Newport Police News Releases

NPD MEDIA RELEASE                04/15/2008 12:10 a.m.

 

Incident:             Burglary / Resisting Arrest               Case: 08N-01178

 

Location:            Samaritan Pacific Comm. Hospital, Newport

 

Date/Time:            04/13/2008 @ 12:16 a.m.

 

Victim:                   Samaritan Pacific Comm. Hospital, Matthew Smith                    

 

Suspect:               Wayne L. Beeberger, 50 years of age, Waldport Resident

 

Details:                  On 04/13/2008 at about 12:16 a.m., Newport Officers responded to a reported disturbance at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital where a subject was threatening hospital staff.  Officers arrived on scene and found hospital staff attempting to restrain Beeberger, who was being physically combative and threatening.  After a physical struggle, Officers were able to secure Beeberger in handcuffs.

 

                            The investigation revealed that Beeberger entered the hospital and went through a restricted area.  When confronted, Beeberger became verbally threatening and began swinging punches at a Pacific West paramedic who had attempted to talk with him.  During the altercation, Beeberger grabbed the paramedic in a choke hold, and continued to make threats to hospital staff members.  The Paramedic was able to free himself from Beeberger’s grasp, and Beeberger was later restrained by Officers and hospital staff.

 

                                  Beeberger was taken into custody and lodged in the Lincoln County Jail on charges of Burglary I, Resisting Arrest, Menacing x3, Strangulation, Harassment, and Disorderly Conduct. 

 

# # #

Information Released By:  Sgt. Jason Malloy, 541-574-3348

 

 

 

 

NPD MEDIA RELEASE            04/14/2008 11:45 p.m.   

 

Incident:             Initiating a False Report                  Case: 08N-01161

 

Location:            SW 5^th / SW Woods St., Newport

 

Date/Time:            04/12/2008 @ 4:31 a.m.

 

Suspect:               Toni May Schroeder, 21 years of age, Toledo Resident

 

Details:                  On 04/12/2008 at about 4:31 a.m., Newport Officers and Newport Fire Department responded to a reported car fire at SW 5^th / SW Woods.  Officers arrived on scene and found a vehicle off of the side of the roadway that was fully engulfed in flames.  Newport Fire Department extinguished the fire and confirmed the vehicle was unoccupied.

 

                            Newport Officers began an investigation and talked with the vehicle owner, Toni Schroeder, who was on scene.  Schroeder reported that her vehicle was stolen just prior to the fire by an unknown person.  Newport Officers continued the investigation and learned that a friend of Schroeder’s had taken her vehicle.  The friend lost control of the vehicle and drove off of the roadway. 

 

                                  Schroeder initially lied to Police about her vehicle being stolen to protect her friend.  Schroeder declined prosecution of her friend for taking her car.

 

                                  The exact cause of the car fire is unknown, but believed to be associated with the vehicle’s tires spinning on the roadway shoulder when the driver unsuccessfully attempted to drive the vehicle back onto the roadway.

 

                                  Schroeder was arrested for Initiating a False Report.

 

# # #

 

Information Released By:  Sgt. Jason Malloy, 541-574-3348