LA PINE, OR -- A Bend man was arrested Thursday evening at Crane Prairie Reservoir. Nicholas Fetters is accused of firearms, menacing and disorderly conduct charges, following a dispute over fishing lines.
According to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, campers near the Rock Creek Campground began yelling at three men fishing from a boat, accusing the boaters of driving over their fishing lines. One of them on shore allegedly fired a round from a rifle. Fearing for their lives, the fishermen in the boat drove to the south end of the reservoir and called 911. No one was hurt.
DCSO deployed a drone to assess the dispersed campsite. Authorities say Fetters attempted to shoot down the drone. A small contingent of SWAT members used an armored vehicle to contact the camp and took 39-year-old Fetters into custody.
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