Sutherlin, Ore. – Two suspects from a 2012 assault case were recently sentenced in a Douglas County Circuit Court.
22 year old Matthew Logan McKinney plead guilty last week to two counts of Assault II, III and IV, and Reckless Endangering. He also plead guilty to Throwing an Object Off an Overpass and Criminal Mischief I. He was sentenced to 70 months in prison.
22 Hayden Ray Tabor plead guilty last week to two counts of Assault III, two counts of Reckless Endangering, Throwing an Object off an Overpass, and Criminal Mischief I. He was sentenced to 36 months of probation and potential of 60 months prison if he violates his probation.
In November of 2012 at 10:40 p.m., two University of Oregon students from California were going northbound on Interstate 5. As the vehicle approached the Isadore Road overpass, which has cyclone fencing erected to prevent objects from falling onto the freeway, a rock described as larger than a baseball came down from the overpass, smashing through the driver’s side windshield and hit the driver in the face.
The car’s passenger grabbed the steering wheel to control the vehicle. He was unable to keep it under control as the vehicle traveled onto the shoulder and rolled on the freeway coming to rest facing the opposite direction.
Both were injured and taken to a local hospital. The victims, Molly Grabill and Chris Brewer are still University of Oregon students and members of the school’s track & field team.
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