A deserter from the U.S. Army has been apprehended in Oregon after he was reported missing from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 32-year-old Christopher Lee Gardner on Thursday at the Cape Perpetua Visitor’s Center near Yachats after receiving calls about a man acting suspiciously.

The Army had previously issued a statewide bulletin identifying Gardner as possibly armed and dangerous.

Authorities evacuated the visitor’s center and made the arrest with no problems. Oregon State Police later found Gardner’s car at the Neptune State Scenic Viewport in northern Lane County. A gun was inside the vehicle.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes:

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>