Eugene
EPD: 43-year-old man with firearm arrested after menacing employees on Division Avenue
Eugene, OR – According to the police officials, this incident occurred right after 7 p.m. Thursday night.
It happened at Papa John’s Pizza located at 54 Division Avenue.
Eugene Police Department officers responded to the location after a man was reported pointing a firearm at employees.
An officer arrived on scene as two men were detaining the suspect, later identified as Charles Burke Niemeyer Jr., age 43.
They helped the officer take Niemeyer into custody.
An investigation found Niemeyer had driven to the Mini-Pet Mart nearby and appeared intoxicated. He was looking for an item and an employee tried to assist, but Neimeyer began insulting the employee and following him around. Another Mini Pet Mart employee called the manager at Papa John’s Pizza, who confronted Neimeyer and told him to leave the property.
Niemeyer who had an unconcealed firearm in his waistband, pulled it out and pointed it at him. The manager retreated into the store and Neimeyer tried to enter. A delivery driver in the area saw what was going on, found an opening, and tackled Neimeyer. The driver and the store manager fought with Neimeyer and held him down until the officer arrived. A firearm was recovered.
Niemeyer was arrested and transported to Lane County Jail on charges of Unlawful Use of a Weapon, DUII, Menacing, and Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree. Case 24-01186
-
Crime & Safety6 days agoFather, who had consumed aIcohoI before he struck his 6-month-old baby in the head while attempting to hit the chiId’s mother as she was hoIding the chiId, then attempted to assauIt poIice officers and hospitaI staff after being handcuffed to a bed, is charged
-
Crime & Safety1 week agoMan became upset that the mother of two he was seeing ‘was not foIIowing his reIationship ruIes and was also invoIved with other men and their reIationship was not excIusive’ before he Iured her to a ruraI area where he kiIIed her, then spread her remains across several areas: DA
-
Crime & Safety3 days agoMan told poIice he eventuaIIy stopped chasing his 82-year-old parent and feIt guiIty after using piIIows and a Iarge skiIIet to try to kiII the woman when she Iay down to rest because she had neuroIogicaI issues and required constant assistance: DA
-
Crime & Safety3 days ago
Woman pIaced her daughter’s newborn in a cooIer after a faiIed CPR attempt to revive the chiId shortly after she and her spouse Iured the expectant mom, then forced her to Iie on the ground, stabed her and forcibIy extracted the baby while she Iay on the ground, kiIIing both: DA
-
Eugene1 week agoEugene Police Department arrests suspect in downtown stabbing
-
Eugene1 week agoCity of Eugene highlights Public Space Team efforts to address homelessness and community impacts
-
Eugene1 week agoEugene Springfield Fire trains firefighters ahead of shift schedule changes
-
Eugene22 hours agoEugene police make multiple arrests during retail theft operation
