The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Sutherlin Police Department with a stolen vehicle investigation at 2:30 am on October 16, 2017. Sutherlin Police Department received a call from a resident who reported his vehicle had just been stolen from his residence in the 900 block of Second Avenue in Sutherlin. A short time later, the Sutherlin Officer located the stolen vehicle abandoned on the rail road tracks in the 800 block of N. State Street in Sutherlin. The officer requested the Sheriff’s Office respond along with a K9. Sheriff K9 Grim arrived and conducted a track, eventually locating 37 year-old Jeffrey Alan Haines of Sutherlin. Haines did not comply with commands from law enforcement, at which point the K9 apprehended him. Haines was taken into custody and received treatment for a minor injury as a result of the K9 capture. K9 Grim continued searching the area and located an additional suspect, 33 year-old Tasha Nicole Thompson also of Sutherlin. She was taken into custody without incident. K9 Grim has been with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office since 2013. He is a 6 year old German Shepherd.
