chelan county sheriffs office

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office is celebrating the arrival of four new snowmobiles. Sheriff Mike Morrison says the vehicles are an important part of his office's fleet of terrestrial, marine, and aerial craft which are used for various purposes, primarily search-and-rescue missions...

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for a convicted sex offender whose whereabouts are currently unknown. Sheriff's officials say 40-year-old Joshua J. Clark failed to comply with the requirements of the state's sex offender registry program by not informing police about a change of residence...

Chelan County Sheriff's Office is looking for at least four suspects related to a string of gas station burglaries. According to Chief of Special Operations Ryan Moody, the most recent burglary occured at Bill's Gas in the Chelan area in the early morning hours of March 25...

Police arrested a man accused of running into three officers with a vehicle while fleeing from a traffic stop March 13. Authorities apprehended 23-year-old Romeo Padron and booked him in the Chelan County Jail Thursday. SWAT teams, Chelan and Douglas County sheriffs, and Wenatchee and East Wenatchee police officers shut down South Chelan Avenue after a Chelan County sheriff's deputy stopped and ar

A Chelan County man is dead following a base jumping accident near Rocky Reach Dam on Sunday morning. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office says it happened at around 8:45 a.m. just off U.S. Highway 97A when 47-year-old Elliot Barstow of Entiat was killed when his parachute didn't open. W...

It's been over two decades since the tiny town of Stehekin on the northern shores of Lake Chelan has had a police vehicle, but as of this week, that's changed. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office says it has ferried one of its vehicles to the remote town of barely 100 year-round residents, where it will serve the community into the foreseeable future...

A multi-agency search is underway after a small plane went missing near the Columbia River on Tuesday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says the Cessna Skyhawk reportedly vanished at around 11 p.m. after taking off from McAllister Field in Yakima at about 3 p.m. b...

A woman has minor injuries following a single-vehicle accident south of Wenatchee on Monday night. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office says it happened at around 7:15 p.m. in the 3500 block of Squilchuck Road when the woman lost control of her vehicle, which went off the roadway, traveled 40 feet down an embankment, and landed in a creek...

Former nurse Michael J. Ross, of Leavenworth, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. His sentencing is set for April.

Chelan County Sheriff's Office settles lawsuit with former deputy over church discrimination claim. $250,000 settlement reached.