Sheriff

Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2025, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office was notified that Ralph Sawyer was located safely. It was reported to the Sheriff’s Office that he found his car on East Still Creek Road and drove it back to his home in Gresham. Mr. Sawyer showed up to a neighbor’s house tired, cold, dirty, and worn out. Gresham Police confirmed it was him and he was transported to a local hospital to be checked out.

Shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of SE 97th Avenue and SE Park Mountain Lane in unincorporated Clackamas County. A vehicle had reportedly crashed and gone down an embankment into a wooded area, coming to rest upside down. Witnesses reported hearing children inside the vehicle.

When deputies arrived at the crash scene, a witness had retrieved one child, age 4, from the 2021 Jeep Compass, and told first responders that another child was still inside.

Shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputies and Milwaukie Police officers responded to a report of a man firing a gun inside a house on the 6200 block of Southeast Monroe Street, near Milwaukie in unincorporated Clackamas County.

On June 23, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputies and investigators responded to a fatal traffic crash in Boring.

Shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday, June 23, deputies responded to a report of a traffic crash at the intersection of SE Orient Drive and SE Joette Drive in Boring. The crash involved a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a commercial box truck. The motorcycle rider was on the ground, with bystanders performing CPR.

Photos and video (courtesy Portland Mountain Rescue)

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, shortly before 8:45 a.m., the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a juvenile that had shot themselves in the 5200 block of SE Glen Echo Avenue in unincorporated Clackamas County. When deputies arrived, they found a 12-year-old boy with a life-threatening gunshot wound in the backyard of the home. The boy, who was still breathing, was quickly transported to a local trauma hospital, where he later died on Saturday, May 17th from his injuries.

CCSO Case #25-009296, 25-007630 

On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Clackamas County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity of the body recovered from the Willamette River on Sunday as 20-year-old kayaker Marcelus Angelo Rodriguez, who had been missing since April 12th after going over Willamette Falls.

Family notifications have been completed.

View earlier releases here: https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/2025-04-14-25-007630