Baker County Public Safety Log Records Collisions, Arrests on March 19

A failure-to-appear warrant landed a Baker City man in custody and two separate non-injury collisions drew police to opposite ends of the city, according to the Baker County public safety log for March 19, 2026.

The Baker County Sheriff's Office arrested Chase Alan Wescott, 31, of Baker City, at 4:19 p.m. March 18 in the 3400 block on a failure-to-appear warrant out of Grant County Circuit Court. The arrest appeared in the March 19 log as part of the day's compiled dispatch activity.

Two non-injury motor vehicle collisions also appeared in the log, at Auburn Avenue and 10th Street and at Broadway and 17th Street. Both crashes were classified as non-injury, meaning no one required emergency medical transport, though responding officers documented each incident through the standard CAD reporting system.

The daily log, compiled from Baker County's computer-aided dispatch system, captures all calls for service routed through the county's emergency communications center. It covers both Baker City Police Department and Baker County Sheriff's Office activity, offering residents a consistent public accounting of law enforcement contacts across the city and the broader county.

The two collision locations represent distinct areas of Baker City's street grid. The Auburn and 10th intersection sits in the central residential corridor, while Broadway and 17th falls in a separate quadrant of the city, indicating the day's traffic incidents were geographically spread rather than clustered.

The March 19 log reflects the type of recurring public safety activity that Baker County dispatchers handle daily, ranging from warrant enforcement by the Sheriff's Office to street-level traffic crashes managed by city officers. The full log, including any additional calls for service, citations, or arrests from that date, is available through the Baker City Herald's public safety records.