Sheriff’s sergeant reports veterinary-clinic robbery, vehicle fire; RV parking enforcement underway

Nov 18, 2025

Sergeant Steve Frambes told the council detectives are working a robbery at the Brownsville Veterinary Clinic and described a separate vehicle fire started with starter fluid; deputies have also been enforcing RV parking rules along right-of-way, notifying 20 owners with one tow so far.

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Sergeant Steve Frambes of the Linn County Sheriff’s Office told the council that detectives have been assigned to a robbery at the Brownsville Veterinary Clinic and that two suspects are involved. He also described an incident where someone used starter fluid to jump a car and ignited a vehicle fire that deputies extinguished.

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