LANE COUNTY, Ore. — At 4:40 p.m. Feb. 27, Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a head-on crash on Eagles Rest Road near milepost 2. Fire personnel also responded and arrived first, but when they got there, one of the drivers, James Lawrence Gehrman, sped away in his damaged vehicle, authorities said.
A Bureau of Land Management ranger located the vehicle several miles from the crash. A deputy responded with K9 Ripp and searched the area, and Gehrman was soon found hiding in the nearby forest, according to the sheriff’s office. He was initially uncooperative, but later complied and was arrested without further incident.
Gehrman was lodged at the Lane County Jail on charges of failure to perform duties of a driver – property damage, disorderly conduct in the second degree, felon in possession of a restricted weapon, and a probation violation on a conviction for unlawful use of a weapon…