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All tagged Assault

Jun 27

Jun 27 Blumer sentenced to 50 months in 2020 baseball bat assault

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Wasco County

He was sentenced after pleading guilty to second-degree attempted assault last week and will spend years behind bars. However, the victim, who was beaten with a baseball bat, will never be the same.

Mar 10

Mar 10 Second suspect taken into custody in Lewis beating

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Police log

Christopher Allan Jaha, 54, was detained in Portland at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, in connection with the Jan. 22nd assault and robbery of Donald Lewis, according to The Dalles Police Department. Read more here.

Jan 24

Jan 24 TD Police seek information on armed assault that occurred on Friday, Jan. 22

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Wasco County

On Jan. 22 at approximately 7 PM, officers with The Dalles Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery on West 7th Street. Donald Lewis told police that armed individuals forcibly entered his residence. A struggle ensued and Lewis was forcibly restrained and severely assaulted and sustained significant injuries. Police are requesting information about the incident.