INDEPENDENCE — A woman from Jefferson died in a crash on Corvallis Road south of Independence on Saturday night.

A woman from Jefferson died in a crash on Corvallis Road, south of Independence, on Saturday night.

DALLAS — Four people and their pets were forced from their home on Clow Corner Road early Monday morning after a fire ignited in the attached garage of the house.

POLK COUNTY — Donovan Lee Jackson, 42, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree rape and attempted first-degree sodomy on April 23 in Polk County Circuit Court.

INDEPENDENCE — Eric Dale Hedrick, 47, of Independence, pleaded guilty on April 23 to six counts of identity theft and one count of aggravated identity theft. Dismissed were one count of first-degree forgery, one count of first-degree theft and 11 counts of identity theft.

INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Police Department received its second consecutive award of law enforcement accreditation at the recent Oregon Association Chiefs of Police annual conference.

MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE — Everybody needs a little help sometimes, even the people who normally do the helping.A chaplaincy program shared by Independence and Monmouth police departments and Polk County Fire District No. 1 now has five chaplains.

POLK COUNTY — After the 2013 public safety levy failed, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was cut to seven positions in patrol, and chances were slim that a minor property crime would be prosecuted.

INDEPENDENCE — Quinlyn Reed Harden, of Independence, was charged with 10 additional counts of sex abuse on April 3.

INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Police Department recognized officers at its annual awards banquet on March 10.

DALLAS — A logger suffered serious injuries after being struck by a boulder while working 600 and 700 feet down a ravine at a remote logging site in Polk County.

Kayla Margie Carter, 30, of Corvallis pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in connection with a March 16 crash at the intersection of Highway 99 and Airlie Road.

INDEPENDENCE — Eric Dale Hedrick, 47, of Independence, was arrested on Feb. 13 for first-degree theft, six counts of second-degree theft, 10 counts of aggravated identity theft, five counts of identity theft, first-degree forgery, and 64 counts of second-degree forgery.

POLK COUNTY — Jodi Whiting still loves the job she got by “happenstance” about 15 years ago.

INDEPENDENCE — Not all calls Polk Fire District No. 1 responds to are emergencies. Though, to Barbara Tuohy, calling the department was the only answer she could think of a few weeks ago when she had a problem.

DALLAS — Dallas Fire & EMS awarded Ken Waller Officer of the Year and Zach Leigh Firefighter of the Year at its annual Sweethearts Awards Banquet at Pressed Coffee Roasters Café in Dallas on Feb. 9.

UPDATE March 7: 

Frank Joseph Guida IV, of Albany, was sentenced in Polk County Circuit Court to serve 10 years in prison for selling “super substantial” quantities of methamphetamines during several undercover narcotics operations between May and August of 2018.

A Salem woman died in a Friday night crash at Highway 99W and Clow Corner Road, the third person to die in a crash at that intersection since 2007.

Police logs and arrest report for Jan. 9

There were no injuries on Jan. 2 at the Central School District Office in a fire that destroyed a modular used by Central Youth Sports.

Charlotte Ray Vargas, 42, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 4 to six counts of identity theft and one count of first-degree official misconduct.

Darin E. Shaw, 49, was arraigned Jan. 4 on three counts of felony tampering with a witness.

Marty Steven Lupoli, 56, of Dallas was sentenced on Wednesday in Polk County Circuit Court to serve a total of 75 months in prison for dealing methamphetamine in the Dallas area.

Members of the Polk Interagency Narcotics Team (POINT) arrested a Salem man and seized more than two pounds of methamphetamine on Monday following an investigation of a suspected wholesale distribution operation.

Quinlyn R. Harden, 24, is indicted on two additional counts on Dec. 20