News release from the Lincoln Co. Sheriff’s Office. On October 19, 2014, at approximately 6:00 AM the Lincoln City Police Department dispatch informed the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office that a vehicle that had been stolen in their city early in the AM of this date was currently located on Laurel Street in Gleneden Beach. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded and located the stolen vehicle, a 2013 Chevrolet pickup, unoccupied at the location. Deputies then received a report of a vehicle theft from a garage nearby on Neptune Ave in Gleneden Beach. The victim reported that her vehicle, a 2005 Ford Expedition, had been stolen from inside her garage which was attached to her home. A Newport Police Officer quickly located the stolen Ford Expedition occupied by William Ray McGinnis in the McDonald’s parking lot in Newport. A felony traffic stop was conducted by Newport Police officers, Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies, and an Oregon State trooper. Mr. McGinnis was taken into custody and lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on two counts of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, Unlawful Entry Into a Motor Vehicle, and Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree. Bail was set at $172,500.
