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169 SW Coast Highway
Newport, Oregon 97365
MEDIA RELEASE 080507 0330
Incident: Recovered Stolen Vehicle Case: 07N-01880
Location: Nye Beach Turn-a-Round Park
Date/Time: 080407 / 2200
Victim: RSS Contracting of El Paso, Texas
Suspect: Richard Dwayne Johnson, age 35
Details: On 080407, Newport PD officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the Nye Beach Turn-a-Round park. Upon arrival, officers contacted a subject who first gave his name as Brandon Patrick Mason of Springfield, OH. Officers discovered that the vehicle he was operating was reported stolen to the El Paso, Texas police department on 073007. The driver was taken into custody and it was later learned that his real name is Richard Dwayne Johnson. Johnson told officers that he had borrowed the vehicle from his employer in El Paso about 2 weeks ago, not returned it when he was supposed to and then decided to leave El Paso.
Johnson was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on charges of Possession of a Stolen Vehicle and Giving False Info to a Police Officer with the bail set at $32,500. The vehicle was towed and stored for the owner to recover at a later date.
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Information Released By: Sgt. Tom Simpson (541) 574-3348
