by a strange man and touched inappropriately. The student says the man attacked her near 19th and Harris as she walking to her apartment early Saturday morning. She said … Continue reading »
Possible Suicide Closes Train Tracks
EUGENE, Ore. — Police shut down the train tracks Sunday to investigate a possible suicide. Police taped off the area near Fourth Avenue and Lincoln Street around 1 p.m. as both police and the medical examiners investigated the collision. This is the second pedestrian-train collision within a two-block radius during a two-week period.
