Man with firearm follows woman home, vehicle crashes nearby, Polk County OR


A man driving a green truck, armed with an AR-style firearm, was seen casing houses and followed a woman into her driveway. The woman and her children locked themselves in the basement. A neighbor confronted and chased the man away. Later, the vehicle was involved in a single-vehicle crash blocking both lanes near Buennavista and Corvallis Road.
Audio|Source: Polk County Sheriff and Dallas Police
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Transcript:
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She had secondhand information from a neighbor that had contact with the individual in this vehicle.
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Neighbor advised that they saw like the subject with casing houses in the area.
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Neighbor said they saw the AR in the vehicle.
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When Complaintant got home, this vehicle followed her into her driveway.
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She is downstairs with her children locked in the basement.
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Copy.
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32 to 6. Are you still in the line with her?
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Negative, I disconnected.
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I know.
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POPSIV dispatch,
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would you be able to call the complaint and back if there's additional updates? Cowie?
00:57
Copy and it sounds like the neighbor came over and chased the vehicle off. I'm trying to get a DOT and a time frame.
01:07
Okay, I got it.
01:13
Okay, can I get a script for the vehicle again?
01:15
I'm from a green truck, Oregon plate (number withheld).
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She said it went westbound on Wells Landing to Buennavus, unknown if it went north or south of it.
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Hold, copy.
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And she's saying the delay is now 10 minutes, has it drove off.
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Pops6, I copy with that information I'm going to reduce.
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I'm going to be Corvallis and Davidson.
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I copy Unisor reducing at 1949.
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32 will be reducing as well, Haley and Corvallis.
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326, I'm going to head down Corvallis over to Prater.
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Kathy.
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Copy units additional. I'm on this one with a neighbor that scared the subject off.
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Drivers described as a white male, late 20s, early 30s, 58 to 59, skinny bills, had a hat, blonde hair, blue eyes,
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had a light tan shirt and dark olive drab pants.
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The AR was strapped to the backpack,
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the passenger seat.
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And it appeared that the subject lives in a vehicle because of the stuff in the vehicle. It did have a gas can in the back as well.
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Okay.
02:41
Okay.
02:45
I just had two possibly green trucks past me still heading northbound on Corvallis.
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Sorry.
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Passing at the intersection of Parker and Corvallis Road.
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Office 16, I just located a crash on Corvallis Road,
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or Buonavista Road.
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Papa 16, go ahead.
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So white sedans, blocking both lanes of traffic.
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And you said Buonibisna and Correllis.
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Probably Guinevester road just turned off of Corvallis Road,
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maybe a mile in.
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Copy D.V. Medics.
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Not at this time.
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Copy Buennavista and Corvallis with a single vehicle crash blocking both lanes.
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Location mentioned:
Wells Landing Rd & Buena Vista Rd, Oregon 97351
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