Baker City Police arrest man hours after he was released from prison

Published 10:45 am Wednesday, August 3, 2022

BAKER CITY — Baker City police arrested a man Monday, Aug. 1 on burglary, harassment and criminal mischief charges less than six hours after he had been released from prison.

Alan William Wolfe, 35, whom police described as a transient, was arrested at 4:46 p.m. at 1340 Auburn Ave. after officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress there.

Baker City police, deputies from the Baker County Sheriff’s Office and employees from the Baker County Parole and Probation Department arrived, finding Wolfe, shirtless and bleeding from cuts to his arms.

Police found the back window of the home at that address had been broken. Officers also found blood.

Wolfe was treated for superficial cuts and then taken to the Baker County Jail. Additional charges are expected, according to a press release from Baker City Police Chief Ty Duby.

Police had been looking for Wolfe based on an incident that happened about 40 minutes earlier, around 4:04 p.m. at 1690 Chestnut St.

A woman at that address told police she had responded to a knock on her door, and that a man she didn’t know grabbed her and tried to kiss her after saying he was looking for a lost pit bull.

The man was carrying a bottle containing an alcoholic drink and a bag of personal grooming supplies, according to the press release.