Fugitive at large after rollover on Burns-Izee route near Alsop Mountain area
Published 2:00 pm Sunday, July 11, 2021
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JOHN DAY — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man with a felony warrant who may be at large in the area of Grant and Harney counties after a rollover crash Saturday, July 10.
Jason Skinner, 43, is white and appeared to avoid searchers and trackers responding to a crash reported at 1 p.m. July 10 near the Grant and Harney County line, according to a press release from Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley.
McKinley advised anyone traveling on the Burns-Izee route — near County Road 68 and Forest Road 47 in the Alsop Mountain area — to call 911 if they see Skinner, who has a felony warrant, according to the sheriff.
John Atkins, of Burns, called 911 to report he had been in a rollover crash and didn’t know where he was. He stated he and the driver, later identified as Skinner, were taking the back roads from Burns to Bend.
Through the efforts of Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Grant County Search and Rescue, Grant County Air Search, Grant County Emergency Communications Center and multiple other agencies, Atkins was located at 5:30 p.m. from an aircraft. Deputies made it to his location at about 6:50 p.m.
Atkins reported he was uninjured and was transported to Harney County. Skinner’s whereabouts remain unknown.