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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

Spring, 2008 -- A Rufus, Oregon resident is being charged in Sherman County following a Grand Jury indictment for Robbery in the 2nd degree: a Measure 11 crime.

Last October, a person wearing a hooded sweatshirt with a covered face, walked into the J&J Mini-Mart in Rufus claiming he had a gun and demanded money. The masked man fled on foot after receiving no money.

The Sherman, Klickitat and Skamania County Sheriff's Offices and the Oregon State Police responded to the scene. After a four hour search for the suspect the search was called off. After an extensive investigation by Sherman County Deputy Tim Schnider, the suspect, Antonio Salas-Ortiz, 20, was arrested in December during a traffic stop on I-84.

Sheriff Brad Lohrey said that: "Deputy Schneider took the lead in the case and because of his due diligence and attentiveness, the case was solved and a serious criminal was taken off of the street."

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