Pair Arrested After Gun Fired In Alleged Coos Bay Vehicle Theft Attempt

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — A North Bend woman, 27-year-old Lanie Denton, and a Coquille man, 41-year-old Joshua Felker, are facing serious charges after an incident in Coos Bay early Saturday morning.

Coos Bay Police Department (CBPD) investigators indicated that a gun was fired during an alleged attempted vehicle theft.

Responding to a report of people arguing in the 200 block of North Main Street shortly before 6 a.m., CBPD officers arrived to find a resident standing alone in his yard. The resident told officers that two suspects, Denton and Felker, had tried to steal his vehicle.

Investigators, assisted by the Bandon Police Department and the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, said one of the suspects fired a gun during the attempted theft, although the victim was not injured.

Both suspects fled the scene before police officers arrived but were found shortly before 2 p.m. the same day. They were both arrested and transported to the Coos County Jail.

The pair faces first-degree robbery, attempted first-degree assault, attempted unauthorized use of a vehicle, menacing, unlawful use of a weapon, and felon in possession of a firearm charge.