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Transient Arrested Following Crime Spree

REDMOND, OR -- A transient is accused of stealing a car from a Redmond area home and using it to commit additional crimes near Madras.

 

Shortly after the car was reported stolen Wednesday morning, Jefferson County dispatch received a report of a hit and run crash on Highway 97. A woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. 

 

Jefferson County deputies stopped the stolen vehicle south of Madras and arrested 22-year-old Jacob Landers. Investigators have also tied Landers to a burglary at a vacant home near the initial Redmond location. 
 
He faces a long list of charges in two counties, including DUII (drugs), hit and run, and theft. Landers was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail.

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