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Bend Man Arrested For Stalking And Harassment - 07/12/24

Date: July 12, 2024

Case #s: 2024-00002334, 2024-00015443, 2024-00038567, 2024-00037075

Incident: Bend man arrested for stalking and harassment

Arrested: Nathan Shaun Sprague, 37-year-old Bend resident

Offenses: Telephonic Harassment x5, Stalking II x2, Coercion x2, Initiating a False Report x2, Menacing, Disorderly Conduct I, out-of-county warrant

Bend Police this week arrested a Bend man suspected of harassing and stalking multiple women throughout Central Oregon and beyond. 

In January, 37-year-old Bend resident Nathan Sprague called police to report fraudulent use of his credit card to purchase a trash can and have it shipped to a home in Vancouver, Wash. Around the same time, a Vancouver woman called to report Sprague had offered to buy her the trash can, then threatened to report the purchase as fraud. He then sent a series of threatening messages to the woman and threatened to come to her home to do her harm. 

In March, Sprague called the county’s Stabilization Center and threatened to commit a shooting at a local grocery store. 

This month, a woman reported Sprague had called dozens of times and sent hundreds of unwanted text messages and messages on social media over the course of four days. Days later, another woman reported she met Sprague online and after learning of his previous stalking charges, blocked him on the app through which they’d been communicating. Sprague then used a payment app to repeatedly message the woman, threatening her harm. 

At approximately 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, Bend Police took Sprague into custody in the parking lot of Safeway West, in the 300 block of SW Century Drive. He was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on five counts of telephonic harassment, two counts of second-degree stalking, two counts of coercion, two counts of initiating a false report, menacing, first-degree disorderly conduct, and an out-of-county warrant. 

It is possible Sprague has additional victims. If you or someone you know has been the target of Sprague’s harassment, you are asked to contact nonemergency dispatch at 541-693-6911. 

Bend Man Arrested For Stalking And Harassment - 07/12/24

Date: July 12, 2024

Case #s: 2024-00002334, 2024-00015443, 2024-00038567, 2024-00037075

Incident: Bend man arrested for stalking and harassment

Arrested: Nathan Shaun Sprague, 37-year-old Bend resident

Offenses: Telephonic Harassment x5, Stalking II x2, Coercion x2, Initiating a False Report x2, Menacing, Disorderly Conduct I, out-of-county warrant

Bend Police this week arrested a Bend man suspected of harassing and stalking multiple women throughout Central Oregon and beyond. 

In January, 37-year-old Bend resident Nathan Sprague called police to report fraudulent use of his credit card to purchase a trash can and have it shipped to a home in Vancouver, Wash. Around the same time, a Vancouver woman called to report Sprague had offered to buy her the trash can, then threatened to report the purchase as fraud. He then sent a series of threatening messages to the woman and threatened to come to her home to do her harm. 

In March, Sprague called the county’s Stabilization Center and threatened to commit a shooting at a local grocery store. 

This month, a woman reported Sprague had called dozens of times and sent hundreds of unwanted text messages and messages on social media over the course of four days. Days later, another woman reported she met Sprague online and after learning of his previous stalking charges, blocked him on the app through which they’d been communicating. Sprague then used a payment app to repeatedly message the woman, threatening her harm. 

At approximately 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, Bend Police took Sprague into custody in the parking lot of Safeway West, in the 300 block of SW Century Drive. He was lodged at the Deschutes County Jail on five counts of telephonic harassment, two counts of second-degree stalking, two counts of coercion, two counts of initiating a false report, menacing, first-degree disorderly conduct, and an out-of-county warrant. 

It is possible Sprague has additional victims. If you or someone you know has been the target of Sprague’s harassment, you are asked to contact nonemergency dispatch at 541-693-6911.