People arrested are innocent unless proved otherwise in court. Initial charges often change as a case progresses.

Albany Police

Guns stolen - Police took a burglary report Thursday that involved the theft of guns from a home in the 800 block of Sixth Avenue S.E. The guns included a Remington rifle, Ruger rifle, Marlin .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle, Remington 12-gauge shotgun and a Bushmaster paintball gun.

Arrest - Courtney Lewis Ohling, 29, of Albany was arrested Thursday on charges of forgery, criminal possession of a forged instrument and theft. He was lodged in the Linn County Jail. Officers responded to a car dealership after employees there suspected Ohling was trying to use a fraudulent check.

Linn County sheriff

Odd conduct - The sheriff's office got a call early Thursday afternoon about a man "acting very odd" in the 200 block of W. Bishop Way in Brownsville. The caller stated the man tried punching a door after seeing his own reflection, was eating food off the ground and was smoking used cigarettes out of a garbage can. A deputy spoke with the man and warned him about disorderly conduct and told him to stay away from the area.

Dog poop fight - A deputy responded to the 300 block of W. Second Street in Halsey around 3 p.m. Thursday for a two-man argument about dog poop.

According to the deputy's report, the argument was prompted by a man leaving his dog's "brown pile" near the roadway in front of a business. The dog owner said he went to get plastic to clean it up when the other man followed him and challenged him to pick up the mess.

Both men were "very verbal" and claimed they would hurt each other if given the chance. A knife was threatened to be used, according to the report. Neither man wanted to press charges.

Wire theft - A security camera and copper wire worth about $1,350 were reported stolen Thursday from a farm on Santiam Bluffs Road near Jefferson.

Stolen vehicle - A gold Honda CR-V sports utility vehicle with license EHE 096 was reported stolen Thursday from the Green Peter area.

Vehicle break-ins - A car and a pickup parked in the 300 block of S. First Street were broken into sometime early Wednesday morning. Items stolen from the two vehicles included an Insignia stereo, subwoofer, amplifier, Northface backpack, American Eagle snowboarding coat and college text books.

Lebanon police

Vehicle break-in - A car in the 3200 block of S. 10th Street was broken into sometime Wednesday night. There was no damage to the vehicle but an iPod, Bose headphones, a digital camera and $10 in change was stolen.

Stolen car - A baby blue 1992 Nissan Maxima was reported stolen Thursday morning from the 100 block of Milton Street.

Tools stolen - About $2,000 worth of tools were stolen Tuesday night from locked containers in the back of a pickup parked in the 1200 block of S. Main St.

Graffiti - Someone spray painted letters and numbers on private property and school grounds in the area of W. Ash Place and 12th and Sherman streets. The damage was reported Wednesday morning.

Gas theft - Two grass trimmers and 10 gallons of gasoline were reported stolen Wednesday from a storage shed in the 3100 block of Galena Loop.

Sweet Home Police

False claim - A 49-year-old Sweet Home woman called police about 2:20 p.m. Thursday to say her husband was going to kill her, but she had a gun and planned to kill her husband, and then she hung up.

Police gave this account:

Police arrived at 845 Fourth Ave., and asked Debra Tertrou to come outside. She did, telling officers she was not going to shoot her current husband, Jean, but her ex-husband in California. Police found her current husband passed out in the living room. When he woke up, he said he had no idea there was a problem.

Before police left, they gave Debra Tertrou a warning for disorderly conduct and misuse of 911.

She called police again at 3:05 p.m. reporting she had just shot her husband. Police arrived and took up tactical positions around the house. Through a loudspeaker, her husband was asked to come out. He did and was unharmed. Debra then barricaded herself in the house, and after about an hour she was talked into surrendering.

Police charged her with disorderly conduct and two counts of initiating a false report. Several firearms were seized.