Eugene arrest links stolen truck, hit-and-run crash and theft cases
Police tied Steven Ronald Fischer to a stolen truck hit-and-run at High and 15th, plus multiple Eugene and Coburg theft cases, after weeks of linked investigations.
Eugene police booked 25-year-old Steven Ronald Fischer into Lane County Jail after linking him to a stolen-truck hit-and-run on High Street and a string of other theft and property-crime cases that had been moving through investigators’ hands for weeks.
The most serious case came from May 20, when Fischer was driving a stolen full-size truck at 1:28 p.m. at High Street and 15th Avenue in Eugene’s West University neighborhood, near the University of Oregon, when he struck a 40-year-old bicyclist and fled. The woman had been riding south in the High Street bike lane when the truck, headed east on 15th Street, hit her at the intersection.
The bicyclist was taken by ambulance to a hospital. She was run over, suffered extensive injuries, underwent multiple surgeries and likely faces years of physical therapy.
Investigators tied Fischer to the case through surveillance and search warrants. A Street Crimes Unit officer recognized him on video, police served a warrant on the stolen truck, and a storage-unit rental agreement connected to Fischer led to more surveillance and a second warrant that recovered property from multiple stolen vehicles. Officers later found Fischer near an unoccupied stolen vehicle and detained him after he tried to leave on a bicycle.
The truck carried an Idaho license plate and was later found in a parking lot near East 17th Avenue and Alder Street, where two people seen in the vehicle were wearing black hoodies and face masks.
The June 26 Eugene police release tied the arrest to a broader set of related cases, including Eugene Police Department cases 26-05443, 26-05856, 26-07065, 26-07547, 26-07748 and 26-07553, along with Coburg Police case 20260062 and additional property-crime incidents involving meth possession, shoplifting and license-plate theft. Fischer has an extensive criminal history and had been out of prison for only a matter of months.
The Street Crimes Unit and Investigations Community Service Officer roles involved in the work are funded through the City of Eugene’s Community Safety Payroll Tax.
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