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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey grew up and attended school in Sherman County while his father, Gerald Lohrey, was the Sherman County Sheriff. After graduating from high school, Brad moved to Bend, Oregon and attended college. While in college he became a reserve police officer for the City of Sisters. In 1993 he was hired and became a full time Resident Deputy Sheriff for the Klickitat County Washington Sheriff's Office. In 1995 he took a job with the Sherman County Sheriff's Office and was promoted to Chief Deputy in 1996.

Sheriff Lohrey was elected as Sherman County Sheriff in November 2000 and took office in January 2001.

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OREGON SHERIFF Magazine News

Summer, 2010 -- On May 18th, 2010 at about 12:39 am, three men died at the scene when the pickup they were in collided with a tractortrailer on Highway 97 near Kent. The three Hispanic men were in a 2001 Toyota Tacoma pickup with Washington plates. Benjamin Vargas Quiroz, 58, of Anaheim, California, operated the semi involved. He and a passenger, Jose Luis Ortiz Moreno, 56, of Salinas, California, had minor injuries in the crash and were transported to the hospital in The Dalles.

The pickup was northbound on Highway 97 and the semi was southbound. The pickup swerved over into the southbound lane of travel and Quiroz moved the semi toward the shoulder of the southbound lanes in an attempt to evade the pickup, but the vehicles collided nearly head on. Alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.

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