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Dec. 5

6:15 a.m. - Caller reported seeing a male walking in the area carrying a chainsaw and a bag, 800 block of 18th Ave. Andrew Edwin Amundson, 33, was arrested on a Sweet Home Municipal Court warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of second-degree criminal trespass and a Linn County Circuit Court warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of first-degree criminal mischief.

8:21 a.m. - Caller reported finding a backpack with drug paraphernalia, Oak Heights Elementary School, 605 Elm St. Officer responded, items seized.

9:59 a.m. - Caller reported items taken from her...