11/3/25 - Deputies Arrest Assault Suspect With Help From K9 Hektor (Photo) - 11/04/25
On November 3rd at about 11 p.m., Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the 89000 block of Green Hill Road, west of Eugene, for a reported assault. When they arrived, they learned the suspect, Michael Anthony Smith, 67, had injured and strangled a victim on the property. Smith had fled the residence before deputies arrived.
A sergeant deployed K9 Hektor, who quickly tracked to a trailer on the property. Smith was located inside and arrested without incident and lodged at the Lane County Jail for Assault in the 4th Degree and Strangulation.
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