Photo: Chas Hundley
BANKS – Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a male suspect in an attempted kidnapping from the Banks area this morning.
Around 9:20 a.m., the lockout was lifted at all Banks schools, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
As a precaution, all Banks Schools were placed in lockout, according to the sheriff’s office and multiple parents of students at the school.
The suspect is described as a male on his early 40’s with a slim build, last seen wearing blue jeans and a red t-shirt.
This is a developing story, more information will be added to this article as it becomes confirmed.
More info here: https://www.bankspost.com/posts/143/deputies-searching-for-attempted-kidnapping-suspect-who-fled-near-banks-on-foot
Chas Hundley is the editor of the Banks Post and sister news publications the Gales Creek Journal and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.