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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On March 10, 2023, at approximately 5:00 AM, patrol officers from the Klamath Falls Police Department (KFPD) responded to the area of Delap Road and Greensprings Drive in Klamath Falls. For a welfare check for a man passed out in a grey Volvo parked in the middle of the road.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On December 31, 2022, at approximately 10:00 AM the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team attempted to serve a warrant on Joshua Eli Epps, age 39 of Klamath Falls.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Monday, June 14th, 2021, at approximately 3:05 PM, officers with the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to the parking lot behind 415 Walnut Avenue, regarding a report of a Hit & Run accident involving a pickup and pedestrian.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Saturday, June 5th, 2021 at approximately 10:34 P.M., officers with the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to Crater lake Parkway and Main Street, regarding a report of a crash involving a passenger vehicle and pedestrian. The initial report indicated the pedestrian was found down in the roadway and a passenger car had left the scene.
Read MoreOn Thursday, February 4, 2021, at approximately 12:42 pm, Officers from the Klamath Falls Police Department were dispatched to assist the Oregon State Police in stopping a blue, Kia sedan which was driving recklessly, southbound on Highway 97 toward the Klamath Falls City Center.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Near midnight, on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, Klamath County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to stop a Gold colored Oldsmobile in the 1800 block of Gary Street in Klamath Falls. The driver eluded deputies and fled at a high rate of speed, disregarding a stop sign, then…
Read MoreA Klamath County Sheriff’s deputy, working under the recently signed enhanced services contract in Chiloquin, attempted a traffic stop in the area of E. Blocklinger St. and S. Park Av on December 30, 2019.
Read MoreOn Monday evening Ivan Chi, 44, of San Diego, California was arrested following an attempt to elude Klamath County Sheriff’s deputies.
Chi was driving a vehicle near the intersection of Crater Lake Parkway and South Sixth Street at about 6:00 PM when Sheriff’s deputies witnessed him making a turn and lane changes without using his signals.
Read MoreA two-vehicle head-on crash occurred Friday, March 1, 2019, just after 6:00 PM along Highway 140 west of Klamath Falls, Ore.
Minutes before the crash, a driving complaint had been called into 9-1-1 on a Chevrolet Silverado reportedly driving in the oncoming lane. Shortly thereafter, a second call came into 9-1-1 reporting the crash near Varney Creek Road in Rocky Point.
Read MoreOn Monday, October 1, 2018, at 9:30 p.m., a vehicle eluded Klamath County Sheriff’s deputies while attempting to make a traffic stop in the area of Altamont Drive and Cannon Street. The vehicle, a white Honda sedan, drove at high speeds recklessly through the neighborhood and deputies determined it was too dangerous to the public to continue pursuit.
Read MoreOn Sunday (03/18/18) afternoon at 1:30pm, Klamath County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tom Hoy observed a 2018 Toyota pickup which matched the description of a vehicle recently stolen from Lithia in Klamath Falls. As he attempted to overtake the Toyota pickup the driver accelerated and began to drive in a reckless manner.
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